The AP Dilema

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<p>Okay, my school is an okay public HS and offers a variety of AP classes.However, I am addicted to AP tests and was wondering if you could help me compile some information.</p>

<p>AP classes that I have/will take through my HS- Calculus, English Language, English Literature, US Gov, Stats, US History, Euro History, and maybe Chemistry (only offered once in a blue moon)</p>

<p>AP classes I am interested in but not offered by my HS- Art History, Macro/Micro economics, Comp Gov, Studio Art, Psyschology</p>

<p>Of the classes that my HS doesn’t offer, which do you think would be easiest to self-study? Are there any good online classes?
I’m not too worried about getting my Art teacher to go along with studio art-- the only problem will be the physical creation of my portfolio. My school isn’t equiped to make slides. :(</p>

<p>Anyways-- all suggestions are welcome/appreciated.</p>

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<p>Dont take Art History without the class. Art History is hard as hell.</p>

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<p>Psychology, Economics, and Comp Gov are all easy if you have the inclination.</p>

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<p>Merrrmm! Art History is the class I wanted to take most… :frowning: Oh well, maybe I could take it at the University…</p>

<p>Anyways-- for online programs-- has anyone taken or know someone who has taken a course through either of the two companies below?</p>

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<p>Psych is mad easy. Comp gov and econ shouldn’t be too hard either.</p>

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<p>say no to art history - hard as hell without the class(and you have to have a good teacher).</p>

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<p>Has anyone here self studied for any of the above classes?</p>

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<p>Psychology is supposedly one of the easier APs, though I’ve never taken it
And I’ve known people who have self studied macro or micro easily</p>

<p>I do know that AP studio art is extremely easy to “self study” as long as
you have talent/some experience in art. If you’re not an artisist you probably wont do well on the exam because it is graded sooooo tough. All that you have to do is send in 24 slides of your best work. You may want to consult a private art teacher or some art teacher at school for advice on your portfolio but otherwise it could easily be done on its own.</p>

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<p>Since I’m intending on applying to Architecture school (Cooper Union, Columbia, Pratt) down the road, (I’m only a Sophmore this year) I’m already going to need a strong portfolio. In that way, studio art wouldn’t be too bad, especially considering the plethora of college art professors around who would be willing to help me pick my pieces.</p>

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<p>i took ap art history last year as a junior independently at my school. every week or every other week i would meet with a Brother (i go to a Christian Brothers high school) and talk about what i went over and studied. he was gone in Rome for the entire second quarter so i did a lot of the work on my own. i ended up working very hard on my own and choose basically what i wanted to study, for example, i did not focus really at all on 18th century art (rococo). however, at the end of the second semester, i did give two lectures with powerpoint slides on 19th century art and 20th century art (each was two hours straight, it’s amazing how long you can talk about art) and i created websites on three different periods of art. so this strong focus in other areas may have compensated for the lack of study in other areas.</p>

<p>nevertheless, i took the exam (only person in the school’s history to do so which is sort of sad) in the spring and got a 5. i found it to be a very enjoyable and fruitful course (even independently)… just be sure you can talk intelligently about art for the exam and you will be fine, even if you come across things you have never seen before or recognize.</p>

<p>i will warn you though, there is a ton of writing on the ap exam, seven essays and two long essays. and 115 multiple choice. it’s shorter in time also than the ap us history exam, which has one long essay and two essays and 80 multiple choice i think. it’s somewhere around 2 hours 55 minutes. work fast.</p>

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<p>Try Human Geography. I self studied it in a week and a friend did it in one night. We both got 5’s.</p>

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<p>That’s a helpful anecdote about the Art History test. I’ve done a bunch of traveling and have visited most of the major Museums in America and Western Europe… it is these experiences which piqued my intrest in Art History to begin with… (well, and the fact that I love history.) Did you work out of a textbook?</p>

<p>Human Geography sounds boring though…well, I’ll admit. I really don’t know what it is about. Would you care to give me a quick summary?</p>

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<p>DO NOT take Human Geography! There are hardly any schools out there who give any credit for Human Geography! DON’T WASTE YOUR TIME!</p>

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<p>I suppose-- but who really takes APs for the college credit? I mean-- I’m going to have way more than I can transfer in anyways…</p>

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<p>thats not true many universities accept human geography.</p>

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<p>Really? Well, I guess I haven’t been doing my research! Could give ex.'s of universities who give credit for H. Geo., ryan2288?</p>

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<p>University of Wisconsin, University of Georgia, Boston University, George Washington, university of michigan, cal berkeley, Northwestern</p>

<p>just to name a few</p>

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<p>sparkshooter - your school doesn’t have to be the one to make slides for studio art…if there are any photography stores around you (preferably the kind that would even have the type of film you’d need to get) you can get them developed there. and i suppose it would be ‘easy’ to self-study. hopefully you’ll have had a lot of work to use from 11th grade, because my class is doing about one piece per week.

  • it’s intense, but fun. also, like someone else said, psychology is pretty easy. good luck!</p>
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<p>A piece a week? That would be possible for drawing, perhaps-- what size are you doing? Right now I am in painting-- 4-5 weeks per piece.</p>

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<p>well for in-class assignments we’re supposed to be doing about one a week (for more of the pastels/charcoal/graphic-esque pieces), and we’re also supposed to be working at home on stuff…like if we’re doing a painting in class that obviously will take more than a week, we’re supposed to be working on things at home as well. at least that’s how it was at the beginning of the year (2 pieces by the end of 2 weeks); now my teacher is a little more flexible as we’re supposed to have 6 completely done pieces (as in, ready to be photographed for slides…either 6 concentration, or 5 concentration 1 breadth) by the end of christmas break. my pieces are usually 18x24, though my two paintings (so far) are obviously bigger (24x36, and i forgot the other one).</p>