<p>Hi, I am a sophomore and will take the AP Euro test in May. However, I want to start preparing sooner than later and so I am hoping someone has advice on how to study. What prep book, for example, did you use and is it impossible to pass if you're really not that smart (i.e., your counselor forced you into the class like mine did with me). I have to take a released AP Euro exam this Friday for my final in the class! Pretty darn nervous so please, someone help me!!</p>
<p>Princeton review and Crash Course AP Euro books are all you need to ace the AP exam multiple choice.</p>
<p>For the FRQs, I advise that you gain an overall understanding so you have something to says. General understanding of trends in history should be able to land you a 5 or a 6. If you really want to nail one the essays (get 7-9) study your women’s history thoroughly. There is always an FRQ devoted to women.</p>
<p>As for the DBQ, practice a TON. Use all the documents and try to use POV for all of them. Really focus on the DBQ and try to get a 9 on it.</p>
<p>70-80 MC
4-6 FRQs
and an 8-9 DBQ is not hard to manage at all. Just practice your DBQs and memorize your facts. A 5 should come easily in may.</p>
<p>AP Euro is really primarily memorization. If you’re doing well in AP Euro and memorizing names/terms/dates along the way, you probably won’t even need a special prep book. I had an A in the course and got a 5 on the exam with very little extra studying (maybe spent 5 hours reviewing total?)</p>
<p>I took that class in my sophomore year, but the teacher wasn’t that great. I got a 4 on the test by studying an AP cram book I borrowed from the public library. It was 5 steps to a 5. I would read the textbook and study the corresponding content in the cram book. I would also look at online study guides. The AP website offers the old FRQ and DBQ questions too with examples of high scoring ones, so I suggest taking a look there as well.</p>