@kzkzoh No, it has no effect on the admissions process. Only self-study if you’re sure the colleges you are looking at will give you credit for them and you want to get credit.
I got a 5 on English language, and a 4 on APWH. Totally unexpected!! I got a 4 on APUSH last yr, so pretty happy with my scores so far!!
Can I just say that receiving these AP scores is especially interesting going into junior year…
I took AP Biology, AP Euro, AP Calc AB, and self studied AP Human Geography, got a 5 in all of them but AP Bio, which I got a 3 on 
Fortunately I got a 730 on the Bio M subject test, so I guess that it makes up for the AP exam.
@mochilate1897 isn’t this weird? I got a 4 on AP Bio and I’m sure I would’ve gotten a five if I didn’t misread the directions on an FRQ, but I got a 660 on the bio subject test while you got a 3 and a 730. I did much worse than I thought on the subject test (44th percentile 
), so do you think I made a bubbling error or the like on the subject test?
@joeweller That definitely is weird, but remember that the AP is very different from the subject test in that it isn’t all about rote memorization (granted the subject test does have some graphs and models with interpretation questions). The content of the AP wasn’t difficult, but time management was crazy. If we had had an extra 20 minutes on both the FRQs and MC, I think everyone would have gotten at least a 4. But either way, it all works out in the end 
@MissRB0021 Honestly I just reviewed my notes. I did all the released exams and two of PR’s. I took detailed notes and did the ap prep in the textbook.
Anybody have any tips for AP Calc AB or AP Bio? The teachers for both are pretty good but I’m a little nervous about those classes.
There’s a guy in my internship (class of 2016) who has taken 9 AP tests (4 last year, 5 this year) and scored 5s on all of them.
Life goals.
I’m probably going to self study Macro, Comp. Gov (maybe US, though, depending on what classes I get next year–Comp. Gov and APWH are supposed to be on the same day), and English Lang (although the last one is basically what our Honors English course prepares us for) next year. That means… 7 AP tests? I’m going to die during AP week.
That could have been me after junior year (since I’m taking 4 or 5 exams next year) but I got a 4 on AP Chemistry. I wanted to have all 5s but I guess it wasn’t meant to be…Next time I’ll start studying earlier.
@topaz1116 Whyyyyy self study
I’m not sure whether I want to study AP Micro, Macro, or Stats next year. Any input from you guys?
Doing one of these will bring my AP test total up to 5 or 6, if this extra information helps.
Unless you have a lot of time on your hands, I wouldn’t self study. Really not that important for admissions.
@dsi411 Same though.
lol I’m “only” taking 3 (4 if you count BC as 2) next year which is crazy for my school. Probably will take 3 senior year cause I’ll also do DE math. I don’t understand how you guys can self study multiple APs like whaaat how do you have the time???
I could never self-study an AP. I have neither the time nor the discipline. I’d probably give up after a week.
Four 5s but I’m happiest about Lang because I completely screwed up on the MC :))
Everyone took so many AP classes their sophomore year. At my school, they only allow one AP class and that was AP world.
Hahaha same! We can only take APUSH. AP Gov if you’re lucky enough.
If I go through the plan for my schedule for high school, I will have taken 7 APs. However, National AP Scholar is for at least 8 APs (provided that one gets 4 or higher on those APs). Does National AP Scholar matter all that much?
Not really.
hi!! this is my first time actually commenting on cc but im a 17er too!