Self-Study of 5 APs (Advice Needed)

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<p>Hi everyone, I need some advice because I decided to self-study 5 AP classes this year (rising junior) to improve my college app, because I really like these subjects, and some will help me in extracurricular activities that I do.</p>

<p>My dilemma is that I cannot figure out if I need a textbook for these classes or not, so what I'm going to do is list the class and then tell you what books I'm going to be using.</p>

<p>I would really appreciate if you all could tell me if just those books are enough to get a 5 or if I need to get better prep books or a textbook.</p>

<p>Thank you all so much!</p>

<p>So here goes,</p>

<p>Psychology: Barron's with Barron's Flashcards
Environmental Science: Smartypants, Princeton Review, Barron's Flashcards
Statistics: Barron's
Macroeconomics/Microeconomics: Princeton Review supplemented with 5 Steps to a 5</p>

<p>Do I need a textbook or any more review books for any of the classes.</p>

<p>Again, thanks.</p>

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<p>Psychology: Barron’s with Barron’s Flashcards
Environmental Science: Smartypants, Princeton Review, Barron’s Flashcards
Statistics: Barron’s
Macroeconomics/Microeconomics: Princeton Review supplemented with 5 Steps to a 5
^ Don’t waste your time with flashcards.
All you need for a 5 on AP psych is the Barron’s study guide. </p>

<p>Not sure for APES (taking that this year as well)
Not sure for stats either (taking that this year as well. Using Barron’s and khanacademy videos), but I have heard from my cousin and his friends that Barron’s is good.
Macro/micro: That should be sufficient, but you should watch the youtube video with all of the graphs you will need to know for the exams.
I also found khanacademy videos helpful in my studies. I am taking both of the economics exams this year, but my friend took them last year using just PR and 5 steps to a 5. She got two easy 5’s.</p>

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<p>What I meant by flashcards is just like in some spare time have them with and study for like 10 minutes.</p>

<p>Any other opinions from anyone?</p>

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<p>IMO,</p>

<p>I wouldn’t self study Stats. Not many universities give credit for it (as its not calc based) </p>

<p>Consider self-studying AP US or Comparative Gov. Makes you much more self aware about society. Should be a requirement TBH</p>

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<p>I’m not selfstudying these classes because of university credit. The colleges I am aspiring to go do not give credit for any classes anyway.</p>

<p>I want to study statistics because I like the class and it will prove effective for statistical analysis that I could do for my debate team</p>

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<p>Your materials should be just fine, you won’t need a textbook for any of those tests, I promise.</p>