<p>Planning to take the ap exams for psych, possibly us history (if the answer is yes to the question), human geography, and environmental science.</p>
<p>AP Psych, yes. Do NOT try to study AP US history by yourself, I am sure some people do it but it is very hard. The class itself is a lot of work, it’s 48 chapters but you also have to understand everything. My teacher made us do ID/SIGS so not only do we understand what happened but we also understand why it did and what lead up to it. If you want to be studying everyday till the AP Exam, be my guest but it is not fun. I’m not sure about the other 2. The AP exams you should not take without a class is any AP History courses. Also, AP Chem and AP Physics.</p>
<p>well I mean if I take multiple practice AP US History exams and I get an estimated 5 or 4 on them, would that mean I will do well on the Ap exam?</p>
<p>Yeah, but the test is very different every year since there is literally SO much to talk about. Are you naturally good at AP History or something? Since I’m guessing you never took the AP class?</p>
<p>thats is a no brainer question… (trying to be really nice here)
OF COURSE IT WILL!</p>
<p>Well I mean some companies don’t provide good practice exams as I’ve heard. Also, does that mean I don’t need to study anymore, and just have to review?</p>
<p>I’m not sure, I never took an AP History pretest. Yet, when I went to this massive study session, I got almost every AP question right on a pretest the teacher gave us. I was so mad because I could not take the test, the person in charge of AP tests at my school traded the AP History test for my AP Biology one and didn’t have time to pay for it -.-. I would have totally killed that test! It’s all up to you, though. Honestly, the class is worth taking it is so much fun and you learn a lot. Especially since the majority of AP History teachers always have very interesting projects/work assignments! It was one of my favorite AP course I have took so far (AP Biology being second).</p>
<p>I dunno, the class seems to give too much busy work sometimes, and I feel I have a chance to get a 4 at least if I get a study aid to self-study and just take a lot of practice tests. Plus, I have learned a lot of us history and you know how it’s easy to pick up things you’ve learned before quickly. The purpose of this thread is more for someone who has actually done this and gotten good results on the AP exam to respond. Thanks though.</p>
<p>Well, there are 48 chapters. I only had 1 semester to complete all 48 chapters, do 12 tests, over 20 projects, and up to 600 points of ID/SIGS (I have block schedule). For me, yes it was hard, but I did pull out a 92.5. It is a lot of busy work, but most likely you have a regular period class so it is not that bad. I think you start to understand history, also. I came into that class not knowing who the 4th president was, now I know it was Madison (Madison War-- Battle of 1812). It mean, AP US History is about memorizing stuff, but you have to understand its significance, too.</p>
<p>I mean it’s basically getting the info down and being able to convey it well when it comes to free response questions right? No nonsense questions such as random dates or insignificant events or battles?</p>
<p>Some of it, yes. Like how Jamestown was created in 1607. You need to know which battle was the most significant in the American Revolution, which was Saratoga (the turning point).</p>
<p>wow the founding of Jamestown as a colony in 1607 is one of the random dates I know. It’s coincidental that you arbitrarily stated that one haha.</p>
<p>Haha, it’s like the ONLY date I really remember. Also, you have to know all the books and authors. Feminists, authors, generals, presidents, random people, wars, battles, turning points, gilded age, depression, colonial times, ammendments, etc…</p>
<p>Hmm. Do you think that the official AP exam from 4 years ago would be a good measurement of how well I know the material and how prepared I am?</p>
<p>Yes. CB-written exams are a very good indicator of how well you’ll do on the real thing. All AP exams for any given subject are very similar from year to year; that’s what makes them standardized. So, if you can get a 5 on a released exam, you have the knowledge to get a 5 on any other one, provided you don’t make a major mistake under pressure or are sick or something.</p>
<p>If you do well on the practice, you’ll do well on the exam. #2 in this thread mentions ID/SIGS, which I also had to do when I took this class. It made the exam a lot easier because I had already gone through every major figure or event of every chapter in my textbook and wrote down why they were important.</p>