<p>I’ve heard that ^ is true, any thoughts?</p>
<p>might it show that you are just stuffing your app?</p>
<p>im taking calc ab, physics b, and apush classes next year</p>
<p>thinking of studying the mini ap’s (psych, apes) and physics C(take both physics c and b) and calc BC (and take calc bc instead of AB), as well as stats and bio.</p>
<p>Dont worry about my EC’s or how much time would be spent, ive figured most of that out.
So the final list:
physics b
physics c mech
apush
psych
apes
calc bc
bio
stats</p>
<p>Is this possible / any tips from people who’ve done it before?</p>
<p>Why would that be detrimental to your app? Self-studying AP’s is a challenging thing to do - you’re teaching yourself college level coursework.</p>
<p>If you attempt to self-study and get a 2 on the AP test, no harm is done to your app because obviously you wouldn’t report the score to your college.</p>
<p>Now as to whether or not self-studying is worth it… that’s a better question to ask.</p>
<p>might it show that you are just stuffing your app?</p>
<p>Alot of colleges find that very impressive, do it if you can.</p>
<p>Stuffing your app. :/</p>
<p>As a rule of thumb, you can bet that it’ll only look like you’re “stuffing your app” if your application includes a plethora of unrelated and/or minor achievements/activities that don’t give a sense of order, purpose, who you are. </p>
<p>Self-studying APs, despite the variety of subjects, just goes with the passion for academic achievement. I don’t think it works as a stand-alone achievement though, at least for the elite schools. A package emphasizing something else while also making a big deal of how hard-working you’ve been will be a plus.</p>
<p>I’d say it depends on how you perform on the exams. If you get fours and fives on the AP exams you self studied for, you should be fine and it wouldn’t be over stuffing. I’m probably self studying AP Stats next year, I can’t fit the class into my schedule.</p>