<p>Hi, everyone!! I am international student and I would like to take some AP exams (I would like to go at an American University). Unfortunately I<code>m not enrolled at an international highschool ( there is one in my city, but it</code>s private and doesn`t offer AP exams but just the ib program). HELP, please! :)</p>
<p>Which country are you in? Try to contact the College Board and ask them about local AP Coordinators.</p>
<p>Also, you don’t need to take any AP exams…colleges know that international students probably don’t have AP programs readily available, so they definitely do not expect applicants to have done them (much less the 10+ APs that many Americans do)…it just means more work for you, as an applicant, if you want to do them…</p>
<p>Spot on b@r!um. In most countries there would be maybe a handful of students sitting APs every year, and they are almost always too focused on study that they neglect the balance US colleges seek.</p>
<p>Edit: lol - how did b@r!um’s comment somehow end up below mine…</p>
<p>Taking AP exams as an international is almost never worth it. If an AP exam mostly repeats material you have seen in your own classes, you are wasting your time. In that event AP scores do not mean anything beyond the high school degree you are already earning. </p>
<p>On the other hand, taking AP classes without any preparatory classes is a noble gesture but misdirected effort. Imagine what you could achieve if you spent 100 hours working on a tangible project rather than learning calculus! You could have meaningful ECs (as important for the most selective colleges as academics!), glowing letters of recommendation (possibly the single most important admission factor) and make a positive contribution to the community around you! </p>
<p>The only time I can see self-studying for an AP exam useful is a situation where a student is running out of classes to take. Suppose you were a sophomore and had already taken the highest-level math class offered by your school. You could learn some math on your own junior and senior year, and then take the AP exams to show that you did the work and understood what you were doing. Admittedly, this does not happen very frequently in countries other than the US because most countries follow a standardized curriculum.</p>
<p>In summary: American colleges expect you to take full advantages of the academic resources available to you. Beyond that, they would rather admit students who will get involved than students who withdraw into a library never to be seen again.</p>