<p>so i don't have room in my schedule for a couple of classes that I am interested in taking, which one should i self study next year? which one would be the easiest to self study?</p>
<p>ap psychology
ap human geography
ap environmental science</p>
<p>ap psych, but you could do all three...download the notes that I posted on my ultimate list of websites thread.</p>
<p>Get Barron's, read it, you'll probably get a 4 or a 5. Almost everything in psych is common sense, so it is the easiest. Just make flashcards for the terms you have trouble with.</p>
<p>I took the class...boring as hell. Everything seriously was common sense, even though some people in my class still failed- I don't know how? I didn't learn anything this year. Even if you don't know what a term means, you can use context clues on the exam or pull the words apart and figure out what they mean.</p>
<p>Make sure you study the theorists, too!</p>
<p>Human Geography is really simple. It's nothing harder than memorizing about 20 to 30 new vocab terms; everything else you should already know or it should make sense when you see it. Environmental Science is probably the hardest one out of the three you mentioned, only because there are a lot of concepts that you'll know, but need to go over in more depth, like the pros and cons of different energy sources, or sewage treatment. Honestly, you could do all three and be fine.</p>
<p>Like. Does taking AP Bio help at all with self studying ap environmental science. I looked at one of the tests( REA to be specific). Half the questions were either covered in Biology and/or Chemitry. I took the practice test for it and I got a borderline 3 and 4 but I got a 4 though.</p>
<p>Ive taken AP Bio and AP CHEM. So tell me wat I should do. </p>
<p>thx</p>
<p>jonathan</p>
<p>Yeah, Bio, especially the part about ecology, comes in handy for the exam. Chem isn't as helpful; you can figure out some things about different types of chemicals, why ozone gets depleted, reactions in the atmosphere; but it's mostly helpful for further explanations, not really material you need to know for the exam. I know that with Bio, I already knew half the material for APES, meaning I only had to go over pollution, energy, and conservation history. </p>
<p>Honestly, you can take APES if you want to even if you haven't taken Bio or Chem yet. It's an easy exam, minimal studying compared to many of the other APs. I studied for about a week, and I'm pretty sure I got a 5. For something like Bio or chem, you would need at least a month and a half to get a really high score on the AP, but APES is simple enough that you can self-study it without much trouble. If you know Bio and Chem, more power to you, but it's not necessary; it's only helpful.</p>
<p>Is the Smartypants guide enough or do we need to use other ones like REA, BARRONS or like PR or something?</p>
<p>I didn't use Smartypants, and I've never seen it, but I think Princeton Review is enough to use if you're like me and you're studying APES for the first time, a week before the test. Barron's is bigger than the textbook I bought (Miller's,) and it contains far more information than is needed for the exam, but if you start studying in the summer for the exam, Barron's is more than enough. I've seen my friend's copy of REA, and I didn't really like it. Honestly, I think Princeton Review is more than enough, and if you keep up with current events and remember junk from previous grades, (like Earth Science in 6th, 7th, or 8th grade,) then you're even better off.</p>