--- title: "AP Macroeconomics Tuition — AD/AS, Money & Open Economy" slug: ap-macroeconomics-tuition subject: "AP Macroeconomics" category: "Economics" url: https://www.apcourses.net/ap-macroeconomics-tuition --- # AP Macroeconomics Tuition Online AP Macroeconomics tuition on national income, AD/AS, the money market, fiscal and monetary policy and open-economy models, with FRQ graphing. > AP Macroeconomics covers GDP and measurement, AD-AS, money and banking, monetary and fiscal policy, exchange rates, and long-run growth. The exam mixes MCQ with diagram-heavy FRQs. We teach Macro as a system of two or three connected diagrams (AD-AS, money market, loanable funds) rather than as a list of formulas. ## At a glance - Category: Economics - Typical year group: Grades 10–11 - Exam length: 2 hours 10 minutes - Units in the College Board CED: 6 - Group course (2026–2027 academic year): Saturday, 26 September 2026 – Saturday, 24 April 2027 (full) - Weekly pattern: Saturdays & Sundays, 17:30–19:00 (Türkiye time, UTC+3). Two 90-minute topic lessons a week for 20 weeks, then one past-paper lesson a week for the last 10. - Lessons: 50 in total (40 topic lessons + 10 past-paper lessons, in which recent AP exams are worked through) - Classes: A cohort takes 24 students, taught in classes of at most 6 because the cohort is split by level. - Enrolment: Every one of our 2026-27 AP group courses is full — thank you for the interest. The 2027-28 start dates are published on 1 November, and you can enrol now. - College Board exam date: 7 May 2027 ## Pricing Shown and charged in Euro. - Single lesson (90 min): €58 — full refund if you are not satisfied after the first lesson - 10-lesson package: €560 (€56 per lesson) - 20-lesson package: €1,066 (€53 per lesson) - Group course (30 weeks, 75 hours + 10 AP practice exams for your subject): €1,559 Lessons in the 10- and 20-lesson packages can be split freely across any AP subjects. ## Units 1. Basic Economic Concepts — exam weighting 5–10% 2. Economic Indicators and the Business Cycle — exam weighting 12–17% 3. National Income and Price Determination — exam weighting 17–27% 4. Financial Sector — exam weighting 18–23% 5. Long-Run Consequences of Stabilization Policies — exam weighting 20–30% 6. Open Economy—International Trade and Finance — exam weighting 10–13% Exam weightings as published by College Board in the Course and Exam Description. ## Exam at a glance - **Format**: Fully digital in Bluebook — 75 MCQ (67%) plus an Article Analysis Question and an Evidence-Based Question (33%) - **Calculator**: Not permitted - **Units**: Basic concepts, measurement, AD-AS, financial sector, fiscal/monetary policy, open economy - **Skill**: Linking AD-AS, money market, and loanable funds diagrams ## What it tests AP Macro tests whether students can move fluently between the AD-AS, money market, and loanable funds diagrams, and can predict short-run and long-run consequences of a fiscal or monetary policy shock. The open-economy unit asks students to link foreign exchange diagrams to net exports and the AD curve. Strong candidates can chain three diagrams together in a single FRQ argument. ## Where students lose marks - AD-AS diagrams without explicit short-run vs long-run equilibrium labelling. - Money market FRQs confusing the real and nominal interest rates. - Fiscal vs monetary policy FRQs where the transmission mechanism is asserted but not drawn. - Foreign-exchange diagrams with the wrong axes (currency vs currency, price of one in terms of the other). - Phillips curve questions confusing short-run with long-run. ## How tutoring helps - Diagnostic on the three core diagrams (AD-AS, money market, loanable funds). - Chain-diagram FRQ practice — change in one diagram propagating to the next. - Real vs nominal drills. - Open-economy FRQ template work. - Final-month timed past papers under exam conditions. ## Compared with A Level and IB AP Macro overlaps with A Level Economics macro chapters and IB Economics SL/HL macro. The main difference is the AP rubric's reliance on standard diagrams and the open-economy chain reasoning. UK applicants to US economics, business, or international relations programmes commonly present Macro and Micro together. ## Who this suits - **Good fit**: Students applying to US economics, business, finance, or international relations programmes. - **Exam sprint**: Students who know the theory but cannot chain AD-AS with the money market quickly. - **Approach with caution**: Students who avoid diagrams — Macro FRQs are diagram-heavy. ## Weekly study plan - **Weeks 1–3 — Basic Economic Concepts**: Scarcity, opportunity cost, the production possibilities frontier, absolute/comparative advantage. - **Weeks 4–6 — Economic Indicators**: GDP, GNP, real vs nominal GDP, the GDP deflator, CPI, types of unemployment. - **Weeks 7–9 — Aggregate Demand & Supply**: The AD/AS model, short-/long-run AS, inflationary/recessionary gaps, the multiplier effect. - **Weeks 10–12 — Fiscal Policy**: Government spending, tax policy, automatic stabilisers, crowding out, the fiscal multiplier. - **Weeks 13–15 — Monetary Policy**: Structure of the Fed, open-market operations, reserve requirements, the discount rate, the money market. - **Weeks 16–18 — Phillips Curve & Long-Run Adjustments**: Short-/long-run Phillips curve, NAIRU, stagflation, adaptive vs rational expectations. - **Weeks 19–21 — International Trade & Finance**: Net exports, the balance of payments, the foreign exchange market, exchange-rate regimes. - **Weeks 22–26 — Exam Prep Intensive**: AP Classroom Personal Progress Check sets, FRQ rubric work, graph-labelling practice. ## Frequently asked questions ### Should I take AP Macro before or after AP Micro? Most US schools teach them in either order or in parallel. Taking them together strengthens the signal and the early shared content (scarcity, PPF, supply and demand) becomes easier. ### Do I need to memorise GDP, CPI, or unemployment formulas? Yes — these short formulas are not provided. The graph-related results are taken from your diagrams rather than from memorised formulas. ### How does AP Macro compare to A Level Economics macro? Content overlap is high. The AP exam is more diagram-driven and more chain-of-reasoning oriented, while A Level allows longer essay-style answers. 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