<p>Note- I'm using the 2007 2nd Edition.
Does anyone know if the practice exams in this book are as difficult as the real AP exams tend to be? Or are they easier? What score ranges on the Barron's tests would translate to a 5 on the real exam?</p>
<p>The Practice tests in the Barons book are basically the same difficulty as the AP exam. The MC questions are similar to ones you would see on the test, along with the essays. If you want a challenge, take the Princeton Review tests. Those are meant to be much harder than the actual exam, MC and essays.</p>
<p>OK thanks, that clears some paranoia I had.</p>
<p>What do you usually get on practice tests? Out of 70, and your essay scores.</p>
<p>I’ve only taken 1 of the 2 practice exams in my Barron’s book and I got a 63/70 (90%). I’m about to do the second one.
And I haven’t done any essays out of the book, only in-class essays, I usually hovered around an 8-9 (out of 9)</p>
<p>Would the stuff in Barron’s be enough for a 5 on the AP test? I have not read the textbook at all and I’m worried that Barron’s is not specific enough for the COT and the CAC essays :/</p>
<p>^ Probably not. It is VERY shallow information, it’s really a review book in the sense that it refreshes things you already know, enhances that knowledge, etc. It took me like 2 hours combined to read the first 2 units (out of the 5), while a real textbook takes like 7-8 hours per one unit.
It’s basically a really good supplementary textbook, but not a real textbook by any means. What do you have in your APWH class?</p>
<p>Oh and @Jon, I got another 63/70 on the second practice test in the book. Meh, I guess consistency is good.</p>
<p>That’s really good. I usually get high 50’s on all practice tests i take wether it be Barons, Princeton, or the official practice test. Along with between a 6-9 on essays. So i think I’m guaranteed a 4, hopefully a 5.</p>
<p>I’ve gotten straight A’s throughout the year. However, my class is REALLY easy and I have a bad teacher. What chapters do you think I should read from the actual textbook?</p>
<p>It depends. What textbook do you use? What areas or time periods do you feel weaker on? Any major concepts, or events your not sure of? Read them. Same with people. You don’t need to know everyone thats mentioned throughout the year, but major people that impacted the world greatly like Genghis Khan you should know.</p>
<p>Know a lot about women’s stature throughout history. The CB likes to throw in statements about women in those questions where it’s like
“Which of these are true:
I. X was imperialistic
II. X traded with Y
III. Women from X had more rights than women from Y
IV. X was affected by the Enlightenment”
to trip you up.</p>
<p>The World’s History, Second Edition Combine Volume. Umm…I read the chapters about the Soviet Union, Social Revolutions, Modern Japan, China, and India. I also took AP Art History this year, expecting a 4 or 5, so I have a weak but basic outline of what was going on when. I do fine on the MC, I took two of the released tests and scored 50/70 on both, even if I didn’t know a majority of the answers I was able to figure them out. The DBQ seems easy enough. It’s the other two essays I’m afraid of since they require specific and prior knowledge to answer :(</p>
<p>Sorry sounds like you’re kind of screwed lol. Can’t do an AP without reading.
I think a 50/70 could put you in the 4 range if you had great essays, but if your essays will be bad you’re kind of out of luck with this little time left =/</p>
<p>All i can say is spend tomorrow and Tuesday cramming, and read whatever you can for the essays. But hey, there are some people who can bs a masterpiece and if you are one of them then you’re okay. The AP readers are pretty lenient, and usually give you the benefit of the doubt.</p>
<p>CC gives me hope lol.</p>