<p>So I'm taking nine APs this year, most of which I plan to self-study. I'm really hoping to do well and place out of intro classes in college this fall. Anyone else started intensely studying already? Or is this overkill?</p>
<p>Wow, nine APs. What AP exams are you studying anyhow? For me, I am planning to study APWH and AP Chemsitry when the term is over, which is the third week of March. So, I have about a month to study, which is enough time for me. In my opinion, studying nine APs is kinda bit overkill.</p>
<p>I pretty have gone through half of AMSCO and REA for APUSH, so I'm pretty comfortable with that.</p>
<p>For Calc BC, we only have 2 chapters left and then we'll pretty much take practice tests the last month before the AP.</p>
<p>For Chemistry, we're a bit behind but our teacher's getting better at pacing + we're doing at least one released FR a week (not much lol but it helps) until the end of the school year.</p>
<p>I'm in AP Chemistry and am not self-studying anything. I'm going to start reviewing after my SATs in March.</p>
<p>wow. 9?!
i'll be behind when i start college this fall then...but as a prospective pre med, i plan on retaking the intro science courses to get a really solid science foundation. i guess it also depends on where you go. i hear cornell's intro to chem has 700 students. i would LOVE to place out of that.
i say 9 is a bit of an overkill...ENJOY YOUR SENIOR YEAR!!!</p>
<p>and no, i haven't started studying for them at all, but i'm not taking 9..</p>
<p>I'm just starting to study now, but I'm certainly not taking nine. I'm aiming for 6 when I graduate (although my school offers no APs, so all will be self-studied). </p>
<p>Take some time to enjoy your senior year as well. Good Luck! :)</p>
<p>I really want to go to Rice, which takes a TON of AP credits. So that's my rational for taking nine this year. Yeah, I really want to do well on chem and physics!!</p>
<p>Can I ask a question of those of you doing AP exams. Is the idea to graduate earlier? Or to take fewer courses at college over four years? Or to take different courses other than the ones you are studying for?</p>
<p>The main idea (for me at least) is to: </p>
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<li><p>Just get more experience in higher level courses and testing situations to better prepare for college</p></li>
<li><p>Get credit that will allow me to skip some "intro level" college classes. </p></li>
</ol>
<p>Let me reiterate by saying that the point of skipping intro classes is NOT to take fewer classes in college, it is so that you can come into college with a little more preparation and therefore start taking more challenging classes, quicker. Therefore, you will be able to overall take more challenging courses.</p>
<p>I agree 100%, I am looking at Duke after next year because I'm a junior now and I love the way they set up their policy. They say that you can take as many as you want and receive credit and get out of intro classes but you can only apply 2 exams for credit towards you major. Besides, why would you want to spend less time that 4 years at a place like Duke anyway?</p>
<p>for my college, some APs get you "waivers" -- like psych, some get you credit for / replace intro classes (BC calc, languages), some APs get you into a more advanced section of an intro course (AP bio), and some get you absolutely nothing -- music theory, US gov...and the only way for any of those to count is to get a 5 O_O.
so not every AP has the same weight in credit worth.
anyway, point of the post is -- make sure all those APs that you're studying for count at rice or wherever you end up.</p>
<p>some people use it to double major, some people use this to graduate in 3.5 years. i guess it varies.</p>
<p>Ya, besides Duke I looked at American, and if figured out that I would have 37 credits at American when I arrived there. That's laughable to me.</p>
<p>37 credits?! why even bother going to college if you can just do everything through AP credits?</p>
<p>I don't want to graduate in less than four years (in fact, I'm most likely going to graduate in 5 or 6 years). I'm taking APs because I want to do a 5 year BS/MS engineering degree, which would be easier to get with AP credits coming into college. Also, I'd rather take classes that I want to take instead of those for certain requirements... So, that's basically why.</p>
<p>^smart move.</p>