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The AP Macroeconomics group course is live online: 50 lessons, 90 minutes each, 75 hours in all.

Group lessons are taught in classes of at most 6 students.

The current group's lessons began on 26 September 2026. The group course fee is €1,572 in one payment.

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AP Macroeconomics tutoring covering GDP, inflation, monetary and fiscal policy. AD/AS framework strategy for a score of 5.

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AP Macroeconomics: what it covers and who it suits

AP Macroeconomics tutoring at TestPrep Europe drills the six College Board units — basic concepts through international economics — across MCQ and FRQ formats. The exam rewards labelled diagrams (AD-AS, money market, loanable funds, foreign exchange) and the cause-and-effect chains that link them, so we treat diagrams as the spine of every answer.

Your lessons are taught by Selin Yıldız, who teach AP Macroeconomics.

  • All 6 units, basic concepts through international macro
  • Core diagrams (AD-AS, money market, Phillips, FX) drilled to reflex
  • Cause-and-effect chain writing taught explicitly for FRQ part (c) / (d)
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AP Macroeconomics develops the conceptual tools for analysing whole economies — GDP, unemployment, inflation, growth, business cycles and policy. It pairs naturally with AP Microeconomics and is foundational for any university programme in economics, finance, public policy or international relations.

AP Macroeconomics covers the analysis of whole economies — output, inflation, unemployment, the financial sector, the role of government and the global economy. The course is built around the aggregate demand and aggregate supply (AD/AS) model and the loanable-funds and money-market frameworks. Students analyse the effects of fiscal and monetary policy under different macroeconomic conditions, including liquidity traps and supply-side shocks. Our programme tightly couples Micro and Macro for students taking both, since the marginal cost of preparing for the second exam after the first is small and the diagram and FRQ-writing skills transfer almost directly.

One-to-one AP Macroeconomics tutoring

Our one-to-one AP tutoring is built entirely around the student's current level and target score. Each lesson works on your specific weak topics, drills exam-format questions and teaches free-response and essay technique with the College Board's scoring guidelines in front of us. Our tutors follow every revision of the Course and Exam Description, so the work you put in matches what is rewarded in May.

AP Macroeconomics small-group course

Our small-group AP courses (no more than 6 students per class) give you a structured weekly programme alongside students aiming for the same score. The syllabus follows the College Board's Course and Exam Description unit by unit, and every lesson is taught live online.

Exam

AP Macroeconomics exam format

The College Board runs the AP Macroeconomics exam every May. Sections, timing and weighting:

  • Section I: Multiple Choice

    66%

    60 questions in 1 hour 10 minutes. Calculator permitted.

  • Section II: Free Response

    33%

    3 questions (1 long + 2 short) in 1 hour, including a 10-minute reading period. Diagram-driven analysis of macroeconomic policy.

  • Exam format

    Hybrid digital

    Multiple-choice questions are answered in the Bluebook app; free-response questions are shown in Bluebook and answered by hand in a paper booklet. A four-function calculator is allowed on both sections. 2027 exam date: 7 May 2027.

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AP Macroeconomics Private Tutoring

Private AP lessons planned around you: the units you find hardest, your school's pace and the score you are aiming for. Every lesson is live and online, with a tutor who teaches this subject.

  • A lesson plan built around your target score
  • Every unit of the College Board course, in the order you need it
  • Multiple-choice and free-response technique, checked against College Board scoring guidelines
  • Lesson times that fit around your school week

How it works

  1. 1

    Tell us your goal

    We start from your school syllabus, your exam date and the result you are aiming for.

  2. 2

    Your own plan

    We map out the lessons you need, unit by unit.

  3. 3

    Live one-to-one lessons

    Meet your tutor online at times that suit your week.

  4. 4

    Regular progress checks

    Homework and a short check after each lesson show how you are getting on.

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Group course calendar

AP Macroeconomics Group Course Calendar

50 lessons in total (40 topic lessons + 10 past-paper lessons). Topic lessons on Saturday and Sunday, 17:30–19:00; past-paper lessons on Saturday, 17:30–19:00 (Türkiye time). Lessons are taught in English.

2027-28 classes

First lesson

25 September 2027

Last lesson

29 April 2028

Enrolment deadline

22 September 2027

AP exam

5 May 2028 (estimated)

Course fee

€1,572single payment

or 3 instalments of €524

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  • 50 lessons in total
  • 40 topic lessons
  • 10 past-paper lessons
  • Lesson recordings available for 14 days

Lesson-by-lesson calendar

Topic lessonPast-paper lesson
Lesson-by-lesson calendar
DateTopic
25 Sep 2027Sat17:30–19:00Unit 1: Basic Economic Concepts (1/3)
26 Sep 2027Sun17:30–19:00Unit 1: Basic Economic Concepts (2/3)
2 Oct 2027Sat17:30–19:00Unit 1: Basic Economic Concepts (3/3)
3 Oct 2027Sun17:30–19:00Unit 2: Economic Indicators and the Business Cycle (1/6)
9 Oct 2027Sat17:30–19:00Unit 2: Economic Indicators and the Business Cycle (2/6)
10 Oct 2027Sun17:30–19:00Unit 2: Economic Indicators and the Business Cycle (3/6)
16 Oct 2027Sat17:30–19:00Unit 2: Economic Indicators and the Business Cycle (4/6)
17 Oct 2027Sun17:30–19:00Unit 2: Economic Indicators and the Business Cycle (5/6)
23 Oct 2027Sat17:30–19:00Unit 2: Economic Indicators and the Business Cycle (6/6)
24 Oct 2027Sun17:30–19:00Unit 3: National Income and Price Determination (1/9)

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  • College Board has not yet published the May 2028 AP exam schedule, so the exam date is estimated from the 2027 schedule. Once it is confirmed, we will adjust the programme to match.

