<p>^Awesome post.</p>
<p>To answer the OP, most people self-study to get credits for college because they can handle more AP exams. It is also because people are interested in the subject matter that may not be offered at their school. I’ve never officially self-studied, but I’ve had some teachers that were less than the best. This forced me to study the material on my own in order to make sure I understood exactly what the writers of the AP exam wanted me to show that I know. When the time for the exams came, I was worried because it was basically on me in order to pass with a high enough score for those exams. However, so far I have been very successful on those exams which I had to study on my own with a lame teacher. I have one more exam that I basically self-studied that I’m waiting to see the score for. Hopefully I can mirror the results from last year’s “self-study”. As can be seen on CC, however, there are many who are able to self-study and get great results.</p>