<p>I'm a senior who is a very good "on the spot" test taker..
I never study for tests in school, but my memory generally allows me to do very well anyway.</p>
<p>I am in 8 Ap classes:
Calculus BC
Stats
Chem
Physics C Mech
Physics C E&M
MacroEcon
US Govt.
English Lit.</p>
<p>I don't think I'll have to study for these except a tiny bit for Physics C, Chem, and Govt.
Surprisingly, none of these tests (save Physics C) of course are on the same day
I am thinking about filling up my block and doing an AP exam on every day of testing.</p>
<p>The tests I would be self-studying would be Art History, Geography (took Honors freshman year), and AP Euro (took AP World soph. year).
Are these doable-self studys?
Is it worth it to try to get my Arts and Humanities out of the way for college?</p>
<p>If so, then what preparation do you recommend for them?</p>
<p>**I have taken 4 AP exams so far. I have gotten a 5 on Psych, US Hist, and ELang. and a 4 on World History, but I BASICALLY self-studied that since I just slept through the class</p>
<p>You might consider waiting until you know where you will be attending college.</p>
<p>Some of them put a cap on how many credits you can bring in–I’m sure you would max out with fewer than 11 APs.</p>
<p>Some don’t offer AP credit for certain exams.</p>
<p>It’s very variable, school to school. </p>
<p>My daughter chose a school that is very, very generous and late-registered for a self-studied exam that had the potential to net her 6 credits and satisfy a distribution requirement in both Gen Ed and her major. She got the needed score and it will help her a lot.</p>
<p>However, there were other schools on her list where it would have done her no good at all.</p>
<p>11 exams is almost $1000 assuming you’re paying full price. Do you really have that much money to throw away? On things like Art History?</p>
<p>What do you want to major in? If it’s not a requirement for your major for whatever school you want to go to, then I wouldn’t. Also, as DeskPotato said, some schools don’t give credit for AP exams. Some of them will bump you to a higher class, but you won’t get college credit for the exam itself. Taking ****loads of AP exams in things that you aren’t interested in and won’t be studying in college is frivolous and a waste of money.</p>
<p>I did it as a senior, but I spread out when I took my classes. Here’s what I did:</p>
<p>School: AP Music Theory, AP European History, AP English Literature, AP Chemistry, AP Art History Community College, summer: AP Calculus BC (equivalent course, took the AP exam anyway) FLVS, summer: AP Computer Science A, AP Statistics FLVS, school year: AP Environmental Science Self-study: AP Physics C: Mechanics, AP Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism</p>
<p>While AP Human will be easy for you to self-study, the two histories will be challenging, as they require a lot of information retention, especially for art history.</p>
<p>It’s definitely doable, as I got ten fives (lol AP Lit 4) while having a really great social life senior year. Just be sure you’re doing it for some reason besides bragging rights, whether it’s State AP Scholar, personal challenge, love of learning, etc.</p>
<p>Also, my school paid for all exams but my self-studies (so, both physics Cs, and I had to pay for calc BC too). Not a big deal. I don’t think it’s worth it to do this if you have to pay for every exam.</p>
<p>I took 7 APs, some IBs, and 2 college finals in here span of about 3 weeks last May so I think 7 is definitely doable. Depending on how good you are in those subjects, it might be grueling, though. I remember many a sleepless night in the months leading up to exams<em>shudders</em></p>
<p>Do-able, yes. Where do you want to go to college though? Like others have said, many colleges place a limit on how many credits you can transfer in through AP’s and such. Also, are you paying for these exams?
Keep in mind, you may be attending college where there’s no core, and these credits could only count as electives. Check the websites of your prospective schools, and look to see how you could use the credits.</p>