<p>Hey I was wondering what happens if you self study an AP that the school offers?</p>
<p>For example, I took the AP Chemistry test, but I took regular Chemistry, and our school offers AP Chemistry. </p>
<p>Will colleges look at it in a positive or negative way?</p>
<p>My opinion is that they will care more about the grade of your exam.</p>
<p>It would take a particularly bitter admissions officer to turn self-studying an AP into a bad thing (assuming you get at least a 3).</p>
<p>Just wondering, is AP BIO considered an easy AP to self-study??</p>
<p>Well, you pretty much have to self-study if you take the class anyway, there's a lot of in-depth hard material. You people on here are way too insecure...admissions people aren't going to say "Oh, she just self-studied Bio, who cares." They're going to say "Wow! She self-studied for an AP exam? Excellent!"</p>
<p>Is BC considered easy to self-study? I already started already with Stewart's Single Variable Calculus. I will also be using the PR AB/BC prep book along as well. Is this possible to do with no prior knowledge of calculus?</p>
<p>Yeah, I self-studied BC...5. I didn't have a teacher for the AB material either. I used a different book though, I'll dig it up if you're interested, but it looks like you're set. It's definitely not considered easy.</p>
<p>1) The Chemistry thing could matter less - if you get a good grade in chem and pass the AP exam, even Ivy League schools will be pleased. Since not all schools have AP exams and AP exams are not college entrance exams in the first place, this will certainly not count against you. </p>
<p>2) Bio is not exactly easy to self-study, but is certainly possible. Start early; get through cells, animal phys, and plants in detail - you can cram for genetics and ecosystems, if needed, and taxonomy is more or less optional. The curve on bio is real nice, so even if you don't do, say, Taxonomy and ecosystems, a five is still an option. </p>
<p>3) If you're going to take the credit in college, I would not suggest taking the BC independently - you at least want to take the AB in detail. The Taylor series and everything at the end of BC are virtually impossible to understand without a teacher.</p>