<p>So, I am going to be self-studying many APs next year. Do you think the prior knowledge I have will give me the basis to study all of the following APs?</p>
<p>AP Biology - Biology course at HS
AP Calculus BC - Precalc Course at HS
AP Chemistry - Chemistry course at HS
AP European History - Will be taking AP World History this school year
AP Physics B and Cs - Will be taking Computational Physics at HS. </p>
<p>I will get a prep book for each one of the APs. I might also take Calc I at Michigan State to get started with Calc BC. Can you please give me suggestions on how to study for these APs and what books I should get to review from? </p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>I personally would say you are doing way too much, especially because all of those courses are so dissimilar to the APs and because those APs are information dense. </p>
<p>Are the Biology and Chemistry courses AP level? I’ve read many times that honors Chem is much easier than AP Chem, so I would not self-study that. I took an honors Biology course, and even though I haven’t/will not take AP Bio, I know it is much more material. </p>
<p>Euro is much more specific than World, even though there is some overlap. </p>
<p>I thought Computational Physics involved massive amounts of calculus, which you haven’t taken yet. Is that your first Physics class? If so, I’d say you would be killing yourself to self-study those. If you’ve already taken a regular Physics course, Physics B would probably be okay to self-study.</p>
<p>What you self-study should depend on your interests, what you want to learn, and how willing you are to work. Even though I’m discouraging you from self-studying all of those, I’m not saying you don’t have the ability too. Will you have the opportunity to take some of those APs later in your high school career? If so, I would hold those off until later years. I would suggest possibly self-studying Bio, Calc AB or BC (assuming you take Calc I), and Euro.</p>
<p>For prep books, many people like Cliffsnotes for Bio, Princeton for Calc, Princeton for Chem, AP Achiever/Crash Course for Euro, and Princeton/Barron’s for the Physics APs.</p>
<p>Anybody else have any suggestions?</p>
<p>Thanks for the great advice. Anyone else?</p>