<p>What is the point of self studying AP courses if you are already taking a solid amount at school? For the top colleges, they only give credit to a few IF you get a 5. So what's the point behind stressing yourself out, spending extra $, and giving up your sleep??</p>
<p>You have a fair point. I think a lot of people think it will help their admissions. Or maybe their trying to save money or they think that they need to take more AP Tests than anybody they know so they can be the best or something.</p>
<p>I personally am self-studying Chemistry AP next year because I am personally very interested in the subject and I want to learn more. I’m not taking the class because the teacher is crazy and makes the students self-study anyways, but 10 times the stress… I have him for Chem Honors and he told the whole class that he himself wouldn’t even take his class.</p>
<p>Interest + credit + goal to work towards + can’t take class/unwilling to take class = self-study. (One or more of these things may not be necessary.)</p>
<p>Specific to my situation (1 self-study last year, 6 this year):</p>
<p>I self-studied Physics B in 10th grade because I didn’t want to wait until 11th grade to take physics. The same reasoning applied to my decision to self-study Physics C this year as a junior. I decided to self-study precalc + Calc BC because of the slow pace of my math track at school (based on 6th grade performance <em>grumble</em>) and because I reasoned that my school wouldn’t let me skip a grade in math if I tried. (Made a major mistake in delaying self-studying Calc until summer, but oh well.)</p>
<p>Those were more extreme examples of self-studying. For my more mundane self-studies (CS, Lang, Psych), we have no classes for Comp Sci and Lang, and Psych is so easy it would be a waste of time to take the class.</p>
<p>Because its fun :D.</p>