<p>How difficult is it? Like I took APUSH last year, wasn't too bad...so if anyone could compare it to that...</p>
<p>I thought they were basically the same level of difficulty. They both pretty much test the same types of things. If you thought APUSH wasn’t too bad then I wouldn’t worry about euro being much worse.</p>
<p>What about AP Euro vs. AP World? Can someone rank all three classes?</p>
<p>Yeah, APUSH wasn’t bad- I got a 4, and I also need a 4 on AP Euro to get credit for it at my college this fall. </p>
<p>The reason I’m worried about Euro is this: In APUSH, we did AP exam stuff all the time, like taking tests with past FRQs and DBQs and grading them that way. For AP Euro, while I have a teacher that knows more about history than my APUSH teacher and any other teacher in my school, he teaches what he thinks is important and not necessarily the most important things for the AP exam, so that’s questionable. He said he’s not “teaching to the test” at all; said “I’m gonna teach you European History” as he sees it should be taught, so I have to wonder how much it will help…</p>
<p>rebeccar: Out of curiosity, did you get the same score on APUSH as Euro?</p>
<p>I took Euro last year and I’m taking apush this year. I got a 4 in Euro, but we had a awful teacher so I read the book myself and did not finish like 3 chapters.
This year for apush, the teacher is wonderful and we spreaded out review throughout the year in addition to a final review in March/April. I’m confident about a 5 in apush.
The curve is better for Euro, someone double check me on that.</p>
<p>So SmySmy you would say Euro isn’t bad? Do you know approx. how many multiple choice you need to get a 4?</p>
<p>Does anyone know what the approximate curve is for Euro? Cause my review book doesn’t tell me any approx. curve…and I’m sorta wondering about this so I can estimate where I’m at. Would love to know!</p>
<p>Definitely don’t worry! My class didn’t even have a textbook… we used PR lol. And I got lazy and stopped reading it in December, and then 4 days before the test picked it up again, and read it through. I got a 4.
I’m taking APUSH right now, and I actually think it’s harder than APEuro because APUSH is a lot more detailed blehhh. And my teacher sucks lol</p>
<p>Don’t know the curve but I left about 15 MC blank, and idk how many I got wrong. I think my essays were ok… nothing spectacular. Probably they all got a score of around 5-7?</p>
<p>PinkLover- if you only got 5-7 on essays and left 15 MC blank, the curve must not be all that harsh I guess. </p>
<p>The curve for APUSH in the prep book I have is this: 0-50=1, 51-78=2, 79-95=3, 96-116=4, and 117-170=5 and I know all the point values are the same for AP Euro: 80 MC, 1 DBQ points x<em>4.5 and 2 FRQs points x</em>2.75 each and that curve is for when they still did the penalty points thing for wrong answers.</p>
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<p>Yep, 5 on both.</p>
<p>The Crash Course AP Euro book is a great resource. I used it last year and got a 5. It focuses on what is on the exam.</p>
<p>Does anyone who has taken the exam know if Kaplan is a good book? That’s the one I have here…I’ve read it a little, but honestly, I think my textbook is better- it’s WW Norton something publishers: Western Civilizations title</p>
<p>See I thought I’d have a 5 on APUSH and my teacher thought I’d have a 5 too, but then I ended up getting a stupid 4…which I’m mad about and worried…</p>
<p>Kaplan for AP Euro? It’s kinda OK, but not great.</p>
<p>I got a 5 on it last year. The exam, especially the frq/dbq section, will test your knowledge since 1450ish to the present. The best thing to do is review things like separate spheres, change over time,the -isms, and other themes of euro hist([AP:</a> European History](<a href=“AP European History – AP Students | College Board”>AP European History – AP Students | College Board)). You have to be able to show a clear understanding of the subject as a whole, which is where euro transcends the level of thought needed in apush. Get with a princeton review book and read it just to refresh your memory of the pre-industrial era. Also study the rubric for the dbq, it is very different than the apush dbq unless they’ve made drastic changes. Understand how the graders use the core points and the extra points if you fulfill the core section (extra include analysis of point of view and using an extra document.</p>
<p>Euro was pretty easy. Read a study book (but don’t take it too seriously because there’s extraneous stuff in all of them, especially REA), and TAKE RELEASED EXAMS and you should be fine. I got a 5.</p>
<p>Comparatively to APUSH: Euro is more confusing, 'cause it’s multiple countries and ridiculous monarchs, but the DBQ is easier because you don’t need much outside info. I also had no idea what to do on one of the FRQs last year (the one about Freudian psychology or something?) and did some quality BS.</p>
<p>Hmmm well I have no idea what the curve was but I’m not sure that it was super generous. Lots of my friends who studied really hard all year and got 4s on the mock exams ended ups with 2/3s.
But really, don’t stress. The DBQ is pretty easy also, since you really need like NO background knowledge!</p>