--- title: "AP Microeconomics Tuition — Markets, Costs & Welfare" slug: ap-microeconomics-tuition subject: "AP Microeconomics" category: "Economics" url: https://www.apcourses.net/ap-microeconomics-tuition --- # AP Microeconomics Tuition Online AP Microeconomics tuition on supply and demand, elasticity, production costs, market structures and market failure, with graph-led FRQ practice. > AP Microeconomics is a one-semester introduction to consumer behaviour, firm decision-making, market structures, factor markets, and market failures. The exam mixes MCQ with FRQ that requires correctly labelled graphs and short justifications. We teach Micro as a graph-first subject because most lost marks are on diagrams, not theory. ## 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 - Weekly pattern: Saturdays & Sundays, 16:00–17:30 (Istanbul time) - Sessions: 50 total (40 lessons + 10 review/mock sessions) - Group course enrolment closes: 19 September 2026 - College Board exam date: 4 May 2027 ## Pricing Shown and charged in Euro. - Single lesson (90 min): €56 — full refund if you are not satisfied after the first lesson - 10-lesson package: €540 (€54 per lesson) - 20-lesson package: €1,028 (€51 per lesson) - Group course (8 months, 75 hours + 10 mock papers): €1,503 Lessons in the 10- and 20-lesson packages can be split freely across any AP subjects. ## Units 1. Basic Economic Concepts — exam weighting 12–15% 2. Supply and Demand — exam weighting 20–25% 3. Production, Cost, and the Perfect Competition Model — exam weighting 22–25% 4. Imperfect Competition — exam weighting 15–22% 5. Factor Markets — exam weighting 10–13% 6. Market Failure and the Role of Government — exam weighting 8–13% Exam weightings as published by College Board in the Course and Exam Description. ## Exam at a glance - **Format**: MCQ plus FRQ — graph-heavy - **Calculator**: Not permitted - **Units**: Basic concepts, supply/demand, production/costs, market structures, factor markets, market failure - **Skill**: Correctly labelled graphs, marginal reasoning, welfare analysis ## What it tests AP Microeconomics tests whether students can draw correctly labelled diagrams (perfect competition, monopoly, monopolistic competition, oligopoly) and read the welfare consequences off them — consumer surplus, producer surplus, deadweight loss. FRQs typically chain a graph with a follow-up calculation (price, quantity, profit) and a written interpretation. All three parts are scored. ## Where students lose marks - Monopoly diagrams without explicit MR < P labelling and missing deadweight loss. - Long-run perfect competition diagrams that do not show normal profit. - Factor-market FRQs confusing MRP, MRC, and wage. - Externality diagrams where the social marginal cost/benefit is not labelled clearly. - Calculations without units or without showing the marginal-cost-equals-marginal-revenue step. ## How tutoring helps - Diagnostic on the four market structures via blank diagram drills. - Graph-first teaching — students draw before they discuss. - FRQ template work for the standard prompts (taxes, subsidies, price ceilings, externalities). - Pairing with AP Macroeconomics where the student is taking both. - Final-month timed FRQs under exam conditions. ## Compared with A Level and IB AP Micro overlaps with A Level Economics microeconomics chapters and IB Economics SL/HL micro. The main difference is the AP exam's heavy reliance on a small set of standard diagrams — the rubric explicitly awards marks for correctly labelled axes, curves, and equilibrium points. UK applicants to US economics, business, or finance programmes typically present Micro and Macro together. ## Who this suits - **Good fit**: Students applying to US economics, business, finance, or public policy programmes. - **Exam sprint**: Students who know the theory but lose marks on diagram labelling. - **Approach with caution**: Students who hate diagrams — Micro is unforgiving on graph accuracy. ## Weekly study plan - **Weeks 1–3 — Basic Economic Concepts**: Scarcity, opportunity cost, the PPF, absolute/comparative advantage, gains from trade. - **Weeks 4–6 — Supply and Demand**: The laws of supply and demand, equilibrium, elasticity (price/income/cross), consumer/producer surplus. - **Weeks 7–9 — Production, Cost, and Perfect Competition**: Short-run costs (TC, ATC, AVC, MC), short-run profit maximisation, long-run zero economic profit. - **Weeks 10–12 — Imperfect Competition**: Monopoly, monopolistic competition, oligopoly, the cartel model, the basics of game theory. - **Weeks 13–15 — Factor Markets**: Labour demand (MRP), wage determination, monopsony, the distribution of income. - **Weeks 16–18 — Market Failure & the Role of Government**: Externalities, public goods, asymmetric information, tax/subsidy analysis, deadweight loss. - **Weeks 19–24 — Exam Prep Intensive**: AP Classroom Personal Progress Check sets, FRQ graph work, the last ten years of FRQs. ## Frequently asked questions ### Should I take Micro and Macro together? Most students do. They share roughly the first month of content (scarcity, PPF, supply and demand), then diverge. Taking both together also gives a stronger US economics signal. ### How important are graphs on the AP Micro FRQ? Very. The rubric explicitly awards points for correctly labelled axes, curves, and equilibrium quantities. Most lost marks come from sloppy diagrams rather than wrong theory. ### Is AP Micro calculus-based? No. AP Micro is algebra-only. 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