<p>Does anyone have any general APUSH advice for someone who has never taken an ap history class?</p>
<p>You mean like the abundance of reading is hell? o.o
Or something more useful??</p>
<p>Abit of both. :)</p>
<p>Make sure you know exactly what to expect. Once you know that you can pretty much study to the test. </p>
<p>Read the guides at: [AP</a> US History | AP Exam Review Course](<a href=“http://www.apexamreview.com%5DAP”>http://www.apexamreview.com)</p>
<p>I’ll tell you what not to do. Do not wait a week before the exam to try to cram in all the information you can.</p>
<p>AMSCO. AMSCO. AMSCO. READ. READ. READ. If your teacher is good, pay attention in lectures too!!!</p>
<p>Read AMSCO! Practice and read previous DBQs/FRQs.</p>
<p>I took the class this year and I walked away with a 5. Expect the weirdest for FRQs (which I destroyed due to my background in AP World History).</p>
<p>AMSCO and Crash Course…and please start early- AMSCO is a big book!</p>
<p>Try not to fall asleep every single time the teacher lectures. 
I’m not even kidding, halfway through the year I decided I could care less about the class and probably slept more than anything else. Not sure how that turned out for me yet on the AP Exam though. Still haven’t gotten my scores. :/</p>
<p>If you actually read your textbook with the class curriculum throughout the year, you don’t even have to worry about hardcore prep before the AP. That’s how I got a comfortable 5 on both World History and US History.</p>
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+1.
AMSCO is great for learning the material, and Crash Course is great for reviewing concepts a couple weeks before the exam.</p>
<p>AMSCO + Crash Course.</p>
<p>Most have pretty much already said it, but AMSCO is amazing!! I read through almost the whole thing about a month before the exam, rereading some chapters I had already read.
Also, I would practice writing some of the sample DBQs that you can find on the CB’s website, then compare yours to the ones written. They have complete scoring guidelines, sample essays, and everything.</p>
<p>Many people are recommending AMSCO; however, Crash Course is so much more useful in my opinion. Read it 3 times or so before the test (it`s a very quick read) and you should own the MC. More importantly, do well throughout the year and the exam will seem like cake. Good luck!</p>
<p>Read AMSCO…from DAY ONE. Do NOT wait to go through an 800-page book until two weeks before the exam.</p>