<p>I am a college student planning on self studying for the AP Stats test to get credit. I need to get a minimum score of 3.</p>
<p>Having never taken an AP test, I am unfamiliar with the process of registering etc. </p>
<p>Also, could anyone reccomend and books which I could use to prepare? And, how is the AP Stats test generally in terms of difficulty etc. </p>
<p>Thanks in advance for any input.</p>
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If your school offers AP, contact your AP Coordinator to register for the exams. He or she will order the necessary materials, collect fees, and let you know when and where to appear for the exams.</p>
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<p>Call AP Services no later than March 1 to get the names and telephone numbers of local AP Coordinators. Prepare a list of the exams you plan to take prior to calling so that the appropriate Coordinators can be identified
Contact the AP Coordinators identified by AP Services no later than March 15.
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<p>You are trying to locate a school willing to administer exams to homeschooled students or students from schools that do not offer AP.
You will use a different school code so your exam grade(s) will be reported separately from the school at which you test. (Homeschooled students will use the state homeschool code provided by the Coordinator on the day of the exam; students attending schools will use their school code.)
The exams you plan to take.
Once you locate a school willing to administer the exams, that school’s AP Coordinator is responsible for ordering your exam materials, telling you when and where to appear for the exams, and collecting your fees, which he or she may negotiate to recover additional proctoring or administration costs. That school must administer the exams for you; it cannot forward them to you or your school for handling.</p>
<p>As far as studybooks go, Princeton Review usually has good coverage of an AP course. I didn’t use one for Statistics but I did for US History (one I self-studied) and it was very helpful IMO. Someone on here who has taken Statistics may be able to refer you to better books but that’s just my personal input.</p>
<p>The AP Stats test varies in difficulty. For example, the test on the regular day i’ve heard it was easy, but the make up was very hard. I got the Pronceton Review to prep for the test and, honestly, I didn’t feel as if it did a fantastic job. It wasn’t bad, but wasn’t good.</p>