<p>peterchew> at that point you really need to figure out what areas you are weak in. Go back to the MC quizzes you’ve been taking and isolate the questions you missed. Figure out what time periods and topics those questions are related to. Once you’ve figured that out go back to your textbook and read the corresponding chapters or use a review guide. After you’ve done that, rinse and repeat. Take another MC test and do the same thing. Likewise, you need to learn to write a solid 5 paragraph essay for the FRQ/DBQ. If you can do that you are pretty much guaranteed to get a 5.</p>
<p>Okay, I need advice everyone. I was planning on finishing AMSCO on Tuesday and reading Crash Course on Wednesday and Thursday, but I ended up not finishing AMSCO. Which leaves me with two options:</p>
<p>A) Read Crash Course for Wednesday and Thursday
B) Finish reading this “Giant American History AP Review” Packet I’ve found online tonight, then start reading Crash Course.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that I have sparsely done the reading and the reading notes throughout the year [mainly this semester] and that I have trouble focusing reading tangible books [I tend to read more slowly, but I have found that I retain the info much better], and have much better focus reading “books” on the computer [I can read this at a much faster pace, but I have found that I’m not able to retain the info as much].</p>
<p>^I would read Crash Course first, and then the cram packet.</p>
<p>I read straight up princeton review. my best essay strategy is to “slice and dice” on those “assess the accuracy” questions - accept part of it, and argue against part. The most key thing is to know patterns etc., rather than minutia. And don’t cram too hard - sleep will do you more good than a few more factiods.</p>