<p>I will be a freshman this year and I was wondering if it is a hard course. I know it is a lot of reading but I was wondering if it is really difficult overall?</p>
<p>its not extremely specific, its more general. I took it sophmore year, I frankly thought it was simple, much more than I expected atleast. Just practice the essays alot, and remember random pieces of information and are useless but look nice on an essay. I had an essay question about the end of the classical age, and finished it off by talking about how the Academy of Plato was closed when Christianity became the official Roman religion. I got a 5.</p>
<p>I think AP World History is okay. You probably have to work hard, but you should be fine.</p>
<p>whats the best prep book(s) for this course,its too confusing on the consolidated list bc its not very consolidated lol</p>
<p>bumpin the thread</p>
<p>bump..if you know the answer respond</p>
<p>Princeton Review is definitely the best.</p>
<p>I'll be using Barrons this year but I don't even really need because my class is so hardcore.</p>
<p>Are the barnes & noble flashcards worth getting?</p>
<p>im stuck between barrons and princeton review, which is truly better?</p>
<p>I thought that AP World History was a great course and a very easy course but that was because i hate a great teacher who was an easy grader and a walking encyclopedia so i was definitely fortunate. I learned a lot from the course and scored a 5 on the AP exam...</p>
<p>I definitely recommend you taking AP World History as it looks great for colleges and you will learn a lot of history and if you get a decent/good teacher will really enjoy history also.</p>
<p>You can also post any questions you might have here and we'll definitely try to answer it for you.</p>
<p>I bought a Kaplan book which was terrible IMO but i didn't really need it at all. My teacher taught us everything and reviewed almost every topic with us in his own free time, also i remembered a lot of what i learned and it was all very easy for me</p>
<p>I took the AP exam my freshman year, and my teacher was REALLY bad. If you read the entirety of the incredibly long Barrons book, you will know everything that you need and more. Princeton review is a relatively good summary book, but it may leave out some information.</p>
<p>if you get the barrons book, you will have to spend a lot of time reading, but you will be more than prepared. The test is pretty easy</p>
<p>i used princeton b/c i knew i wasn't going to have the self-control or time management skills to sit myself down and read books like barrons which is chock full of info. In my opinion i think Princeton covers a good range of topics and should be enough info to get you a 5 on the exam.</p>
<p>The tests in Barron's are more difficult and will prepare you better. However, I found the Sparknotes tests and notecards be most useful, which I never see mentioned in forums. I anticipate that this is because my self-study was supplementary to a non-AP world history course, but if you have decent background knowledge of world history it should prepare you well.</p>
<p>As to the difficulty of the course, there's a lot of material (5000 years on 5 continents can't be easy to swallow), but the test itself is amazingly easy. I remember feeling overprepared as I took it last year.</p>
<p>Adopt a multicultural perspective and you should get a five.</p>
<p>I think for most immigrant students, 80% of the material is stuff they have self-studied before, because the nature of migration makes you self-conscious about history anyway.</p>
<p>WHAP world history ap is prob one of the easier ap's since the princeton review book is so good. all u basically have to do is read that book and then take the test. i made a 4 and i had 70s on all my tests in my class. I also had a terrible teacher so i didnt learn much from her. and just remember to know how to write the essays fast and good. good luck</p>