<p>Hello :)</p>
<p>I have a really important question to ask before I would register for the AP today.
Is it possible to prepare for 3 AP subjects - World History, Comparative Government, Macroeconomics in 1 month time for the upcoming AP & achieve all 5s ?</p>
<p>Assuming Full Time Studying and no prior background knowledge or classes?</p>
<p>Thank you for your info!
Need some quick advice please!</p>
<p>if you study full time then yes its possible. Takes lots of time though. Those exams are 100% book knowledge. So you basically have to read 3 prep guides back to front ATLEAST.</p>
<p>Thank you for your answer, Killer2021!
Because I’m an international student, it’ll cost me USD 178 per subject & I had no knowledge in all these subjects at all.</p>
<p>I really want to make sure I’ll be able to get three 5s (making up for my poor A levels in the sciences subjects which was a wrong choice+wrong timing) while doing a American Degree transfer program to get into Yale/Ivies (I acknowledge the low transfer rates & non-transferring credits, but I’ll just give in all that I got) :)</p>
<p>I haven’t started the transfer program or register for the APs yet, so any opinions or advice is welcomed!</p>
<p>(1) Whether this is achievable/worth it? (the three 5s)</p>
<p>(2) Alternative ways to get into the Ivies (pathway programs, Stanford Education Program for Gifted Youth Online High School, transfer programs, top universities with distance learning - liberal arts, etc.?)</p>
<p>(3) Maybe i should also consider applying to lower requirements liberal arts college? (I’m interested in International Relations, Broadcast journalism, philosophy)</p>
<p>Ps: I was rejected by the top LAC this Fall, likely due to the A levels.</p>
<p>Thank you for your advice!!</p>
<p>It’s possible, but only if you have a lot of time on your hands…</p>
<p>Is One month a lot of time / sufficient?</p>
<p>I wouldn’t do 3. I think 2 seems enough because even if it may seem that you have 1 month, the schoolwork and other ECs that you have will take away a ton of your time.
Plus, World History has way too many concepts - I would just do the other two.</p>
<p>Well actually, I’m not starting school till May, other than some time with friends/family, I could study it full day. Would taking 3 be fine?</p>
<p>You shouldn’t have a problem with Gov and Macro…World History is a bit harder, so that’s up to you whether it’s worth your time or not. If you need all 5s, I’d suggest dropping World History, but if you can get by with straight 4s or something, then it would be more probable to do World History as well.</p>
<p>Hmm, I’ll likely still take all three, aiming 3 5s and AP Scholar.</p>
<p>Btw, Does the AP scholar worth much?</p>
<p>Unless you are junior, there is really no point to it. Just an award that’s too late to add to your apps.</p>
<p>world history is a bit much to scarf down in a months time, because you really have to be able to understand the root of the subject in order to get everything else. gov and econ shouldn’t be too bad from my understanding, but I have not taken them yet.</p>
<p>Assuming FULL TIME studying, yes it’s possible. Full time studying meaning an ideal situation where you have no hw or studying for other classes in school, and ec’s. And most of the time, there is no such thing as an ideal situation. So realistically speaking, no I don’t think you’ll be able to pull off 3 5’s. 2 5’s maybe (get rid of world history).</p>
<p>I studied for 11 exams in less than one month last year. The result was two 2s (completely self-studied), four 5s (with prior understanding of material), and five 4s (four were completely self-studied). So yes. Three is possible and manageable.</p>
<p>Thank you for your replies people! :)</p>
<p>Lidusha, you motivated me. Thank you! I’m self-studying right now!</p>
<p>^Yes, but the ones lidusha self-studied, he/she got 2s. I woudn’t see that as very motivational…</p>
<p>And none of the ones he self-studied did he get 5s like you want to get.</p>
<p>^Yeah but four of Lidusha’s five 4s were completely self-studied also, if Lidusha had not taken the ones where he/she got the 2s, he/she would probably have even gotten a 5 on one or 2 of the self-studies.</p>
<p>^That may be true, but self-studying 3 APs (especially one as intensive as World History) in the 3 weeks we have left doesn’t seem very realistic to me.</p>
<p>^It’s probably true that 3 APs self-studied in 3 weeks is not plausible, but I’m assuming that LetSmile began right away the day this thread was posted (April 1st) which means that LetSmile will have had over a month of preparation time…I obviously wouldn’t recommend doing 3 in the last month, but I’m just saying it is probably possible. Plus, LetSmile said he/she doesnt have school right now (until May) so, as was said, full days of studying are possible. You are probably right about world history-I havent taken it yet-but I think it’s possible.</p>
<p>Wow I just realized I typed the word “possible” 3 times in my last post…</p>