How hard is this exam? I know that 20% of people get 5’s, but I took a combo course this year, which means I only learned Comp Gov for one semester and my teacher taught 3/6 countries in one class period. I am praying that I pull off a 4 because I have only gotten 5’s on my exams.
I was wondering what the best tactics are to studying if I dont know a majority of the information. Should I watch videos, get a review book, or just take practice tests?
Not sure what you mean when you say you “only learned it for a semester”.
It is a one semester class (at least in my district and some others I know).
Not really sure what that’s supposed to mean. I also only had one period and my teacher was able to get through all 6 countries in 3 months (Tons of notes each day with a 50 question/short answer test after each country). All the kids in my class got 5’s on the Comparative Government practice exam.
If you have 11 AP’s and you have gotten 5’s on all of them, then just study the way you normally do.
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I didn’t know that it was a one semester class everywhere else. I thought they only offered that at my school.
Anyways, my teacher goes off on several tangents so he spent several weeks on each country. The week before AP’s started, we hadn’t even learned half of the countries. So he had to teach them to us in 45 minutes, which means I know nothing.
And for my past AP’s I haven’t studied, so I’m not really sure how to approach AP’s that I know nothing about.
It totally depends upon the school, although it is usually a one semester class.
It’s going to take a lot more than prayer. The 5 short answers will deal with at most one country, and the country will not be the same from short answer to short answer. In addition, questions 7 & 8 carry the most weight of the FRQ’s, and the country/countries each deals with will be the luck of the draw. So there is not way you will pull of a 4 without learning about the other 3 countries. Cram with a review book at this point. Good luck.
Thank you @skieurope