Which is easier: Self-Studying an AP or taking an AP course?

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The fact that kids will cram for AP Psychology in a week is impressive but sad. If they actually cared about learning psychology, they would spend more than a week on the material. With that being said, it is undeniable that self-studying requires discipline and that most students are not capable of it.</p>

<p>Simply put, there’s no reason to waste a few weeks of your life memorizing a review book just for the sake of another number on a piece of paper.

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<p>Or maybe the person simply wanted to get out of taking freshman psychology so he could take more courses he wanted to take in college / save money?.. Plus he did get quite a bit out of the course. one week is plenty of time. Perhaps he simply skipped out of the useless parts of the AP psych curriculum and focused on the parts of the curriculum that were useful?</p>

<p>@OP: Why did you even bother making the thread in the first place if you already had such firm opinions and knowledge about self-studying?</p>

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“it’s a MIRACLE for many schools for a student to get a 4”
Really? According to statistics, approximately two in five exams score a 4 or 5. Assuming that the average school has more than 3 exams written, it doesn’t sound that unlikely.</p>

<p>“4. my brother self-studied AP Psych in a week (got a 5)… it really isn’t that hard considering he only had to read about 140 concise and simple pages of a review book and then practice some questions… it would’ve been much more difficult / time consuming if he took it in school (though he could’ve gotten more out of it)”</p>

<p>Please read my comment earlier about this:
“Yes, there are numerous threads out there that said “I self-studied and crammed in the AP material the night (or two) before and I still pulled a 5.” Quite honestly, I don’t think the majority can do that and being able to cram in AP material in a night or two sounds quite impressive already. That shows you’re ready for college and you could cram a lot of material for an exam.”</p>

<p>Besides, I don’t see how taking it in school would be more difficult. Time consuming? Maybe, but that’s probably because the class goes too slow.

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<p>it always depends on the person. self-studying may be easier for one person. taking the course may be easier for another person. there are many factors to consider when deciding to self-study or not that there’s no way to make up some universal answer to the question.</p>