<p>So right now we have a test coming up in a week from the French and Indian war to the Revolution War for apush. We're using a big, wordy textbook that goes into a lot of detail, so i decided to buy the AMSCo book earlier than i thought.</p>
<p>The thing is that I can't decide if I can use the AMSCo book by itself for the tests in class or not. The way our tests are formatted is that there are 30 multiple choice questions from past AP exams and an essay on one topic. Is AMSCO enough?</p>
<p>It really depends on your teacher.</p>
<p>Some teachers go into so much detail, AMSCO will be very insufficient, and some teachers will give you questions straight from the AP exam (in which case, AMSCO would be fine.)</p>
<p>You have to watch out for the teachers that make you study and outline superfluous information from detailed textbooks. I find that it’s pretty pointless to digest all of it only to see that 70% of what you learned was so superfluous, it didn’t help at all on the actual AP exam.</p>
<p>AMSCO is good for the AP exam, but for the class tests, it really depends on the teacher. Some teachers are hard, some are easy. My suggestion is study for the first few tests from the textbook, and then decide whether AMSCO will be a sufficient substitute for your textbook for your teacher’s tests—in most cases, it won’t be, and you’ll have to regurgitate the excess information (but this is what you signed up for.)</p>
<p>AMSCO saved my life for the APUSH test because there were too many notes to read over from the actual class. The APUSH test is not as detailed as your chapter tests might be so don’t use the AMSCO book to study for your class tests. However, it is a smart book to have for the AP test. Read it from cover to cover!</p>