<p>I am going in to sophomore year and I was wondering if I should go to a school that offers Euro, or World, or APUSH.
At my previous school I took AP Human Geography and was recommended for Euro (only this was available for sophomore year) and then was supposed to be APUSH junior year. Over the summer I am moving to a different district and the school I will go to will depend on the better course. The best school here offers APUSH sophomore year if you pass the DBQ exam, but DBQ wasn't taught in Human Geo (although our teacher told us about how we need it for Euro), but I guess it was taught in their regular freshman social studies class. After APUSH will be AP world junior year. Another school offers AP EURO with summer assignment and then APUSH junior year. The rest of the high schools have AP world then APUSH. Should I learn to perfect DBQs and take APUSH first or take it junior year? If I should take APUSH junior year, is World better to take or Euro (1. in terms of easiness of content 2. easiness of exam 3. better for college). I know that Ivy League schools (definitely Harvard) except Euro but not World (and sadly only Dartmouth out of the Ivy League excepts AP HUMAN GEO which is a bummer cause I worked hard to get that 5). </p>
<p>I took Euro and I really loved it, I guess knowing Euro would be better for APUSH since they cover similar time periods and similar events such as new world discoveries and the Cold War. Maybe I’m being biased because I took Euro. </p>
<p>Did it feel easier to take apush later instead of first? Also do you think Euro would be better for colleges rather than world history?</p>
<p>@hailbo what did you get on the AP Euro exam and APUSH?</p>
<p>I haven’t taken APUSH, but I got a 5 on AP Euro. I don’t really know which one would look better or be better, Euro would really help in politics I would guess, there are so many leaders you study and how they went about doing stuff, World History studies more society as a whole, like technological advances, culture and stuff. Euro would study a lot more about kings, wars, and how certain people ruled. I am gonna take APUSH this year, I think being in AP Euro really helps, there was a lot of Cold War chapters, Columbus exchange stuff, and the American Revolution which had a lot of American involvement in. World History really looks on long term trends compared to Euro and US History which looks at events, cause and effect. APUSH is generally a Junior Year course, I don’t really think it would matter which one you took first.</p>
<p>At my school, soph usually go into world history, juniors into us history, and then if you’re that much in love with history senior year you go into euro… I recommend asking the counselors how things go. Because it can benefit you in a lot of ways to be with the same class. You get to know them better, and chances are, they will be struggling or striving like you, so test curves and homework will be nice ta ya.</p>
<p>The new school I’m assigned to requires me to do a DBQ exam and only APUSH is available as sophomore AP. Unfortunately I didn’t take this course they have called Global Prospectives (H or Cp), but took AP Human Geography in my old school which prepares for AP test and not DBQs. Is it worth learning DBQs in a few weeks and trying to take the exam? If I fail it, I might be stuck with that school and not be able to take any APs as a sophomore or I could just quit while I’m ahead and go to another school in the district that has EURO or World</p>
<p>I highly recommend APUSH. Only because throughout school we have learned generalities about US history (well at least I did). In APUSH you can relate things and it will definitely help with Euro since time periods overlap and sometimes things Europeans did influenced the culture of America. Like the renaissance inspired us to build more inventions and such. But I think if you take either you’ll be fine and learn the DBQ styles. Except APUSH changed this year and the new exam is a different format. SO take Euro!!! When the exam changes it’s hard to study for it because there’s no examples. I had to learn that with AP Chem. 
