<p>I'm a freshman at a school that offers IB and not AP. After getting some help in the High School Life section, they encouraged me to take AP exams in the subjects i do Standard Level in, and maybe even more. I wanted to know some tips on self-studying. What grade should I self study? Also, do I need a textbook or will review books do? And, if I mess up on one of my AP exams, will I have the option not to send it to colleges? Thanks!</p>
<p>AP exams are the equivalent of Higher Level, not SL.
You need to know more material for the APs than the IBs but IBs usually don’t have that many MCs as APs do.</p>
<p>You can self study at any grade, if you think you can handle it start from 9th grade with some easy APs like Human Geography or Psychology or Environmental Science. </p>
<p>Review books will do unless it’s one of the harder APs such as Bio, Chem, Physics, Calc, Music, History, French, etc.</p>
<p>the AP exams grades are cumulative and when you send a report to a college it contains every exam you’ve taken. there are options to hide your scores but the cost $$ and most hs transcripts have the scores listed</p>
<p>For my SL classes then, should I take the AP exams or would it look sort of sketchy? Sorry, I’m new so what does MC stand for?</p>
<p>Is there really any point in self-studying easy AP subjects, or is it just for the distinction. I think my IB History will do US History so I was considering taking Euro/World History because I have an interest in History.</p>
<p>The only reason I don’t want a textbook is the price, but I guess I’ll have to get one.</p>
<p>My school doesn’t offer AP so there’s really no AP transcript so wouldn’t I have to send it in separately? It costs money to retract scores? If I mess up, can I take the exam the next year? And will it still show the previous score? Also, if I get a bad score, it hurts me in my applications right?</p>