<p>I am struggling to maintain a decent grade and I wanted to know if you guys think I should even attempt to take the APUSH exam. Is it easier than the actual class? Or is it more difficult?
Thanks :) </p>
<p>Taking the APUSH test wasn’t all that terrible in my opinion. I’m pretty sure that out of 68 students, nobody got below a 2. My teacher told me that the average was between a 3 and 4. </p>
<p>The class itself v. the AP test is hard to compare. It really depends in the teacher. I personally loved my APUSH class, even though we had about 25 pgs worth of reading/outlining every day. When the test came, that hard work paid off (evidenced in pretty good average on test). If you know how to prepare, a bad grade in the class shouldn’t hold you back from getting a 4-5 on the test. And thats college credit, aka money.</p>
<p>One of my friends passed the class with a 68% and got a 4 in the AP test. If your “decent grade” is above that, which I’m assuming it is, you’ll do fine.</p>
<p>Well the real secret to do well on APUSH test is to grab a review book(I prefer kaplan) and study 1-2 months before the exam. The tests I took were much much harder than the actual exam, but as stated above it depends on the school/teacher. </p>
<p>Regardless of how well you may do on the test you should still do it, part of your school’s ranking comes from the # of students that take an AP class AND take the exam. </p>
<p>If you prepare well enough outside of class in the months leading up to the exam, you should be able to pass. I strongly recommend taking the exam – I took the APUSH exam my sophomore year, passed with a 4, and received 6 college credit hours (two courses) at my current University. Many college award two courses worth of credit for APUSH since American history is typically divided into two sessions at the college level (Pre-Civil and Post-Civil War) so passing it will save you literally thousands of dollars that you needn’t spend on general ed classes in college. </p>
<p>Yup, agreed–you don’t necessarily have to be a star in your subject to do well on the AP. I didn’t do well in my AP Calc class both semesters but managed to pull off a 5 on the exam, which places me out of ever having to take math again in college (except for statistics, yuck haha). So you can actually avoid the subject later on in your collegiate career if you’re so inclined by working with it a little more now. </p>
<p>Good luck! </p>
<p>You should take it, don’t let your hard work go to waste. Plus most people get a 4 or 5</p>
<p>Most people do not get a 4 or a 5, in fact less than 17-25% of the students that took the test this year got a 4 or a 5.</p>
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22.3% to be exact.</p>
<p>To answer the original question, I would take the exam; for me it was much easier than the class. YMMV.</p>
<p>@QuadMaster @skieurope sorry, I was taking the average at my school. Regardless, I would still take the exam.</p>