I have a biased with APUSH since I took it, but in this case if go with Euro. I made a 4 on APUSH if that counts. </p>
<p>I’m a rising junior. My school has a set track for social studies:
10th: AP World
11th APUSH
12th: AP US Gov</p>
<p>So, I’ll be talking based on my experiences from AP World. </p>
<p>Now, credit wise, you shouldn’t be too optimistic for anything if you are applying to top-tier colleges. The colleges I want to apply to hardly accept any credit, so I take AP’s based on my interest.</p>
<p>regarding whether to take Euro or World, personally, I’m someone who’s in MUN, so I’d choose the general AP World History over the more specific AP Euro. If you happen prefer Europe to the World, then choose Euro.</p>
<p>Again, personally, I felt that World was a cakewalk. I’ve also heard that APUSH is much harder that Euro or world, so, I’d recommend you take Euro or World as a sophomore, and APUSH as a junior.</p>
<p>Hope I could help!</p>
<p>Good Luck!</p>
<p>You generally take ap world as a sophomore</p>
<p>APUSH or AP Euro? which one are you more interested in? They both give you extra points for your GPA. Can you take more than one history class. At my son’s high school a lot of students who liked history took more than one AP history class per year. However I warn you that there’s a lot of homework in any AP history class along with the other AP classes you will take. Good luck</p>
<p>I agree, sophomores generally take APWH first. I took it last year, and I’m taking APUSH as a junior right now. APWH isn’t exactly “easy,” but I honestly think it’s the easiest of the three and introduces you to the world of AP history. It covers very broad topics and themes and isn’t nearly as detail-oriented as APUSH, where you have to remember specific dates and such. I never took AP Euro so I wouldn’t know, but I’ve heard it’s pretty intense too.</p>
<p>Looking back, I actually sort of enjoyed world history. US history is killing me. :(( Take World History, I really think you’ll like it. It’s definitely not as easy as APHG, but there are some interesting concepts you learn about that are useful to know for future reference. And as long as you do the work and use a review book before the test, I promise you will pass. My class literally did nothing all year and I had little to no knowledge of world history, but I reviewed Princeton for a couple weeks and I actually passed. I don’t want to p’iss anyone off, but it’s really not that difficult to pass. Getting a 5 is another story though.</p>
<p>And I strongly agree with “ajtalker.” Most elite colleges don’t even accept many of the APs, and for the few that they do accept, you need to get a 5 and possibly take a placement exam or something (not sure). So don’t worry too much over that. Take the APs that CHALLENGE you – that’s what’s important.</p>
<p>Good luck! :)</p>
<p>@somethingwithin It does seem that APUSH exam is changing in 2015 and then Euro 2016 but will they probably make the exam harder than it was before? If so then I would like to take Euro before the exam changes and take APUSH after that to base it off someone.</p>
<p>I don’t know if it would be harder. My teacher said they’re trying to move away from just cramming information to making sure you know what you’re talking about. It’s about counter arguments and such. The multiple choice now includes short response and lasts 100 minutes. The FRQs are a regular DBQ and FRQ if I’m not mistaken. I am a writer, writing was probably the only reason I passed the class because I may not have known what the best answer was in MC, but I knew how to write an essay. And I completely agree that passing a history AP class exam isn’t hard. Just read and you’ll be fine. If you’re a good writer take APUSH next year, if not then wait so you can base it off something. </p>
<p>@somethingwithin I am not a good writer when it comes to my English Honors (I have an A in English but my writing usually gets a b or c), but last year I got a 5 in the AP Human Geography, even though MC was more like multiple guessing as everyone who took it said, because I did a great job in writing the essay and using all the FRQ techniques (and bullshiting it).</p>
<p>@somethingwithin The thing is that AP Human Geography does not grade FRQ like an English essay, just looks for the answers within the essay, but DBQs involve thesis and other essay stuff. Also what would be a good way to study for a DBQ exam. Here is how the exam goes: “The students will be given background information about a historical time period and then a question. They will examine between ten and fifteen documents and decided on an answer. They must analyze each document properly and support their answer with the analysis. This exam is an essay. They must have an introduction with a thesis. They must have paragraphs which transition well and clearly explain their argument to the answer of the question. In the conclusion, they must restate why their answer to the question is correct”.</p>
<p>Yeah that’s because APHG is a freshman level AP class, so it isn’t graded as harsh. APUSH is designed to test you. The FRQ portion remains the same, I believe they’re called long responses or something similar to that. But 'm sure it’s just an FRQ and DBQ. The only truly new concept is the new responses. I would say to wait on APUSH, because you won’t know what the test makers are truly looking for. Take Euro before it changes.</p>
<p>APUSH was both my worst class (95% UW) and my favorite. Maybe it was because my teacher was awesome, but I personally love American History. That being said, I’m taking Euro this year as a senior, and I think APUSH really prepared me well for Euro. I (and everyone else in this discussion) cannot help with the difficulty of the APUSH exam, as it’s been greatly changed this year. My friends in Euro disliked the AP exam: the multiple choice is often really vague (understandable, as the course covers ~500 years), so if you aren’t constantly reviewing, you’ll get burned. I can simply say go with what interests you most; if you love the subject, you’ll do well in it.</p>