<p>@FunStuff what factors do you mean exactly? </p>
<p>@asianese I don’t know anything about those courses sorry. But I do know that if you set your mind to it and really decide to do well, you’ll be fine.</p>
<p>check out silverturtle’s guide. he outlines which APs are the easiest to self-study</p>
<p>ok thanks :)</p>
<p>@Intellexi I’ve been searching for silverturtle’s guide but I can’t seem to find it… is there an easier way to search for it?</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1065178264-post17.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1065178264-post17.html</a></p>
<p>scroll down to see it</p>
<p>I’m self-studying AP Environmental Science, AP Psychology, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, AP Comparative Government, and AP Chinese Lang & Culture. You can self-study those first 5, those are easy. AP US Government is also easy, that’s why FLVS Online High school makes it only 1 segment (or 1 semester) instead of 2.</p>
<p>Unless you guys are actually interested in the subject matter, which as a product of my cynicism I highly doubt, I’d advise against your planned AP self-study overkill. AP scores have very little weight in college admissions, and studying APs outside of your actual school courses won’t compensate for a weaker transcript. Then again, if you’re planning to go to your local state school and want to maximize the number of credits you can earn before you actually graduate HS, by all means, go for it.</p>
<p>@Jersey13 I understand what you’re saying there, but honestly I do have a interest in at least all of the AP History/Government classes. As for the others, I’m not so sure… I love history though, and I want to get the best understanding of them I can. As for the other subjects, I find all of my classes interesting, so taking an AP in other subjects would only further my knowledge in them. Science, however, while it isn’t truly ‘hard’ for me, is not my best subject, so I probably won’t be taking any AP chemistry’s or physics unless I develop a sudden interest in them. Trust me, I wouldn’t take an AP just to take an AP. One of the main reasons I’m even considering self-studying is because my school doesn’t offer many AP classes at all, and I feel like I shouldn’t let that hold me back. I’m not going to waste my time with APs I could care less about.</p>
<p>@Truffliepuff ok, thanks. I heard that environmental science was very boring and a joke though. Is this true?</p>
<p>@Intellexi Thank you so much! That truly is a huge help!</p>
<p>^Yes APES is both a joke and a boring AP. I finished it in a week though, during Thanksgiving break.</p>
<p>@Jersey Maybe some of us are actually interested in the subjects :/</p>
<p>@Jersey, your cynicism is understood. However, I assure you that I plan to self-study not with the intention of “resume-padding”, but rather for my genuine interest in the subject matter and the lack of opportunities at my high school. I’ve always found physics, more specifically quantum, my true passion and I enjoy business and economics as well. I hope that in my future, I will be able to weave these two passions together into a lucrative career and I think a good first step would be to perhaps self study these APs.</p>
<p>Answering the original questions…</p>
<p>How many? As many as you can reasonably handle and are interested in without killing your grades or ECs. (The APs might overlap with your ECs; studying for USAPhO is basically studying for AP Physics on steroids, and the same goes with USABO/AP Bio and USNCO/AP Chem.)</p>
<p>Self-studying AP Bio+APES, the two Econs, or the two Physics (if you know your calculus) together sounds reasonable (solely based on subject matter).</p>
<p>@energize, that sounds interesting. Studying for an olympiad along with its corresponding AP. Never thought about it that way. Just like your reply in my other thread on olympiads, I found your post really helpful. I’ll probably atempt to study for USABO, USAPho, and USNCO using your strategy.</p>
<p>@energize, thanks that helps a lot. Now I have another question, microeconomics and macroeconomics: do you have to have a background in economics to study these courses? Is there anything that you have to have a solid background in in order to fully understand the content?</p>
<p>^No you just need common sense.</p>
<p>^ That could be said for a large part of the humanities and social science APs.</p>
<p>^ And an application of such a statement to that said large part of the humanities and social science APs is very true and holds very much ground</p>
<p>Ok that’s good. Thanks!</p>