<p>Well this year I take AP US History and AP World History. Neither is too hard for me. It’s just a lot of memorization. I take Honors Eng, Chem, and Spanish. Only class that takes much effort is Spanish. Other two are fairly easy. Trig is easy as well. So aside from school, I’m studying for the SAT, I need to gain about 100-150 pts on math and CR and Math. Writing I’m at about 750-770. I’m planning to take the SAT in March and I’m currently doing the Barron’s and Kaplan books. I figure that I can self study five or six AP courses: Art History, Macro/Microeconomics, Environmental Science, Human Geography, and Psychology. The way I understand it, Art History is just a lot of reading/ memorization of different works of art using the Annotated Mona Lisa and REA Art History book. Psychology is just a thorough read of the Barron’s book. Environmental Science is easy, but I’m not sure which book is best to read. I heard the smarty pants book is good, but doesnt cover everything since the test has been made more complex and the barron’s covers too much. I’ve heard Human Geography is the easiest AP test, but I’m not sure which book to study for this subject. I’m not very familiar with the macro/microeconomics however so if someone can advise me on which study route to take I would appreciate it. So I’m wondering if this is a manageable workload for the year considering all I really have to study for is US and World History and a little for the other subjects and rack up some community service hours. Any advice on which books to use for the subjects/which subjects I should rather study and how to best go about improving my Math and CR sscores on the SAT would be appreciated. Estimates on how much time each AP subject takes to study and when I should begin studying would help too. BTW, I’m a Junior.</p>
<p>Studying the SAT, self-studying 5-6 AP exams, and taking a mediocre course-load may be too much. In my opinion, I’d recommend you to just study for the SAT as much on your free time, so you’ll ensure a very high score. Then after that, you can study for all those extra exams. It’s much easier to focus on each one rather than 3 types all at the same time.
I myself am taking 11 APs, sports, other major ECs, and doing college apps at the same time. What I figured is that you have to prioritize. In my opinion, it’s school grades -> college apps -> other APs -> sports/major ECs. The “college apps” part would probably be studying the SATs for you.</p>