Which AP courses to self study w/ my schedule?

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<p>I have already researched which APs are good to self study, but was wondering if there are any that you would suggest I take because I already have a level of understanding/knowledge on the subject (like since I am taking psychology in school I should study it more in depth and then take the AP).</p>

<p>My Courses Taken & Grades Received/Future Classes:</p>

<p>9th Grade Summer:
Health Education A/A</p>

<p>9th Grade:
Honors English A/A
Honors World History A/A
Biology A/A
Basic Geometry B/B
Spanish 2: C/B
Orchestra A/A
Physical Education A/A</p>

<p>10th Grade Summer:
Chemistry B/B</p>

<p>10th Grade:
Honors English A/A
AP European History B/B
AP Environmental Science B/B
Algebra II C/C
Spanish 3 B/C
Intro to Entrepreneurship and Robotics A/A
Physical Education A/A</p>

<p>11th Grade:
AP Language and Composition
AP United States History
Physics
Functions, Statistics, andTrigonometry (FST)
Spanish 4
Psychology and Counseling Principles
Entrepreneurship and Robotics</p>

<p>12th Grade:
AP Literature
AP Government/Economy
Honors Physiology
Spanish 5
Pre-Calculus
Entrepreneurship and Robotics
(Possibly) Theatre Arts or Intro to Graphic Design</p>

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<p><em>self bump?</em></p>

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<p>I would just take AP Psychology instead of regular as the class is not too hard and neither is the AP. Looking at your grade though, I wouldn’t self study any AP classes. Just work on getting your grades at school higher.</p>

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<p>I agree. Six APs will be plenty. If you take the AP Psych exam, that will be more than plenty. However, you don’t “have” to take the exam just because you took the course. There is no reason to self-study. Your coursework indicates a wide range of interests. Focusing on those interests, both intra- and extra-curricularly will serve you much better, and be much more interesting than self-studying a course.</p>

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<p>BigIs you do realize there are many that take 6 APs a year, right? Either way there’s no reason for OP not to take AP Psych when it’s available. Three is a decent number for a typical Junior to take.</p>

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<p>Actually there aren’t “many,” there are “some.” .9% of all students took 6 or more AP tests in 2012. Piling on AP classes does not impress many colleges, or give those students an edge during admissions considerations. Of course, on CC, anyone who doesn’t take APs as a freshman and takes less than 4 a year during their Junior and Senior years is considered a slacker and unfit for college admissions.</p>

<p>In any given year, only 8% of all students taking exams take more than 3. Over half of all students only take 1. Graduating with 6 AP scores puts a student in the top 8% of all graduates, and is plenty to show the college a willingness to take a rigorous academic program.</p>

<p>Data source: <a href=“http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/research/number_of_exams_per_student_2012.pdf[/url]”>http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/research/number_of_exams_per_student_2012.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I stand correctly. Either way can you believe 43 people took more than 10 APs in 2012? I knew there were people that did that but never knew that number would be more than 10. Pretty crazy if you ask me.</p>

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<p>there isnt an ap psych course at my school wich is why i plan to take regular psych and study myself for the ap</p>

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<p>Self study US Gov and Human Geo. Both are short exams that don’t require as much knowledge as a full year course, and I self studied each plus English Lang and Biology this past year (11th grade) for the National AP scholar award, and got 4s on both just by reading the crash course he night before. They don’t really require much extra effort to take the exams, so they work well on a limited schedule</p>