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Syllabus

AP Macroeconomics topics

Unit and topic names are the College Board's own. Percentages are each unit's share of the exam score, as the College Board publishes them.

1

Unit 1: Basic Economic Concepts

5–10%
  • Scarcity
  • Opportunity cost and the Production Possibilities Curve
  • Comparative advantage and gains from trade
  • Supply and demand
  • Market equilibrium, disequilibrium, and changes in equilibrium
2

Unit 2: Economic Indicators and the Business Cycle

12–17%
  • The circular flow and GDP
  • Unemployment
  • Price indices and inflation
  • Real vs. nominal GDP
  • Business cycles
3

Unit 3: National Income and Price Determination

17–27%
  • Aggregate demand
  • Short-run and long-run aggregate supply
  • Equilibrium and changes in the Aggregate Demand-Aggregate Supply Model
  • Fiscal policy
4

Unit 4: Financial Sector

18–23%
  • Financial assets
  • Definition, measurement, and functions of money
  • Banking and the expansion of the money supply
  • Monetary policy
5

Unit 5: Long-Run Consequences of Stabilization Policies

20–30%
  • The Phillips Curve
  • Money growth and inflation
  • Government deficits and national debt
  • Crowding out
  • Economic growth
6

Unit 6: Open Economy—International Trade and Finance

10–13%
  • Balance of payments accounts
  • Exchange rates and the foreign exchange market
  • Effects of changes in policies and economic conditions on the foreign exchange market
  • Changes in the foreign exchange market and net exports
  • Real interest rates and international capital flows

Approach

How we teach AP Macroeconomics

Study plan

  1. 1

    Phase 1 — Basic concepts + measurement (Units 1–2)

    Scarcity, PPC, GDP, unemployment, inflation

    • PPC shifts and opportunity cost
    • GDP components and nominal vs real
    • CPI calculation and unemployment definitions
  2. 2

    Phase 2 — National income and price determination (Unit 3)

    AD-AS model and short-run vs long-run

    • AD-AS diagrams with all four shocks
    • SRAS vs LRAS distinctions
    • Multiplier and crowding-out
  3. 3

    Phase 3 — Financial sector + stabilisation (Units 4–5)

    Money market, loanable funds, fiscal and monetary policy

    • Money market and loanable funds in parallel
    • Fiscal policy chains end-to-end
    • Monetary policy chains end-to-end
  4. 4

    Phase 4 — Long-run review + open economy (Units 5–6) + mock

    Long-run growth, FX, balance of payments

    • Phillips curve short- and long-run
    • FX market with current and capital account links
    • Released FRQs to rubric

How lessons work

  • Diagram-first answers

    Every FRQ starts with a fully labelled diagram before any prose. The diagram earns rubric points and constrains the explanation that follows.

  • Cause-and-effect chains

    FRQ part (c) / (d) typically asks 'using a correctly labelled graph of …, show the effect on …'. We drill the linked chain — policy → curve → variable — as a unit.

  • Three markets in parallel

    The money market, loanable funds market and FX market are taught side by side because students who learn them sequentially keep mixing the axes under exam pressure.

Advice

AP Macroeconomics: common mistakes and study tips

  • MistakeDiagrams without labelled axes, curves and equilibrium points.

    FixAlways label both axes, original and new curves, and both equilibrium points before writing prose. Unlabelled diagrams cap the rubric mark.

  • MistakeConfusing the money market with loanable funds.

    FixMoney market: nominal interest rate vs quantity of money. Loanable funds: real interest rate vs quantity of loanable funds. Pick the right diagram for the prompt.

  • MistakeForgetting which curve shifts under fiscal vs monetary policy.

    FixFiscal policy shifts AD directly via G or T; monetary policy shifts MS, then interest rates, then I, then AD. Write the chain out.

  • MistakeWrong direction on the FX market.

    FixDecide whether the home currency is on the y-axis before drawing; appreciation moves the price up, depreciation down. Mislabelling kills the diagram.

  • MistakeSaying 'inflation' without distinguishing demand-pull vs cost-push.

    FixTie every inflation explanation to a named source — AD shift right (demand-pull) or SRAS shift left (cost-push).

  • MistakeTreating Phillips curve as one diagram.

    FixShort-run Phillips trades inflation against unemployment; long-run is vertical at NAIRU. Specify which is being used and why.

Study tips

  • The AD/AS diagram is to AP Macro what S/D is to AP Micro — draw it from memory in your sleep, with every shifter labelled.
  • Know the chain reactions of monetary and fiscal policy: "open-market purchase → bank reserves up → money supply up → interest rate down → investment up → AD right → output and price level up". Drill these chains.
  • On loanable-funds and money-market questions, label both axes correctly (real interest rate vs nominal interest rate) — students who confuse them lose easy points.
  • Practise the Phillips-curve and long-run growth FRQs separately; they appear almost every year and have predictable rubric structures.

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AP Macroeconomics Prep — Frequently Asked Questions

The questions students ask most about AP Macroeconomics preparation.

Either order works; many schools teach Macro first because the diagrams build directly on supply and demand. We support whichever order the student's school uses.

Diagrams are graded explicitly on the FRQ rubric and they constrain the explanation that follows. Students who skip diagrams or label them poorly almost always under-score.

Algebra II is enough; the exam stays at proportional reasoning and basic graph interpretation. No calculus is required.

Students new to economics usually book 30–50 hours; students who have already taken IB Economics SL or similar often book less.

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