<p>APUSH is not a very difficult subject for me in school. I was wondering if i really needed to get a prep book for it? I plan on taking the SAT II's in US History as well...so if i do get a prep book should I use the same thing for the SAT II's?</p>
<p>if apush comes naturally to you... i don't know how much you really need to study lol.. last year i took apush... and i never read the book... online notes =X. i got A's in the class... and a 4 on the AP test. the 2 weeks before the AP test i went to study groups for a few hours after school.. that was the only studying i did</p>
<p>the multiple choice on the AP test is similar to the questions on the SAT II... i guess it's up to you.. i did end up getting a AP practice book and an SAT II practice book</p>
<p>read over <a href="http://www.course-notes.com%5B/url%5D">www.course-notes.com</a> and REA AP US History..
u might have always forgotten a small key phrase..</p>
<p>Ok thanks a lot...hmm i've heard a lot of good things about REA AMSCO and PR..which book do u guys think is probably the best?</p>
<p>REA and SAT II: US History (Barrons) are great books...
I am using both..</p>
<p>If you don't buy John Newman's AMSCO book, you'll be forever bound to scholastic hell. There will be no mercy.</p>
<p>Seriously---nothing else can break down the individual topics like AMSCO. Princeton Review does it in an almost degrading way, where you feel like less of a person with each paragraph read, and REA feels the need to include every minute detail, making it hard to get the most important information, and thus making studying inefficient.</p>
<p>It came easy to me but I still got the REA book and read it the two days before the test just to refresh my memory, I got a 5 on the AP and a 780 on the SAT II...even if you're good at it, you probably forgot some things and could use a review book to brush up...even if it is a 400 pg brush up, lol...I didn't read the last 70 pages, though, because we were currently learning that in class</p>
<p>I just bought rea..should I also buy a book for the sat II ?</p>
<p>thanks.</p>
<p>I don't think it is really necessary to buy a SAT II prep book if you adequately practice the multiple-choice for the AP exam.<br>
I agree with spanks, I took the SAT II in June after the AP Test and brushed up on some key topics that I had been slightly confused on for the AP (ie: the different labor union w/who was allowed to join, the different civil rights groups w/leaders, and some colonial misc.), and then it was fine. I had studied a lot for the AP test and really had not forgotten too much in a month's time (I seriously suggest taking lots of practice test though before the AP). I got a 5 and and 800, with that brush-up, so good-luck!</p>
<p>Will I be able to find AMSCO at my local B&N's?</p>
<p>I just took the AP Exam without the class last year using the AMSCO book and believe it or not the Kaplan book (which i found very useful) and I made a 5 on the AP Exam. I made a 690 on the SAT II this year w/o studying at all though.</p>
<p>Ok i just purchased REA...it seems pretty good</p>