<p>I'm seeking to self study three APs and I know others are itching to do the same, so to help us all out (those who are knowledgeable) please put any tips you have here, or recommend review books, online courses, etc. </p>
<p>My personal interests for self-study are:
AP French
AP Computer Science AB
AP Psychology</p>
<p>THANKS</p>
<p>do NOT take an online course</p>
<p>yeah i was wondering how difficult and what i would need to do to self study world history ap?</p>
<p>i took world history honors at my school last year
and took european history ap this year.
would those help?</p>
<p>Actually, self-studying AP World History sounds fun. I really like history. In 9th grade I took an accelerated (aka honors) Global History/Geography course, and the last two years I've taken AP Euro and AHAP.</p>
<p>however i've heard the ap for WH is very difficult.
does anyone have any tips? suggestions? comments? warnings? lol</p>
<p>I'm thinking of self-studying AP Spanish Lit?</p>
<p>languages are kind of impossible to self-study for, because you'll need practice in the listening stuff and in the oral. the multiple choice and free response you can probably do yourself, but like the others... eh.</p>
<p>get Barron's for AP Comp Sci. It helped me tremendously, or so I like to believe. I mean, I was getting a B in my class and didn't feel like I was understanding anything, so I got the book; the practice problems in each chapter are especially helpful because otherwise you won't have any homework-style stuff. anyway, I got a 5. that might have been my class, but i'm pretty sure the book helped.</p>
<p>as for the history-style APs, if you're good at essays and getting the main point, go for it. if you're not, probably shouldn't try it. I wouldn't have survived the APUSH without my teacher.</p>
<p>Thanks a bunch! I've looked at reviews for the Barron's AP Comp Sci and they're glowing, so if I go through with this I'll definitely choose that one!</p>
<p>I took the AP world history exam self studied last year and got a 4 on it and all I did was in the time of a month and a half read the Barron's AP Review book and take the practice exams in that and in the Princeton Review book and I really felt good about it for not having taken a class</p>
<p>HAHAHA. Wonka, we're in exactly the same boat.</p>
<p>Okay, for psych, all you really need is Barron's. Read it cover to cover, memorize some of the trillion vocab words, take the practice tests, get a 5 on the real thing. It's really that simple.</p>
<p>Besides psych, what are some other easy self study aps?</p>
<p>Just wondering, if you self study an AP class that is usually given to you anyway by senior year, do you think that you would not have to take it (if you got a 5 or something)?</p>
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<p>No you don't. Doing something like that would basically be the equivalent of a person fluent in Spanish taking a beginner's Spanish class.</p>
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Besides psych, what are some other easy self study aps?
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<p>Human Geography, Envorinmental Science, Econ (macro and micro), World History, Euro, USH, both Governments...</p>
<p>I had a bad experience with an online AP US History class (with FLVS, if you're interested), but that was because of the teacher and the boooring textbook (The Enduring Vision - I've heard others liked it, but I found it disorganized and dry). However, I'm starting an AP MicroEcon class, and it seems like that will be much better, so it really depends on the teacher and who you take it through.</p>
<p>That said, if you're interested in online courses just for supplemental material, I stumbled across this: <a href="http://www.montereyinstitute.org/nroc/nrocdemos.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.montereyinstitute.org/nroc/nrocdemos.html</a></p>
<p>Not sure how good they are, but maybe they'll help. Good luck!</p>