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hey everyone,

should i take AP Psychlogy next year or AP World Histroy (im a sophmore)

By Number9 (Number9) on Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 03:04 pm: Edit

take both if you can.

Psych is easier for a self-study, if you want to learn Psych on your own, while taking World Hist as a class...

Which one interests you more? They're very different in topics...

By Cutie911 (Cutie911) on Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 03:21 pm: Edit

if i take psych as a self- study, should i just ask my counselor for info on self-studies or what...which ever one i don't take this year im taking next...also, do you get the extra points in your GPA if you jsut self- study?

By Cutie911 (Cutie911) on Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 04:07 pm: Edit

i like pysch a lot more, but i need the world history credits to graduate

By Bluegurl813 (Bluegurl813) on Monday, July 07, 2003 - 05:09 am: Edit

I'm planning on taking AP World History next year, too (as a sophomore). Since I've seen how difficult that course is, I'd advise you to take that at school and do AP Psych as a self study, which I am doing myself. Just get the Barron's book and there is some other one that was mentioned but I can't recall the title right now. Anyways, it seems like a history course would look better on college transcripts than AP Psych (then again, it depends on what you plan on majoring in). I don't know, but it seems like schools would NOT give credit for self study, but you can take the exam and get the college credit. Schools shouldn't really give credit for it anyways, considering it is self study. Anywho, talk to your counselor about it and see what they have to say. Good luck!

By Cutie911 (Cutie911) on Monday, July 07, 2003 - 09:06 am: Edit

TYVM blue

By Number9 (Number9) on Monday, July 07, 2003 - 02:14 pm: Edit

99.9% schools dont give credit on self-study.

Just buy BARRON'S for AP Psych, and you'll be set. Read through it a couple of times, and learn as much about the exam as you can. Then when the day for AP Psych test at your school arrives, take it then.

You dont have to tell the administration about your self-study until you take the test.

There-- youve eliminated Pysch for next year, and you have one more open slot available!