reasonable to self-study?

[wynter]

i want to go into international relations and am considering self-studying government & politics next year. i’m really a math-oriented student but not really interested in going into engineering or anything like that. i’ll be taking ap phys b and calc bc as well as us history and eng. lang next year (jr yr) and would like to know what seems like the best option:</p>

self-study comp. gov/pol
self-study us. gov/pol
self-study both
don’t study either</p>

i don’t think studying for the calc or physics exams will be too time consuming as i didn’t really prepare for the calc ab exam this year and got a 5(not trying to sound cocky, that time would have been very well spent studying computer science or history instead, haha) and i don’t really mind starting to study for these exams early in the school year. please let me know what sounds reasonable! thank you :)</p>

[Bigvinu]

I’m self-studying Comp. Gov as well, it’s fairly easy. I thought about self-studying U.S.-Gov but decided against it if only because I had too much to self-study (Euro and Art History). I guess it’ll all just depend on your interest in politics. I browsed through AP Gov topics and they’re just easy to self-study. </p>

Also keep in mind your school’s own policies on that. US Gov is a required course at my High School and even if I self-studied the AP and got a 5, I would still have to take a Gov course. Comp. Gov, on the other hand, isn’t required, so taking that enables me to get credit I wouldn’t ordinarily get. </p>

If you’re worried about difficulty, don’t be. As long as you’re aware of your surroundings (BBC, The Economist and Politico are always good reads) you’ll probably do well on both.</p>