This coming school year, I’m taking Enriched World History. I thought for a challenge for myself, to take the AP World History. Do you guys know what I have to learn? </p>
Also, since I’m taking Enr. World History, do you think it is equivalent to AP world History? Like for instance I can get a 5?</p>
Thank you. I’ll answer any questions you may have!</p>
Also, the reason why I’m asking this is because my school doesn’t offer AP World History</p>
I don’t think anyone can really say whether or not the courses are equivalent without being familiar with your school. Do people from your school tend to get good scores on AP tests, and are they well prepared by their classes? If so, you should be able to take the AP if you’re willing to do some extra studying on your own. However, if your school isn’t that strong at preparing students for AP tests, you might have some trouble preparing yourself, though there’s no downside to trying :)</p>
Well no… I was planning to self-study along with the Enr.World History.</p>
I think you’ll still be able to do it if you’re strong at history, you’ll just have to commit a lot of time to outside studying. Just make sure you’re taking practice tests to make sure you’re on track, and if you study the prep books and maybe a recommended textbook you should be fine.</p>
What study guides would you suggest? My daughter is in the same boat. Her school offers honors world history but not AP?</p>
Any of the major study guides would probably be good- I’ve had good experiences with PR and 5 Steps to a 5, but it just depends on what book is better for you. If you’re studying on your own I would suggest using 2-3 study guides to make sure you’re not missing anything important.</p>
my friend used barrons ap for a 780/5 on world. he’s really smart though and barrons is usually superfluous in information so take it or leave it i guess. haha</p>
I got an 800 on the WH SAT II and a 5 on the AP test. I used PR (read straight through) and Barron’s. PR was more helpful, Barron’s was really too much information, not too useful. If anything, buy more review books for the tests. They’re the most useful part. </p>
Your enriched World History course probably won’t be quite enough for the essays and some weird things that the AP test covers, so focus on those. Make sure you get a broader perspective (study LOTS of patterns, test loves those) and compare different regions for each time period you do in class, study changes in areas over time, etc. </p>
PERMS charts are so useful to make for yourself, google them. There are tons of resources online to help you. mspugh.net was awesome for reviewing.</p>
Sure, it’s the history of everything, but more about patterns, comparisons, and the ‘big picture’ than about arbitrary facts and dates. Good luck! If you work hard, I’m sure you can do it. :)</p>