<p>Also, my school used the brown “US History: A Narrative” book, or whatever it’s called. It was around 1800 pages with very few pictures and relatively small text. I think most schools use The American Pageant Book, which sounds much more efficient, but I’ve never actually seen it.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t say that it is the hardest, but it does require self-discipline and a strong work ethic. Many APUSH classes involve textbook readings and outlining, as well as other HW assignments. Plus, there’s a lot of memorization involved if history doesn’t stick right away for you.</p>
<p>At my average public high school, the course was easy and there was a lot of grade inflation but I studied 3 weeks before the test and attended review sessions b/c I took it first semester and forgot some of the information. I got a 5 on the exam.</p>
<p>APUS is hard depending on who you are. If you like reading and enjoy history then you’ll be fine. (However, if you get the Enduring Vision as your text book, you may be scarred for life… that book was brutal). Anyways, it’s not memorization–you should be able to make connections between the different time periods and be able to make inferences and such. However, I would say it is more specific than AP World, which is very different. So if you like specific, you’ll like AP US. In all honesty, if you enjoy the reading, the teacher becomes kinda pointless because you can just absorb everything from the text book (if its a good text book), and the teacher just becomes someone who quizzes you and its a nice review of what you read the previous night. </p>
<p>It’s easier than most people think.</p>
<p>The crying students is most likely due to the teacher and not the material.</p>
<p>Personally, I never read the book and still had an A in the class all year (~95), 770 SAT II, etc.</p>
<p>Anyways, in my opinion, it is nowhere near the hardest AP.</p>
<p>I took it one year removed from a regular-level class because I did pretty well on the SAT II US and I thought that most of the stuff would transfer over. Anyway, I had to take it in another school b/c I wasn’t in the class at my school, and I thought that my temp-host school would administer it on the same day that my regular school does. It turns out that I got an email the night before the test reminding me that it was the next morning. I was like ohhhhh shhh. I read the PR review book on a 4 hour train ride (slight exaggeration) and whirled out with a 5.</p>
<p>I have a pretty good memory so I can just power through AP’s like USH and Bio and Chem. The hardest AP, in my opinion, is Physics C E&M. I felt that AP’s like USH could be conquered by just reading a review book a few times, but Physics C E&M really requires a great teacher. I’ll agree that it wasn’t straight up memorization though–I can draw connections pretty well. Ask me anything! I think I still know it.</p>
<p>If you don’t mind reading, I’d say this is one of the easier APs for me. Don’t let what other people say intimidate you, the test is definitely not “a piece of cake” but it’s not at all impossible to get a 5.
Compared to, say, the AP Spanish tests, AP US history is certainly not the most difficult AP test.</p>
<p>Heres how it went in my class:
No one would get above a C on the tests. They covered about 3 chapters, had a bit over a 100 questions, and only 47 mins to do them in. If we did our classwork/homework we could get an A with our bad test grades but barely. Only about 4 people would get an A our of like a 20 person class. There is TONS of reading every night. Honestly all I remember was reading like a maniac for 4 hours straight before the tests and having people cheat all the time for homework. The AP exam however was a cakewalk. I finished with tons of extra time and thought “jeez I wish our class was this easy”. I got a 5. Basically the class was hell but the exam was super easy.
I think APUSH was my hardest AP class because of the workload but the easiest exam. I also hadn’t really taken american history before so maybe that was my problem time wise. I’m sure if you took world history and were fine you can do APUSH</p>
<p>It’s absolutely manageable and by far not the hardest AP. I thought a lot of it was just second nature, considering how much time was spent on US history in my elementary/middle school social studies curriculae and by living and breathing here all of my life =]. However, it DOES have the price of reading and somewhat, a good background with writing.</p>
<p>Also I’m not sure if anyone has said it yet but if you read AMSCO like twice throughout the year or once before the exam you should be golden</p>
<p>AP studio art i heard is brutal because of the portfolio.</p>
<p>AP Euro was much harder than APUSH, in my opinion, even though my Euro teacher was a.m.a.z.i.n.g. & i heard physics was hard…
so i’d say go for it! it’s not all that bad!</p>
<p>in general, i would say the class is harder than the test itself. i didnt take the ap class because i couldnt handle it without dropping multiple other APs simply bc i didnt have the time. however, i still took the exam and got a 5 with no prep other than regular us which was a joke and reading princeton’s the week before the test</p>
<p>Take the class… I had a novice teacher and pretty much ignored everything she said. I studied the book on my own and worked hard practicing for DBQs and FRQs. I read a whole review book the night before the test and got a 5 
The DBQ was even on an obscure topic… it’s all about remembering little facts.</p>
<p>The only scary part about APUSH is the workload. Just read the textbook and you’ll be fine.</p>
<p>I didn’t think it was that bad. I got a 3 by just sleeping in the class every day and doing absolutely nothing. Granted, everyone else in my class got a 1 because the teacher was horrible, but it never gave me any problems. </p>
<p>You know what was hard? AP Macro. That stuff just does not work in my brain. I got a 1…my only 1 :(</p>
<p>At my school euro is supposed to be a very hard subject. However APUSH is combined with AP lang so it’s referred to as super hard but Idk how hard the US part is. You may already know some of it, it’s something we all did in middle school. The american pageant is a huge book, but it isn’t as boring as say “the western heritage” You’ll probably do good</p>
<p>Here is a good way to find out if you are ready. Take this simulation exam:</p>
<p>[-</a> AP US History Practice Test 1 - AP US History Exam Review Course -](<a href=“http://www.apexamreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=35:practice-exam&catid=8:practice-exams&Itemid=22]-”>http://www.apexamreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=35:practice-exam&catid=8:practice-exams&Itemid=22)</p>
<p>its 80 questions, 55 minutes long and has the same type of questions on the AP. If you can get at least a 3 on the simulation, then you should have a good chance of passing the real exam.</p>
<p>Physics C E/M is arguably the hardest AP exam</p>
<p>It really depends on what you’re good at and if you’re willing to put in the work. I have ~94 in my AP U.S class but ~88 in my AP English Language class. AP U.S is definitely up there among the hardest AP classes but if you’re even somewhat good at history, then the class is more than doable.</p>