<p>I would like to do self study human geography. Barrons is the only one that makes it. Would it be possible to just read this book, and get at least a 4 on the test?</p>
<p>I read the whole book the weekend before the test, and felt very prepared. However, I felt like it was useless on the test. The test seemed a lottttt different from the released exam...if next year's exam is anything like this year's was, it might not help too much. However, it's a pretty short read, and I suppose it couldn't hurt.</p>
<p>Human Geography is the most random subject ever. That's the only way I can describe it... so no book will cover everything on the exam. We covered.... agriculture/rural land use, urban geography, population, religion, medical, racial, uh... political, economic, err.... there were more, I think. It's just plain old random. I loved the class, don't get me wrong... but I don't think one book can sum everything up. I used three textbooks and the Barron's book to take the test in May, so I hope I did OK. I dunno. We'll see, I guess.</p>
<p>But some people self-study it and get a perfect score. So it's possible.</p>
<p>I think it helps if you have a strong history background. I pulled a lot from my US History class (took the two concurrently). But like they say, when you understand geography you'll finally understand history. Or, uh, something like that. :)</p>
<p>You can definitely self-study. DO NOT expect the book to cover everything, because it won't. It covers some current events. But, if you throughly go through it maybe one or two months before the actual test, I think you will definitely get a 5.</p>
<p>If you go through the book and have some general knowledge of geography (common sense, really), you can make a 5. The alternative solution is the read through the Blij book, which almost guarentees a 5.</p>
<p>ok the barrons book is pretty good guys. I dont know what you guys read, but i read that book the weekend before the test and almost everything showed up. Yes the test is different from last year's released exam. I think it was much easier than this year's. For last year's you didnt need to know **<em>. Well you did, but if u took like ap world or something u couldve got away with it. This year had more actual human topics on it (from barrons). Some of the diagrams from barrons were the same as on the ap test this year. However there were some frooty random [like makeyourself said] questions, but if you took AP American you shouldve been fine. Overall, barron's works. But there is a mistake on it. A big gay @$$ one. Something about supranationalism. In the context the Barrons book says one thing, but then for the practice test there was a question dealing with that stuff and it chose a different choice from what the context said. Unfortunately, part of the free response was on the topic. (</em>&^$&^&$()^()$()&()%$)(&()&)(%$&)($^$()^()$()^($&( bastards!</p>
<p>I didn't think Barron's said anything about supranationalism/devolution. I don't know if it mentioned anything about gentrification, either.</p>
<p>Which is why if you're self studying this subject you should go to numerous sources, not just one study book. I took the class and I had two textbooks, study book, and a supplement workbook. Oh and a DVD.</p>
<p>I better have gotten a 4 or a 5... Rawr.</p>
<p>What textbooks did you use? BTW I'll be doing euro. history next year if that helps any.</p>
<p>I read Rubenstein, Barrons, and some De Blij and I know I at least have a 4. The essays were a lot easier than I thought they would be (no chicken market like questions, yay!)</p>