<p>Wait, does a school still administer the exam if they don't offer the AP course? I'm confused.</p>
<p>Yes, many schools offer ANY available AP test to students who sign up, even if that school has never offered that AP course. My son has taken AP tests both in freshman and sophomore year that were not offered by either of the two different local high schools where he took his tests in those two years. Just sign up in time, and your testing location can order the tests.</p>
<p>How prestigious is AP National Scholar?</p>
<p>I talked to the AP coordinator at my school today about taking an AP exam in a class not offered at the school. We have few APs, and I was looking at taking Human Geo and World History (not because they are "easy", but because I have a general interest in both subjects and would like to get some college credit out of the way as well).</p>
<p>She basically said that in order for the test to be administered to me i'd have to find a teacher and get them to sign off on being my moderator (someone that "knows AP"), working with them on making a curriculum and a syllabus, get that approved, have a system of filing work (she mentioned homework) regarding the course and regular check ups, and a crap load of other things. </p>
<p>Yet I read this thread and tons of people are taking self-studied APs and even the local public schools work in a similar way as tokenadult described. </p>
<p>What should I do? Is it worth it? How do I even go about getting this done (getting syllabus, curriculum etc. etc.)?</p>
<p>It sounds like she thinks you're getting another teacher. Clarify?</p>
<p>I was thinking she might have misunderstood me as well, but the question I asked was...</p>
<p>"What is the school's policy regarding a student sitting for an AP Exam that is not offered as a class at the school?"</p>
<p>Maybe you need to show your school's AP coordinator that any school can offer any AP exam, through pages on the College Board website.</p>
<p>S2's school does not offer AP exams in courses they don't teach, because they have to arrange (and pay) for proctoring. On the other hand, other schools in this area have a different approach, so it is possible to go elsewhere, assuming one doesn't have a conflict with IB exams and/or scheduling conflict in getting from one location to another.</p>
<p>How would it be to self study for the World History AP test? </p>
<p>Also, I missed AP Eng Lang and AP Chem this year due to **** scheduling (thanks to my parents and counselors) and only taking APUSH. I am also taking AP US GOV online and plan to self study the following:
-World History
-Environmental Sci</p>
<p>along with AP Eng Land and AP Chem. Good idea? And what books should I ask for Christmas?</p>
<p>@ urmomgoes2colege</p>
<p>It looks like you are a junior year -- that would be a good idea, though with be careful with AP world > I'm doing the same, and there is a lot of info to cover. </p>
<p>Then again, there are those who can cram days before the exam and get done with it. I have yet to know how to do that. ...</p>
<p>So the OP says that AP Biology is a good science to self-study, can anyone else comment on that? How easy/hard is it? </p>
<p>FYI I am a sophomore taking Honors Biology.</p>
<p>I was more prepared for the AP biology exam after my freshman h bio course than after my ap bio course. The information is really easy to learn by reading through. I read through cliffs the day before the exam this year and basically learned most of the material from cliffs and not class. :)</p>
<p>Would taking Micro and Macro be the best use of my time in two years? Should I take Micro and Something else instead?</p>
<p>Thanks pianista!</p>
<p>sophmore year would it be feasible to self study AP Chem after taking regular Chem, Macro and Micro, Stat, Psych on top of AP World History which Ive took as a class</p>
<p>I'm a sophmore next year, but are there any classes I should take before I self-study Econ or Enviro Sci? Like, I took Bio last year, so should I take AP Environmental Sci this year?</p>
<p>I've seen a lot of self study questions on Y!Answers (usually asked by people who really didn't seem to have the diligence and wherewithal and... anything to go through with it), so I thought it was sort of silly. But now I think I might try self studying for Envi Sci. My school's teacher for it is just evil, and it would clog up my schedule, so I don't want to take the course, but it seems easy and straightforward.
Oh and Latin. I want to either self study for that or take a course at one of the unis near me. I have 3 years behind me but I don't have time for the AP at my school. And our Catullus teacher is wacko.</p>
<p>Does anyone know how many AP's each state scholar took- from each state of course. For example, how many the last Oregon AP state scholar took? :D</p>
<p>California has like 25 for 2008, the competitive states are Texas, Pennsylvania, New York, Virginia and Florida, other than California, the competitive states need like 20ish. If you are in Oregon, you probably just need something like 15 or 13, I'm not sure, you have to ask other people.
I'm planning on taking 21 or 20, but too bad, I'm probably not going to get the state scholar for California. (Yes, I live in California)</p>
<p>Anyone know if you can win AP sate scholar multiple years in a row? I think I will be able to get it this year (which is my freshman year), because I live in Oregon. According to another forum member, last year was a three-way tie in OR with only 9 APs! Anyone want to rank this award for a frosh? I would imagine that winning this award freshman year would be quite impressive to most Ivy's, even if I only won it in OR. What do you guys think?</p>