<p>I didn't even realize that AP were available to home-schoolers til I came onto this board. I am taking dual enrollment classes at a local CC thinking I wouldn't be able to take any ap classes.</p>
<p>Do most of you take the AP classes online? Which program did you use? I take my English through the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, they only offer AP English and AP US History. I've already taken "regular" US history and was planning on taking Civics and Economics next (senior) year but would it be better to take the US History? Should I take both?
With the English I should take the AP instead of the 12 grade English right?</p>
<p>Thanks for all of the advice!</p>
<p>Hi, I'm not homeschooled, but I hopefully will be able to take the AP exam. I have the Princeton book, and am going to study with that. If I can't register this year, I'll try for next year-- I had honors world history last year, and my teacher was so awesome, that I still remember a lot of things.</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure that it's already too late to apply for the AP exams this year, but I could be wrong.</p>
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<p>Locally, our deadline to turn in the paperwork for AP exams at a nearby high school is next Monday, March 23rd. Last year we called the College Board and were told which high schools in our area accepted homeschoolers for AP exams. Not all of them do. You can find the telephone number to call at the College Board web site (in the AP section), or you can just call the school where you want to take the AP and ask if they accept homeschoolers for the testing. Registration is through the schools administering the AP exams, not through the College Board.</p>
<p>This year we already knew where son was going to take the AP exams, and so I just called the school and asked for the form to be sent. We bypassed the step of calling the College Board. I thought the school counselor would be handling the registration, but it turned out to be the school business office.</p>
<p>Can you take an AP exam if you haven't had the class? How much difference is there between SAT subject tests and AP exams?</p>
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<p>Yes. You might want to check out this thread.
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/ap-tests-preparation/369861-self-studying-aps-improving-your-app.html%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/ap-tests-preparation/369861-self-studying-aps-improving-your-app.html</a></p>
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<p>My son has not taken enough AP exams for me to give a good answer to this question, but we did find some differences. Have you checked out the course descriptions and sample syllabi at AP Central? It's been some time since I first used that site, but I think registration is required. I remember it being easy.</p>
<p>AP</a> Central - Course Home Pages</p>
<p>Corey91,
There is a Yahoo Group called "homeschool2college"--if you join and search the archives, you will find all kinds of discussions of various AP classes for homeschoolers and their respective merits (and drawbacks!)</p>
<p>We have been <em>extremely</em> pleased with the AP classes offered by PA Homeschoolers (you can find them via a web search). There are many, many providers of AP classes, catering not only to homeschoolers but to high schoolers at schools that don't offer AP classes--there's a range from interactive on-line classes to traditional correspondence classes. There are also classes via places such as The Potter's School that may not be called "AP" but that are pretty good prep regardless, with some additional studying (DD did pretty well on the AP French and SAT II French after taking through French IV at The Potter's School).
HTH,
MwasereWriter</p>