<p>I'm taking WHAP right now and i've got a really lazy teacher. At the end of the 1st semester, we're at ch 13 out of 35 and we skipped about 6 chapters. There is no way we'll finish the book in time. My question was is it enough to just prepare with princeton's and read it over a few days before the exam? Also, everyone says the exam is easy on CC, but then again, this is CC. How would you really rate the exam.</p>
<p>In the class, it's a little difficult to read through even the 15 or so pages and understand all the facts and people. Do you have any advice?</p>
<p>One last question: The major thing I'm worrying about on the exam is the essays. Our teacher says to get a 5, all you have to do is follow a set rubric. He says things like give 3 reasons in the compare and contrast, and 3 differences and similarities, etc. Are the essay's really graded so systematically? In our practice essays, he tells us to not worry about the writing flowing together as in an english class, but to just get the correct number of facts down in the time he gives you. Is that true?</p>
I don’t think the textbook problem should be too bad. I can get through a chapter in my book in under 2 hours w/ distractions. Spend a few hours on the weekend catching up with reading. That’s what I do. As for PR only, I’ve heard it’s possible to get a 5 with it only, but I have my doubts as PR is really to the point and might leave some stuff out. What I’m doing is reading Barron’s and PR, so hopefully whatever is left out of PR is in Barron’s and whatever I forget in Barron’s I review in PR. Essays…my teacher said it’s better to get the rubric reqs fulfilled than to worry too much about making mistakes content wise. Obviously essay grading is going to be subjective. Definitely knowing what’s required rubric-wise in each essay is the first big step in getting that 8-9. Knowing the content of the WH course is the second step. GL</p>