<p>Hey-yo guys
i've been thinking a lot about self-studying some AP tests for my senior year. I'm trying to be smart about it, though. I don't use a bunch of time and earn no credit.</p>
<p>looking at colleges AP credit pages, most limit credit you can receive, and some don't even give credit for specific exams. I dont have to pay for the exams, so basically I just want to take a test (or two, though I doubt i can get that much credit) that will give me some more advanced standing/credit.</p>
<p>Here are the exams i've taken, and will take this year:
US hist: 5
micro: 5
Macro: 5
Eng lang: 4
Envi Sci: 5
US Gov: 5
Bio
Eng Lit
Euro
Psych
Calc AB
(also dual enrollment for a community college State/Local gov class)</p>
<p>I was going to choose between Comparative Gov, Human Geo, and World History to self study.</p>
<p>In general: would any of these give me credit on top of what I already have (at a top LAC or university)??</p>
<p>And the next part of the question: asking for any input from those who HAVE self studied for compgov, world history, or human geo.</p>
<p>I hear they're all relatively easy to do well on (if you're generally knowledgeable in the field, I'd guess).</p>
<p>Last but definitely not least, would these be the right books?
-Comp Gov: Ethel Woods's Comparative Government and Politics: A Study Guide
-World History: PR
-Human Geo: I already have a Barron's from like '06</p>
<p>yeah, Human Geo was one that i've seen twice not counted for credit at all. I already have the review book for it though (friends mom bought it for me) :( haha. that may be the first one to go from the list.</p>
<p>I highly recommend Comp Gov. I self studied all of it two weeks before the exam with Ethel Woods (read it three times). Just make sure you get the 3rd edition of Woods. I really enjoyed Comp Gov, it was really interesting and gives a background to some of the conflicts happening in today's world.</p>
<p>agreed, comp gov is an awesome course, really interesting. (it actually got me considering a career in polisci.) i didn't self-study but i'm sure it's manageable. ethel woods was my best friend lol, you really don't need anything other than her study guide.</p>
<p>it really does seem like a unique course. would give someone more of a global perspective than any other course i've seen in high school. I think it would be my first choice just based on how interested I am.
but again, do you guys think I would get credit for it (on top of what i have) at a major university/LAC? </p>
<p>I think i'll do one of em even if I don't get credit, but I don't want to put in tons of effort to end up with no credit.
anybody know many schools that don't limit awarded credit?</p>
<p>yeah, that is a question that can only be answered individually by each school, it varies so much. i can tell you that my (top-5) college does not give credit for any of the 3 courses you mentioned (unfortunately for me, with comp gov). it's pretty easy to find it though, just google "AP credit [school name] 2008" or something like that.</p>