<p>What refernece guides would you suggest are the best for these classes</p>
<p>AP Chemistry - Princeton Review
AP Physics - Barron’s for Physics C. 5 Steps to a 5 for Physics B.
AP Biology - Cliffs
AP Calculus - Princeton Review or Barron’s
AP Statistics - Barron’s
AP Environmental Science - Smartypants! Princeton Review as second choice.
AP Psychology - Barron’s
AP Microeconomics - Princeton Review
AP Macroeconomics Princeton Review
AP Lit & Comp - Barron’s
AP European History - Modern European History
AP World History - Princeton Review
AP Comparative Government - AP Comparative Government & Politics: A Study Guide by Ethel Wood</p>
<p>does anything know about the SAT subject test im taking the biology u.s. history and math 1 this june what are the best ways to study</p>
<p>Do you guys ever leave your house?
Lol I mean like 15 AP tests… You guys are crazy</p>
<p>I’m self-studying for AP Biology this year and may plan on doing the same for AP Psychology, CompSci, and Environmental Science next year. One of my teachers told me that they are cracking down on AP self-studiers and that my score might not count. This teacher DOES teach APUSH, but overall I don’t consider him a reliable source of information. So far I’ve searched all over the CollegeBoard AP Central and cannot find anything to support his claim. However, I would like for someone to reaffirm that this is not true.</p>
<p>I do not believe that is true. I’ve asked my AP biology teacher, my counselor, and my AP Chemistry teacher regarding self-studying for the AP Exams, and they highly recommend it. That’s the thing that makes you stand out in the admissions process. Since my school is small and only offers six AP courses, self-studying is the key to make up for that small number. Also, you can gain more college credit. I would really recommend you to ask your counselor to double-check this information because I highly doubt that CollegeBoard would be doing this without informing the counselors of various schools that offer AP courses.</p>
<p>Thank you very much! I’ll e-mail my counselor later. As I had stated, the APUSH teacher is not the most reliable man in the world (he’s told us incorrect information before and therefore one can only believe what he’s written on powerpoint slides). I hope the self-studying this year pays off in May!</p>
<p>Good luck to any other self-studiers!</p>
<p>Thanks liveforscience. Yea, I’m working my back off here with self-studying for two AP exams. If CollegeBoard does indeed do whatever you said above, then I think it totally misses the point of the college application process. Most schools, especially the Ivies, look at applicants holistically. It wouldn’t be fair game to those who are enrolled in schools that do not offer any AP’s. Anyway, which AP’s are you taking this year?</p>
<p>I’m a soph, so honestly, I’m only really looking at the AP Bio test. It’ll hopefully give me confidence for next year when I’ll have 6 or 7. My school has a three-semester APUSH class, so that’s going to continue into next year. Also, my independent study in CompSci will also finish this summer, so that test will be next year. My big concern was because I really hope to do a lot of work in the summer when my schedule isn’t crammed (I’m taking AP independent studies to be able to take my school’s research classes like Molec & Cell Bio/Genetics, which is similar to what I want to major in).</p>
<p>Hey guys, do you think this AP schedule is possible?</p>
<p>Freshman:
AP Psychology (self)
AP Human Geo (self)</p>
<p>Sophomore:
AP Microeconomics (self)
AP Macroeconomics (self)
AP Env Sci (self)</p>
<p>Junior:
AP US History (class)
AP Spanish Lang (class)
AP Calculus BC (class)
AP Statistics (self)
AP Biology (self)</p>
<p>Senior:
AP English (class)
AP Spanish Literature (class)
AP Comp Gov and Politics (1 semester class)
AP US Gov and Politics (1 semester class)
AP Computer Science A (class)
AP Chinese (not really self, I learn chinese after school)
AND MAYBE AP Physics C (self, prob not a good idea, right?)</p>
<p>Thanks so much</p>
<p>Before I say anything, let me remind you that your counselor may not be able to fit all of the AP subjects that you have labeled as “class” onto your schedule. For example, my counselor wasn’t able to fit AP Chemistry into my schedule, so went into AP Biology instead. Just a short reminder to warn you. </p>
<p>Now, your schedule: Your Freshman and Sophomore schedules look reasonable, but one thing that you must do is to consistently review for the AP Exams. This is the one thing that students usually forget and cause them to not get a 5 on their AP Exams. As for your junior year, I would say the AP “class” subjects are all tough, and taking all three of them together in one year is going to be very difficult. You must remember that you also have other courses that you have to focus on. Unless you are a fluent Spanish speaker and you are VERY comfortable with Calculus, then I would suggest you to drop one of those classes. BTW, are you planning to take AP Calculus AB in your sophomore year? It would probably give you an idea whether you are comfortable with Calculus or not. Your senior schedule looks okay, but taking AP Physics C on your own is not a very good idea (unless you have a very good physics tutor around your neighborhood or you have taken the AP Physics B exam and got a very high score on it). As for AP Chinese, you must familiarize yourself with typing in Chinese (I think in pin-yin) because you will be asked to type short paragraphs in Chinese. </p>
<p>Take AP courses that will MAXIMIZE your scores, NOT through quantity. 17 AP’s in total is A LOT, and you should assess whether you can do well on them based upon your former academic performance. Don’t overwhelm yourself too much; you still have extracurriculars, class work, and the SATs to worry about. I hope this helps, and good luck! :)</p>
<p>yeah SFHKBOI, that’s a LOT!!!
