<p>Would self studying for AP tests be looked upon favorably to colleges if i do well on the test? Would it count as an EC (seeing as its quite time consuming)? Would you recommend self studying more than 1 subject?</p>
<p>Actually, some colleges dislike that you did not 'take advantage of your resources' by not taking the class. If your school doesn't offer it, though, it will look good. If your school does offer it, I'd say take the class.</p>
<p>How does it look if you took the AP test for a class that your school says they offer, but they didn't offer it the year you took it (US Hist didn't make this year, so I'm in the highest course, regulars).</p>
<p>No, you're wasting your time.</p>
<p>You are better off either</p>
<p>a: Finding something better to do in your spare time (clubs or sports)</p>
<p>or</p>
<p>b: Not spending time on it to add to your stress level.</p>
<p>You can't count it as an EC.</p>
<p>But does it look good if it's the AP test for the subject I'm planning to major in? (I wanna major in econ, but my school doesn't offer the Macro or Micro econ classes, so does it look good if I self-study them?)</p>
<p>I don't know how good it looks, but I know a girl doing this right now. We only offer a few AP classes at my school because we are mostly IB, and she wanted to do AP European History. She has history books and AP tests, and a huge notebook filled with notes. But this is coming from a girl who took a year off from German after 2 years, spent her entire summer after Junior year relearning it, and is in our IB German (= German 4) class taking "German 3" (but obviously doing 4th year work).</p>
<p>All I know, is that people who manage to study for AP tests on their own are extremely hard workers and extremely motivated. I don't know many people who could manage something like that. I personally think colleges would be impressed, but ask yourself if you are willing to do the work. It's hard to stay motivated.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>