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<p>I’ll definitely consider it, if they fail to offer more AP classes. My school only has 7-8 AP courses. All of them are the “core” APs though.</p>
<p>If you want you can bring this issue up to your school’s school district</p>
<p>Where I go to school, you have to pay for AP fees, regardless of whether or not you’re taking the course. I believe the reason your school has such a policy is to prevent students form taking AP exams “for fun” and wasting school funds.</p>
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<p>These are considered “soft sciences,” known as easy AP tests, and not super useful for credit besides sometimes general elective credit. It might boost your app a bit, but if you’re concerned enough about paying the money, it wouldn’t really matter if you don’t self study either (although in terms of time investment, both exams are minimal).</p>
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<p>Oh Boo hoo. We have to pay for our exams when we take the class. We’re also not allowed to self-study. You have to take an online class.</p>
<p>Also if you take the class you MUST take the exam at my school. You’re lucky that you don’t have to pay if you take the class.</p>
<p>I paid $1000 for AP fees last year… <em>grumble</em> I guess I’m lucky I didn’t have to take online classes for all my self-studied APs, though.</p>
<p>If the colleges that you’re applying to accept AP Psych for legit gen ed credit, then go for it. Just elective credit or no credit? Nope. I self-studied it in a few days and got a 5, but I feel like it was a waste of time (and $100) because it doesn’t really give you much substantial credit at the schools I’m applying to. This also applies to APES and AP Human Geo (and AP English Language if you plan on taking AP English Lit). Colleges know that these are “fluff” APs, so self-studying them doesn’t make you look much better.</p>
<p>Definitely take AP Chem and AP Physics if you’re going to be a math/physics/etc. major. If your school doesn’t have Physics C, try to self-study it. Even if you don’t end up using the credit, it gives you background in calculus-based physics. Physics B is kind of a waste of time, though nice to start with if you won’t be doing calculus for a while. You might also want to self-study AP CS, and maybe AP Stats. If your school makes you take Calc AB before Calc BC or if your school doesn’t have BC, self-study BC while you take AB. You’re planning to be a math/physics major, so you obviously have the ability to do so. (There’s also not taking calculus in school at all and self-studying it on your own.)</p>
<p>But yeah, if you want to self-study APs, it’s not unreasonable for you to have to pay for those exams.</p>
<p>(went off on a tangent there, whoops)</p>
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<p>I’ll be in Calculus next year. If they don’t offer AP Physics C, then I might attempt to self-study it. I’m taking AP Computer Science my senior year (if they don’t get rid of it/offer it).</p>
<p>I’m still self-studying AP Psychology. I want the knowledge, so self-studying it is reasonable. At first, paying for the AP exams sounded absurd, but I assumed that the school would pay for it. With that in mind, why should I have to pay for it? That wasn’t the case though. </p>
<p>@bobtheboy
Hmm… minimal time investment. For self-studying, does reading the book a couple times work? I need a viable strategy to get a 5.</p>