What's the point in self-studying AP?

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<p>I'm in my junior year and am planning to self study AP Eng lang and APUSH. </p>

<p>But what is the point of it since my GPA isn't affected?</p>

<p>Is there any benefits of self-studying?</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>Passing an AP exam will potentially earn you college credit at the college/university you end up going to, which saves you a lot of money that you would have to spend on classes. That’s the main benefit. It also shows a level of discipline that colleges will take note of, and you can potentially learn a lot through studying college-level material in high school. </p>

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<p>So it wouldnt help me in the college admission process?</p>

<p>I want to self study these AP exams to make up for my unrigorous courses - I only have 2 AP classes, and the rest are regular classes. </p>

<p>Right now, I feel very unchallenged and unsatisfied in my regular classes and I want to convey this to the colleges I apply to next year by self studying APs on the side.</p>

<p>So should I self study?</p>

<p>Thankyou</p>

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<p>I feel the same as you do about wanting to make up for the lack of rigor in your course schedule. I didn’t even know I could take more than AP U.S. History and AP Physics B in my Junior year at my school, but it was already too late to transfer into another AP. Now I can’t take all of the APs I wanted to take by the end of high school. I think you should self-study ones that you find interesting (I’m considering self-studying AP Statistics or AP Physics C Mechanics into next year), but I wouldn’t self-study anything that requires a ton of time or that you aren’t fairly interested in. I could never self-study for a history course, especially because I have to devote about 2 hours each day on APUSH, but if you really the subjects you should do it.</p>

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<p>It would definitely help, but not by a very large amount. I’ve never personally seen evidence that colleges don’t really consider AP scores that much in admissions, but I’ve read many posts on these forums saying this. </p>

<p>Especially if you feel unchallenged, you should definitely go for it. It can only help.</p>

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<p>The point of self-studying for most is the same reason for taking an AP class: college credit.</p>