Are you in HS now or in september?</p>
<p>@stanbrown3695 thanks for your help. I am very good at Spanish, and am taking Precalculus Honors in 10th grade, so I think I will just drop one of my self studies for junior year</p>
<p>@shmluza Hey, I’m in HS in september. Just trying to get ahead of the game</p>
<p>SFHKBOI, I’ll also be in highschool in the fall. My school allows 9th graders take AP US government. so I’m taking that class and will take the exam next May. I’ll try to do as many APs as possible with school but also plan to self study some. I’m thinking I’ll just self study those that my school doesn’t offer. what sucks is my school offers all those easy APs so I may have to study for the hard ones!!! :(</p>
<p>My school offers AP Euro sophomore year, but I hear there’s way too much homework for me to take AP chem and AP Euro at the same time (plus, I’m not that interested in history). Do you think it would look bad if I took a regular history class and AP chem, but self-studied for AP Euro?</p>
<p>My school offers 17 APs.</p>
<p>I’m thinking this:
Freshman (now) - AP Biology (class)
Sophomore - AP Chem (class), AP Euro (self study), APES (self study)
Junior - AP Lang (class), Physics (class), Calc BC (class), Human Geography (self study), Psychology (self study)</p>
<p>What do you think?</p>
<p>Since there weren’t many useful replies to my other thread, I’ll post it here</p>
<p>If you self an AP that IS offered at your school, (e.g. AP Bio), to make room for another extracurricular (e.g. Dance Troupe), what will colleges think?</p>
<p>I happened to stumble upon this thread thanks to Google.
So I’ve taken a look through the first 8 pages or so of the thread, and I want some advice on my schedule.
Currently a sophomore going into junior year.</p>
<p>Freshman:
No APs (school doesn’t allow it)</p>
<p>Sophomore:
AP Euro (class)</p>
<p>Summer 2011: AP Calc AB (no exam though)</p>
<p>Junior:
AP Calculus BC (class)
AP English Language (class)
AP US History (class)
AP Physics B (class)
AP Computer Science A (class)</p>
<p>Senior:
AP English Literature (class)
AP US Government + Politics / AP Microeconomics / AP Macroeconomics (class) - my school offers at least 2 of these 3 in the same schedule slot in a year
AP Physics C (class)
AP Computer Science A (class) - this is mainly to learn the APCS AB content my teacher is offering to teach</p>
<p>I have an extremely strong math and computer background, so I don’t expect AP Calc/APCS/AP Stats to be a problem at all. Self-studied AP Calc AB content already, just forgot to take the test and need the class credit to go to BC.
I’ve also already taken a Physics (not AP/honors, school doesn’t have honors) class.
I can write essays for AP English Lang/Lit, plus I can get help for those if needed.</p>
<p>Looking to get AP National Scholar. So, combined with the six AP exams in sophomore/junior year, I’m looking at taking two from AP Stats/Bio/Psychology. (Maybe APHG too? I’m not too sure on that though)</p>
<p>My school offers around 20 AP classes, just that schedule conflicts prevent me from taking more classes.</p>
<p>Can someone please advise me on this?</p>
<p>I’m planning on taking four AP’s next year (my senior year) and self-studying for three. I know it doesn’t even matter since I’ll be a senior, but I really want to give this self-studying thing a shot before I graduate. </p>
<p>Anyway, I’m going to be taking classes for: Economics (Micro and Macro), Chemistry, English4, and Calculus AB, and self-studying for Human Geography, Environmental Science, and Psychology. Is this do-able?</p>
<p>Post 900 get.</p>
<p>am taking world history right now and i just start to study for the exam… but there are so many stuff for world history, so do u have some tips to help me study, thank you</p>