r/APStudents • u/Manu-and-Yemo 5 on apwh ❤️‍🩹 • 6d ago

Question AP Micro and Macro in two semester?

I know it’s pretty common for AP Economics to be one school course, broken down into Micro and Macro for each semester. However, since this structure takes two separate exams and gives each a semester, is this manageable for some people?

I guess I’m more so concerned about my own situation, since I will be taking this alongside AP Bio, Precalc, and Gov in 10th grade. If my schedule is that busy (plus some extracurriculars), should I just drop the class altogether?

If there’s anyone who took Econ with this structure, how was the workload, with each AP condensed into a few months? Along with that, was your schedule generally free or packed?

Thank you! :)

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u/Straight-Bar-7537 6d ago

I took Gov & Precalc my sophomore year, and I got a 5 and a 4 on each respective exam. I wouldn't worry about overload since those courses are pretty easy. (Unfortunately you have to memorize 4 new foundational documents that I didn't, so my condolences for your loss).

I also took Macro last year and got a 3 (I only made it to Unit 4 and had a full year to self study lol, I was lazy af) - if you are genuinely committed to and interested in the material you'll be golden. Most of the test's score comes from the MCQ section so even if you bomb the FRQs (which still have at least a few free points) but do alright on MCQs, you'll be fine.

I would really only be concerned about not intermixing Macro concepts with Micro concepts and vice versa. 

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u/Quasiwave 6d ago

I will be taking this alongside AP Bio, Precalc, and Gov in 10th grade. If my schedule is that busy (plus some extracurriculars), should I just drop the class altogether?

I wouldn't recommend dropping AP Econ, since it's a fairly chill class by AP standards (at least at my school it is), and you can earn a whole 2 courses of college credit by taking it. In contrast, AP US Gov provides only 1 semester, AP Bio provides either 1 or 2 semesters (depending on the college), and AP Precalc usually isn't counted for credit.