<p>what is more important, taking ap lang and ap psych and getting a lower SAT score or only taking ap psych and studying for SAT to get a higher score?!</p>
<p>p.s. my school offers no ap’s so i am basically self-studying it(ap lang I have a tutor)</p>
<p>thanks! </p>
<p>p.p.s. i have no college counseler so thats why i am here 
:)</p>
<p>It depends on so much. Are you actually going to use that extra time to study for the SAT? When are you planning to take the SAT and can you study for it in the summer and take both classes during the year? Do you really need all the time you’d be studying for an AP course to study for the SAT? How strong is your record otherwise? Do you <em>want</em> to take language or psych or both or neither? Would you take a non-AP course to fill that slot? What grade are you in? I really don’t want answers to these questions, but YOU need to think about them.</p>
<p>In general, I’m NOT one to drown kids in AP classes. I believe that students are taking too many APs and spending too much time trying to present themselves as what they think schools want. OTOH, your question seems to me to be trying to weasel out of an AP class someone’s trying to force you to take, and “studying for the SAT” doesn’t make that much sense to me for the reasons pointed out by the questions above.</p>
<p>Good luck! :)</p>
<p>If your school doesn’t offer AP courses, you wouldn’t be expected to take the exams. Were you thinking you wanted to take them for possible college credit, or to improve your admissions chances?</p>
<p>Do you have the option to take a class at a college in your area? I would investigate that route first.</p>
<p>Credit or not the AP classes expose you to more material and give you a better chance of scoring higher on the ACT/SAT. </p>
<p>Colleges won’t expect to see AP classes on your schedule if your school doesn’t offer them. They all say the same thing, they want to see the most challenging schedule at your school.</p>
<p>Focus on SAT score if you are needing to self study for AP. Agree that if school doesn’t offer classes, you will not be expected to have taken them, and schools aren’t collecting AP exam transcripts until you matriculate and want the credit. I also would not use a self-study AP grade to try to pass out of a college class unless it was some subject that you would never ever take again. If it has anything to do with your prospective major or content that you will need to know for a subsequent class in a series you will likely have large knowledge and understanding gaps. It is true, as noted above, that studying the AP lang will likely help you to do better overall on standardized entrance exams.</p>
<p>AP Psych doesn’t carry a lot of admission office “currency,” especially at the “elite” schools. So your time is probably better spent elsewhere (unless, of course, you’re really enjoying the AP Psych prep).</p>