<p>So far, for my senior year, I've decided to take AP Calc AB, AP Chem, AP US Gov, and AP Stats in school and self-study Calc BC, CompSci (I took an honors class that taught almost everything covered in the AP), and English Lang. Now, to fulfill the requirements for the National Scholar award, I'd like to take 1 or 2 of the following APs: Bio, Psych, and EnvSci. </p>
<p>Bio and Psych are small personal interests, but EnvSci is included for its tie-in with Bio. If I take Bio, I'd like to take either Psych or EnvSci as a safety net in case I end up with a 3 or below on Bio. I could simply pick Psych by itself, but I don't want to take EnvSci on its own. Any suggestions?</p>
<p>Biology and ES complement each other, and I’ve heard that APES is one of the easiest AP exams out there, so you could probably manage to self-study all three.</p>
<p>Also, psychology is extremely easy. If you want to take it, I’d say to go for it. I only crammed over the weekend before the AP psych exam and still got an easy 5.</p>
<p>Environmental is pretty much a vocabulary test plus common sense. I would say to go with Environmental Science. Biology required some thought and the vocabulary is more complicated that Environmental. I don’t know much about Psych, but I heard it is a joke as well.</p>
<p>I’m gonna try to do Bio and Psych this year since EnvSci isn’t very appealing to me. I think if I had picked Bio and EnvSci to study this year and lost interest in one, I’d probably drop the other as well, and thus it would have been a complete waste of time. I’d rather have Psych as a fallback if I get bored with Bio. Thanks for the replies.</p>
<p>You could self study both EnviroSci and Psych on your own. It’s not terribly hard.</p>
<p>Biology is almost impossible to self study from what I hear, it’s just too much to learn by oneself. Very few people do that. Calc BC is another tough one, but hey if you are REALLY that good at math, go for it. English Language I would not recommend either, because you need a lot of work in essay writing, which teachers are best at helping you at, as well as analyzing literature, which again is better in as classroom. So if you count those 3 out, you are at 5. I would take Psych, Environ Sci (from what I hear are the 2 easiest AP exams), and either Human Geo (just as easy as the other 2), or Comp Gov. I like you, are trying to get National AP Scholar, and I am taking Chem and Spanish Lang in school, and self studying Psych, USH (our teacher is good, but the class is very very hard, highest grade last year was a 94, and I am taking Honors US this year to go along with it), Human Geo, Environ Sci, US Gov, and Comp Gov. Good luck on your choices :)</p>
<p>@Emily I’m fixed on taking Bio, and I don’t want to take all three of the courses mentioned, so I must pick either EnvSci or Psych (and I’m set on Psych since I have little to no interest in EnvSci). On the other hand, I could simply take Psych by itself, the ease of which is tempting. However, I’ve decided on Bio/Psych because of my interest in the former subject.</p>
<p>@mschusler I’ve heard people say self-studying Bio is easy, and I’ve heard others say it’s impossible. But I’m studying Bio anyway, in addition to Psych. If I lose interest and decide to back out, I still have Psych. I’m doing Calc BC because I’m positive that it’s nothing I can’t handle. As for Lang, I have a lot of different people to go to for strengthening my writing, and analyzing literature isn’t very difficult for me.</p>
<p>If I wind up becoming disinterested in a certain AP and need a new 8th subject to study, I’ll consider Human Geo and EnvSci, but in all likelihood I’ll be sticking with my choices.</p>
<p>I would say self-study Psych and EnviSci, just because of the new AP Biology curriculum and it would pretty difficult to self-study.</p>
<p>I think I’ll give the new Princeton Review AP Bio book a shot when it comes out this September. I’m kind of playing the daredevil here, but I’d like to try going over it and seeing what happens at the exam. Or maybe I’ll become disinterested enough to drop my Bio studies, who knows. </p>
<p>I’ll likely be using additional resources, but I’ll have the PR book as my primary study book.</p>