<p>At my school, we only offer Microeconomics, but I am planning to self-study Macro. The same is true of U.S. Gov't., as we do not have Comp. Gov't. Each course is a semester long and they are not taken at the same time. Would it be easier to self-study Macro. 1st semester and then take Micro. 2nd semester, or take Micro. 1st semester and do Macro. 2nd semester? Same for government: U.S. 1st semester and self-study Comp. 2nd semester, or Comp. the 1st semester and U.S. 2nd? Alternatively, I could study both at the same time, but I don't feel that would be as productive. Advice on which class to pick for which semester?</p>
<p>Micro before Macro definitely.</p>
<p>For the gov’s, I’m thinking U.S. Gov before Comp Gov.</p>
<p>^ Yeah, Micro first then Macro. Sometimes students like to start more broad then small with Macro then Micro.</p>
<p>It doesn’t matter. I self-studied Macro first and got a 5, then Micro this year and waiting on the result. Personally, I found Macro much easier. The content between the two differs enough that it doesn’t matter where you start. I used 5 Steps to a 5, btw.</p>
<p>My D’s school offers both, and they do Micro first semester followed by Macro. As a college econ major I did micro before macro at both the intro and the intermediate levels. D thought Micro (overall) was easier, but thought the Macro AP test was easier. Got the same score on both, though.</p>
<p>I think Macro is a much easier test to self study because you aren’t required to memorize as many graphs as Micro does.
It is feasible to self study Macro without any Micro.
I did not take Micro and with around 3 weeks of self study for Macro, I felt like the test was familiar enough on test day to easily manage a 5.</p>