<p>hey guys, I'm a prospective economics major. I'm currently taking AP Micro and am planning on waiving out of Econ 001. At my school, AP Micro is a one year course unlike the typical one sem/micro, one sem/macro.. We just covered most of the AP Micro stuff we need for the exam first sem already.. I'm debating if I should study by myself for AP Macro and waive out of Econ 002.. What do you guys think? Is Econ 002 worth taking at Penn or would it be better just to self-study for the AP exam and waive it? I'm perplexed.. help me! Right now I'm leaning on just taking Econ 002 at Penn so then I'm exactly on par with everything I should know for intro Econ at Penn...ahh but IDK.</p>
<p>doesn't anyone want to answer ? =(</p>
<p>well ive heard that if you're planning on taking any upper level courses in the area, you should generally take the intro courses at the college you are attending. i would say self study if you just want credit for it. you can also self study it if you're bored and be prepared for next year.</p>
<p>Econ 2 is a pretty good course to take freshman year. It's not really that tough and will help you ease into college. Don't self study and have fun instead. You probably don't want to take Econ 101 first semester freshman year anyway because it's a bunch of sophomores who are already in the groove of things.</p>
<p>I don't think self-studying is ever worth it.</p>
<p>Ok.. Thank you so much for responding and giving me some insight :)</p>