<p>I will be a High School Junior in the Fall and since we have a limited number of AP's, I was thinking about self-studying. </p>
<p>I plan on taking (In highschool)
-AP US History
-AP Govenment
-AP English</p>
<p>*I was thinking of self-studying for psychology and maybe one or two more.</p>
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<li>I want to major in International Relations w/ a double-minor in Political Science and Psychology.</li>
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<p>~Any suggestions?? Thank you!</p>
<p>im sure self studying psychology should be good. Especially if its related with your future major</p>
<p>I took 3 AP classes (Eng Lit, Biology, and Calc AB) my senior year and self-studied for Micro. Let's just say I didn't put enough time into it...I can't imagine someone self-studying for three.</p>
<p>Oh no, I'm taking AP Gov, English & US History through school during junior/senio years...I was thinking of maybe home-studying one or two: Psychology or a History one?</p>
<p>*Where would I go to acquire materials and such?</p>
<p>Use the Consolidated Book Suggestions thread to find your books (<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=201793&page=1)%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=201793&page=1)</a>, which you may even want to consult for the courses you're taking through your school. I'd go for AP Euro if I were you. If you take a history, make it Euro, since much fewer colleges give credit for AP World History or Human Geography. If you're serious about PolySci, you may consider taking the other of the AP Government courses, or self-studying for it. Whichever one, though, make sure you put tons of time into it. I'd start tomorrow!</p>
<p>I'm leaning towards self-studying for Euro-History...</p>
<p>*For those of you who DID self-study...how well did you do on your AP Test?</p>
<p>I didn't self study and the test was still hard. Stay far, far away from Euro.</p>
<p>Yeah self-studying is quite a feat and doing more than one is ridiculously hard, I remember last year all the time I spent preparing for Chem and that was the only test I had, and then this year I had five and I sort of self-studied for US History and that was one of the most difficult things to do, so I definitely recommend that you only stick to self-studying one subject or else u can pretty much lock yourself in the room all year only coming out for food, water, and all the important stuff ;).</p>
<p>A few words about self studying-</p>
<p>After you've read a prep book cover to cover, I'd advise taking the multiple choice sections of at least two practice tests, under timed conditions. On each one, circle EVERY SINGLE answer you aren't confident about, and even on answers you know, circle any of the other choices that you dont know cold. At this point, look up every single one of them, and read each one a few times until you're confident about it.</p>
<p>^good advice</p>
<p>-AP US History - no, i wouldn't recommend it. It is a very time consuming AP course with a lot of reading. Do it only if you have a lot spare time or it might interfere with your main activities.
-AP Govenment - yes, it was a very easy exam this year. not very time consuming. most people would be able to pass just by watching cspan and cnn, literally.
-AP English - yes, it is not really something you can study much for. if you did well in your english classes in high school, you should defintely get a 4 or 5.
-AP Psychology - yes, it is pretty easy exam. the free-response only tests you on your knowledge of vocab. it is something you can study a few days before the exam and get a 5.</p>
<p>All 4 of these will help you a lot in your major. I will also recommend you thinking about taking those exams:</p>
<p>-AP Comparative Government - also not that hard. if you wanna study ap us govt, go ahead and study comp govt with it.
-AP Economics - also a not so hard exam. its more about learning a few concepts than memorizing a bunch of information. so its not time consuming.</p>
<p>Remember that you can begin studying for the exams during your 2nd semester (if your school goes by semesters). So you still have time to think about it.
I wouldn't recommend you studying too many cause your grades will fall some what at school which is never good.
I studied 12 APs and my grades were slightly affected by it. However, it did help improve my SAT words cause the books i was using for self-studying are very vocab full.</p>
<p>If you wanna talk to me about it, PM me.</p>