<p>I honestly can’t give a fair judgment about 5 to a 5. Ive used the princeton review for both of my exams and they are amazing. Straight to the point.</p>
<p>I guess some people may disagree with me, but I would say:</p>
<p>1) Buy Barrons. It’s excellent and covers all the important details.
2) Read the textbook. I repeat, READ THE TEXTBOOK. I don’t know which one you have but it’s very informative and if you know the textbook, you will have all the background info you need.
i) Read each chapter once or twice
ii) Take online quizzes (if available)
iii) Summarize the contents of the chapter to yourself. Look for major trends and ideas.
For instance, if you have no idea about nationalism in various regions at specific time periods just think about historical issues facing that area. Asian nations had more political nationalist movements since they were interested in independence from imperialistic policies. Social justice was a bigger motivator in South America because SA had been nominally ‘freed’ much earlier. You can obviously debate the second point a bit, but it’s something you can think up and reasonably justify even if you don’t really remember the details.</p>
<p>For me, the ideal was to go back and reread all the chapters before my midterm exam (I got above a 100). However, for the AP, if you don’t have time - just read a review book twice. </p>
<p>MCs: A lot of them are highly logical. Underline the important parts of each question, identify what is being asked and then use critical thinking skills. There are not that many straight up content questions. CB has added more source based analysis (which is what I personally prefer).</p>
<p>Essays: Look at the rubric. Write a few practices of each and look at old examples. Figure out how you like to organize them - this may take time or it might be something you can do very easily. </p>
<p>Good luck! It’s really not that difficult - I just find it annoying to remember so much information.</p>
<p>Thanks. Yesterday I did the practice multiple choice problems from the College Board and I only got a few wrong. Most of the questions were common sense questions. However, I’m not sure if this is what the actual exam will be like. I even went over the DBQ and I understood the basic concept of writing and analyzing documents. I believe I ordered Princeton Review and 5 Steps to a 5, so I think I’ll be set. Anyway, thanks to everyone’s input and advice. I really appreciate it!</p>