Official 2011 Self-Studied AP Scores Thread

aboveblues
Sun, 03 Jul 2011 04:33:47 +0000

@LemonCat: I’d say a lot of my motivation came from the fact that it WOULDN’T show up on my transcript. Self-studying is nice for so many reasons:

No unnecessary, unproductive homework. For calc especially, I was able to spend more time on the tricky concepts and less time on the easier ones instead of slaving through rigorous coursework for every concept.

Colleges see that you’re self-motivated (if you’re not a senior :P). I guess you could accomplish this with SAT IIs as well, but you wouldn’t get the college credit (which is worth noting–you save a LOT of time and money by self-studying).

It teaches you to REALLY study (if you don’t cram weeks prior to the exam.) When you don’t have a teacher to guide you, you have to teach yourself efficient study methods in order to learn the material.

I could go on, but I think I’ve gotten my point across…self-study more APs :]