<p>I'm a rising sophomore and I absolutely love to learn. I'm planning on taking these AP exams:</p>
<p>Sophomore:
AP World History (self study)
AP US History (self study)
AP Psychology (self study)
AP Statistics (will be taking regular Statistics concurrently)</p>
<p>Junior:
AP Chemistry (class)
AP French (class)
AP Government & Politics (class)
AP Calculus BC (class)
AP European History (self study)
AP Micro (self study)
AP Macro (self study)</p>
<p>How should I go about self studying for the AP subjects I listed above? Would two hours of studying a day from now until January and four hours of studying a day from January until May suffice? I want to get 5's (with the occasional 4) on all of them.</p>
<p>Depends. However, I would say 2 hours a day is more than enough. If you can keep that up throughout the year, and then even increase to 4 hours a day, you should get easy 5’s. AP exams are really not that hard.</p>
<p>Thanks. Should I buy any more prep books/textbooks?</p>
<p>I have:
US History - AMSCO & American Pageant
AP World History - REA AP World History
AP Psychology - Crash Course & Barron’s
AP Statistics - Barron’s & 5 Steps to a 5
AP Chem - Sparknotes Powerpack & Peterson’s
AP Government - Crash Course
AP Calculus BC - Barron’s
AP French - Barron’s
AP European History - REA
AP Micro & Macro - Barron’s</p>
<p>You might want to drop one of the history courses and pair the other with something easier. It’s not that World and U.S are hard, but it’s just a lot to remember. Plus you already have other classes going on.</p>
<p>My schedule’s going to be a breeze, since my high school doesn’t allow any students to take AP classes until their junior year and honors classes are just as easy as regular classes :(</p>
<p>I will be taking French III, French IV, Biology, Chemistry, Pre-Calculus, Statistics, World Cultures, and English 10. I think I’ll be able to maintain at least a 3.9 GPA because I had a 4.2UW freshman year. </p>
<p>If I am too busy when school starts, then I will probably drop US History and self study either Human Geography or Environmental Science.
Anyone know which is easier and more interesting? 
Thanks.</p>
<p>how on earth do you have a 4.2 UW when UW is out of a 4.0?</p>
<p>“If I am too busy when school starts, then I will probably drop US History and self study either Human Geography or Environmental Science.
Anyone know which is easier and more interesting? Thanks.”</p>
<p>I self studied both my sophomore year, and I’d say that though both are easy and interesting, Environmental Science beats. It may be different for others; I love studying ecology but if you’re more of a social studies person then APHG may suit you better.</p>
<p>AP World History - REA AP World History
^ I would suggest getting the PR book, but since you’re self studying, maybe the Barrons (albeit a bit too much information) would help.
I would not suggest the REA book; I used both REA and Barrons for APWH and the REA book is not only difficult to read, but also too detailed (even more so than the Barrons book IMO)</p>
<p>Switch in World/US for Human Geo/APES. Then it’s doable</p>
<p>Get REA for statistics…</p>
<p>“Thanks puggly123! How’d you do on both if I may ask?”</p>
<p>2 5’s. If you have any questions on how I studied, feel free to send a PM.</p>
<p>I suggest dropping a history AP and taking Micro first unless you’re great at history.</p>