<p>Don't fail the AP test. Around 39 people in my school received a 1 on the AP test. You'll be fine as long you study. It's pretty hard to get a 1 on an AP test. If you answer all the questions, at least a 2 is guaranteed.</p>
<p>Only 3 people in the class got a 4, including me.</p>
<p>Read your school's textbook. My school used: "The American Pageant."</p>
<p>Read review books: I used the "Cracking the AP US History Exam" by the Princeton Review.</p>
<p>And study, study, study.........</p>
<p>^ wow. i thought my school was the only one.</p>
<p>there's one AP US H. class in my school. out of the class, 1 person recieved a 3, and the rest of the class recieved 1's and 2's. I will be taking APUSH next year, but i am going to make sure that i break the 1,2,3 curse, and get a 5. thanx for the tips.</p>
<p>A few people(around 3) in my school got 5s.</p>
<p>Take U.S. History subject test in May, if you take APUSH.
I got a 720 on it.</p>
<p>I liked learning history, so I really studied for it.</p>
<p>study plenty and write enough practice essays</p>
<p>How do you know how many people got 1's? Isn't that supposed to be confidential ( I'm assuming that the "39 people" weren't so willing to go around telling you they got a 1)?</p>
<p>I knew about 20 people got a 2(I know them). So 39 is a rough number.
I know 2 other people, besides me, got 4s. </p>
<p>About 82 people took the APUSH test at my school.</p>
<p>Only my best friend and I took the APUSH exam at my school (took class online). . . I got a 5 and am crossing my fingers for her. </p>
<p>Study early and often - don't wait until the last three weeks to study (like I did), and learn the essay formats and practice often. Get a review book and take several practice tests - I used REA, which had 6 practice tests and loved it (though I hear AMSCO is also very good). I agree, read the textbook - though you may not remember every little detail, you'd be surprised at the stuff you can pull up on the test if you've read about it at least once. Good luck, and don't stress yourself out too much - make sure to enjoy life while you prep. :-)</p>
<p>Hmm...one thing that really helped me was knowing the terms of the presidents and their political platforms ( I remember like 6 questions specifically asking about that on the test) and the important events of their terms. With that, you have basically a good chance of getting most questions.
And in case anyone was wondering, I got a 5! woot!</p>
<p>Know your presidents and what they did in office.</p>
<p>Oh, and don't forget to study cultural history. This year's exam had a lot of cultural questions.</p>
<p>I will be taking APUSH this upcoming year. Can anybody tell me if APUSH is harder or easier than AP World b/c i took AP World this yr, and I want to have a general feel of how APUSH will be like. So, is it easier or harder than AP World, in terms of the EXAMS and NOT the courses?</p>
<p>I have never had AP world Hist. My school doesn't offer it. I think that you should be fine becuase you have experience with AP World History.</p>
<p>For review books, I (and many others) would highly, highly recommend the AMSCO book. Some classes have used it as a textbook. It's really awesome, concise, to the point, and without all the excess info. I crammed the day before the subject test and got about a 700 (and I suck at history). I got a 5 on the exam.</p>
<p>Regarding its difficulty relative to AP world... the average score on the APUSH exam in 2006 was a 2.74. The average score for AP world was a 2.62. So I'd say they're about the same difficulty. The score breakdowns are pretty similar, too.</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AP_United_States_History#Grade_distribution%5B/url%5D">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AP_United_States_History#Grade_distribution</a>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AP_World_History#Grade_distribution%5B/url%5D">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AP_World_History#Grade_distribution</a></p>
<p>For AP USH take it little at a time since there is a lot to cover. Do many multiple choice questions and MANY free response questions which are kinda random.</p>
<p>APUSH really isn't that hard. I SUCKED at APUSH in the beginning since I never used to read AT ALL, except listened in class occassionally and read sometimes as well. Suddenly, I felt like **** during Spring Break and I was going to start reading, but then it suddenly all came to me. Everything I had heard in class and even glanced over just came back to me for some weird reason and suddenly I knew more facts than even the top kid in my class. We took two full practice tests in class and I got a 4 on one of the mock's and on the second mock I scored a 5. However I was barely on the border between a 4 and 5 on the second mock test, and I got a 4 on the AP test. I was really hoping for a 5, but unfortunately I probably missed it by a little bit. Anyway, the moral/lesson of the story is to start reading the book (We used American Pageant) from the beginning and you'll be fine on the AP test. :) Or, procrastinate like me and hope for some revelating experience to teach you everything about US History! ;)</p>
<p>i think that AMSCO would really help. I didnt really have time to read it but if i had i might have been able to get a 5. Other than that make sure u read ur textbook. i had American Pagaent and its also a good idea to try and take notes on what ur reading.</p>
<p>hmm...i read ~2 chapters in that american pageant book the whole year. I, personally, just don't like reading text books like that. I got the Amsco book, but couldn't bring myself to read it. it was too boring. But...i just paid attention in class mostly...maybe browsed some outlines on <a href="http://www.course-notes.org%5B/url%5D">www.course-notes.org</a> every now and then. i got a 5 so w/e. just pay attention in class and know the basic trends in history</p>
<p>If you read your school's textbook cover to cover, you probably won't need to waste any money on a review book. My teacher had each class print out about fifty pages of notes per person from this site:</p>
<p>They're great review, because generally the only things you will need to brush up on if you've actually read a book like The American Pageant are the proper nouns. Change-over-time concepts and major events kind of stick with you (and even if they don't there are probably some notes on that in the cards I linked to above).</p>
<p>I highly reccomend you use those notecards as review. I don't think I would have gotten a five otherwise.</p>
<p>Also pay attention to important elections and know the important events under each significant presidency. Towards the end of the year, make sure you review the modern era (post WWII) because the Collegeboard loves throwing in questions about that era. And have fun! APUSH was my favorite class junior year because the material was so interesting.</p>
<p>no APUSH is not that difficult. i used barron's AP flash cards the night before and i got a 4. in the class, i studied hard the night b4 and managed to get an A and, i think, the highest grade in my class.</p>
<p>koolmaria139: "Also pay attention to important elections and know the important events under each significant presidency."</p>
<p>That reminds me! It took me a few days of spare time during classes, but I made a list of each president and the dates they were in office and a blurb about the circumstances surrounding their ascension to power, and sub-headed each important item under their names next to the dates (and defined them and/or gave certain details about each of them). It was about five separate sheets of pages using both front and back and minuscule writing (two or three lines of text per line of college ruled paper). Probably too much work if you have anything better to do.</p>
<p>Just making your own study guide in general is a good idea. I find that I remember things so much better when I'm the one who designs the organization hierarchy of the study guide and write down information in my own words. It's a lot of work, but worth it. You might even find it fun in an odd way (like me).</p>