<p>APUSH: how do you do well in apush??? its ridiculous, we have alot of smart people in our class-some among the top 10 in our grade-and still no one has surpassed and 80 on any of the tests our teacher has given us. i study his notes AND the AP crash course book but i still can even get a B on any tests. Recently we took the semester exam and the highest grade in the class was a 73 -__- is the APUSH exam really that hard?? i need helppp!!</p>
<p>AP Envi Sci: does anyone know a good test prep for AP environment science b/c i dont trust my teachers teachings since almost everyone failed the semester exam -__- its probably because this is her first year teaching AP. ive heard this course is easy compared to the other APs and i feel embarrassed for not doing well on the semester exam so please help! thanks</p>
<p>APUSH is extremely hard, And rightfully so. The basic idea is that you are taking a long and advanced college level class and cramming it to fit into a relatively tight high school curriculum. Therefore the class must move at an accelerated pace, leaving little to no time for review or backtracking. I remember once my teacher told me that the class is actually more difficult than class at college.
That being said, the speed of the class requires you to work outside of school, much more than usual. Notes, worksheets and the like are useless if never seen more than once. But that’s all in good time. Another thing my teacher said was the purpose of the class was not to teach history, but to reteach you how to learn. So don’t sweat it, everything will click eventually, for some sooner than later. Just don’t forget to study!</p>
<p>…have you tried reading your textbook?? A lot of the kids in my class complain about how hard APUSH is, but 99% of the time it’s because they don’t read the textbook; they just study outlines and class notes (which don’t really cover things in detail.) I only read the textbook and am able to maintain an A. Mind you, the textbook chapters are like 20ish+ pages and I take 5/6 hours to read each (I don’t do it all in one night, and I DON’T skim- I read, outline, and comprehend. I try not to read and outline too simultaneously. Instead I will read something, say it back to myself and then type it.)
Side note: I actually enjoy history, an A, where I live, is a 93+, and our textbook is called Enduring Voices (VA ftw)</p>
<p>I actually find APUSH to be quite easy so far. However, I haven’t taken the AP test so far so I can’t really comment on those, but how well you do in the class (at my school at least) generally reflects how well you do on the AP test.
I took AP Euro last year and am finding APUSH is to be MUCH easier than AP Euro and I got a 4 on the exam (which is decent, considering I thought I did pretty bad on the MC and completely bombed the essays… turns out I was wrong?) Did you take an AP class before this year? </p>
<p>A good way to study is terms Find a list of important terms, names, etc. and go through and see if you can talk about each of the terms and who/what it is, why it’s important, etc.</p>
<p>yes ive tried reading the textbook but i have a low attention span when it comes to reading history stuff thats why im now starting to do the end of the chapter reviews in the book since its better (to me) than reading the entire chapter. hopefully this will give me better results. </p>
<p>im also a little worried about the DBQs. how much will college board deduct if one doesnt finish a DBQ?</p>
<p>I took APUSH last year, and I’d say it was one of the easiest in my experience, which includes Environmental Science, Human Geo, Calc AB, Physics C, Chemistry, and Psychology. The exam was very easy, imo, and I’m sure I scored well into the 5 range. I really don’t understand why people say it is one of the hardest AP exams. Just stay up on the reading and read Crash Course a couple times. The exam really isn’t that difficult.</p>
Find a list of important terms, names, etc. and go through and see if you can talk about each of the terms and who/what it is, why it’s important, etc.</p>
thats why im now starting to do the end of the chapter reviews in the book since its better (to me) than reading the entire chapter. hopefully this will give me better results. </p>