<p>Which is easier and less time consuming to self-study? And which one is more interesting?</p>
<p>An explanation would be helpful too :)</p>
<p>Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>I personally prefer microeconomics because it has game theory and is more mathematically oriented.</p>
<p>More importantly, both AP econ tests are jokes. I basically self studied for them (my teacher knew nothing), and I finished the free-response in like 20 minutes for both. Easy 5s, so do them both. Of course I’m now an econ major so my answer might be biased.</p>
<p>I would have to agree with Ray, I personally think that micro is much more fun to learn then macro, simply because it is much more math, and graph analysis. But if I had to pick the easier one of the two I would definitly have to say macro because it’s more of a read and memorize type of class while micro is more of analytical class. Don’t get me wrong, there is some math to do and there are graphs to analyze. But as Ray said earlier both easy 5s I would recommand taking both classes.</p>
<p>What is each course about?</p>
<p>I’m guessing microeconomics would be detailed and macroeconomics would just cover the broad scope of things.</p>
<p>Thanks for the answers so far by the way.</p>
<p>Not really. Microeconomics analyzes individual people/firms/industries, while macroeconomics looks at an entire economy and the monetary system.</p>
<p>I think macro is more interesting, because it actually has practical applications. I’d say macro is easier too, because it only has a few overarching concepts that you need to know in depth, while micro has a bunch of trivial concepts that you’ll all need to learn separately.</p>
<p>I have to agree with Big14. Macro is def. more interesting. When we were going through micro there were some applications, but macro is completely applicable to the current economic recession and you can see expansionary policy and understand the policies that the Fed is conduction. I also found it easier, mostly because everything fell into place. Micro was a lot of information, but with Macro i seemed to know a lot about it before going indepth.</p>
<p>My best advice for you is to read through Economics for Dummies over the summer. It explains things really well, and it’ll definitely prepare you for the AP test (I used it to self-study Micro, along with tons of practice tests from different books). From there, you can decide which one would be easier/more intriguing to study.</p>