<p>does anyone have any tips on getting an A in AP US? Anyone have any tips on getting As on multiple choice tests?</p>
<p>Well, my friend got a 100% on a unit test (9 chapters) by reading 75 pages of the textbook during the weekend prior to the test.</p>
<p>Homework in our class each week is 100/125 points, so an "A" can be easy to get. About 95% of my class has over a 94% in APUSH. I have an 80% :(</p>
<p>^^ <em>*, 95% has a 94%, like *</em>???!!! On our essays, the teacher only gives one A- and no As in her two sections (total 50 kids)! And isn't the average grade for an AP class supposed to be a B or B-? Lol, half of those kids are gonna FAIL the AP exam</p>
<p>I know :) . Here it is "do your work, fail the tests and get an A!"</p>
<p>Alot of us will fail the exam. Last year only one out of his 25 kids got a "5". Most failed it.</p>
<p>APUSH is first class where I am studying very hard and even not really procrastinating and still can't get A :(
Our teacher also gives exceptionally hard MC questions so we with friends had to develop strategies. Strategy goes as follows.</p>
<p>First, read chapters really well -- no comments.
Secondly, read chapters really well and do outlines -- when you writeyou remember. When reading try to see common mood, how people felt, that is, try to get common image.</p>
<p>For next unit, I'll try doing notecards with each decade from each chapters to see common atmosphere.</p>
<p>Don't worry about names and people: use course-notes.org to grab and cram vocab on note-cards.</p>
<p>PS. On tests, highest score was (tada!) 79% and that was really an outlier, average was 55%, I had 68%.</p>
<p>PPS. Our teacher is making us all go from the highest score right now so that makes it easier :)</p>
<p>PPPS. It's interesting that all of us have same subjects to study and even similar schedule (had unit 1 test today).</p>
<p>I have an 85. Our USHAP teacher is reallly really easy but the multiple choice are hard. My tip? Try to eliminate SOME answers and don't read a whole chapter at once</p>
<p>I had like a B- average in my class last year, and ended up getting a 5 on the exam. I wish my teacher was lenient.</p>
<p>my teacher is CRAZY.</p>
<p>his tests are on things that he doesnt teach or go over and its like in the tiniest corner of the textbook. i mean, i feel like we could have a test on the french, british and english colonization and he would ask us the name of the first FLEA from europe in the new world.</p>
<p>no joke. i like almost fall asleep in the class because it is so boring, and yet i work my BUTT off and.....it just isnt going so hot.</p>
<p>no me gusta.</p>
<p>Read the whole class textbook. Got me to 98% both semesters.</p>
<p>It's difficult to answer this question since all the APUSH teachers out there can vary so much. Pretty much don't expect to read the textbook and do well - actually study. Notecards really helped me, and before the AP I got the Sparknotes notecards. I averaged about a B+ on the tests (after the curve, with essay + MC) but managed an A by doing pretty well on quizzes and asking him for extra credit near the end of the semester.</p>
<p>our M/C's are so freaking detailed i hate about that. just read thoroughly. idk i cant really study for history to me u either know it or u dont</p>
<p>Stop turning it into a project and ENJOY IT. If you ENJOY it the knowledge will seep into your veins and you will be at one with....the force.</p>
<p>My answer is always the same, READ! It's always worked for me and I have an A in APUSH.</p>
<p>Know how to write, for one thing.</p>
<p>And read the textbook. Read each chapter at least twice (once as assigned, once before tested). Take notes on it - thourough, neat notes (It actually forces you to be thinking about what you're reading). Find someone to discuss various aspects of whatever you're studying with, and not just surface discussions, but really get into it.</p>
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My answer is always the same, READ! It's always worked for me and I have an A in APUSH.
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I do read everything at least like 3 times, but all the "EXCEPT" questions confuse me because its so frickin detailed.</p>
<p>READ the book when it is assigned AND before the test. Also it is a good idea to use practice quizzes available on the internet for prep. From what I have seen with my exams, the multi-choice questions are very broad so memorizing names and people won't get you too far. Our teacher doesn't assign homework; its simply "suggested reading." Our entire grade is based on in class essays and objective tests so reading is essential. Doing pretty well with a 95 :]</p>
<p>My AP US History class is so freaking hard. The American Pageant book is so hard to understand. I really try hard to read, but it just doesn't get absorbed into my mind. And I always get like C's and D's on the quizzes he gives out every two days. The quizzes kill me because they are about little freaking details, and I narrow it down to two answers, and I just always happen to get it wrong.</p>
<p>I feel you guys. I can get the general concept, but when a question asks little detailed questions I get freaking ****ed. The lame thing is, other teachers from other schools might give lots of work where the students get high grades on them, and the colleges will think of them better since they can't see how difficult our class is compared to others.</p>
<p>if you have the american pageant, i would really recommend getting the guidebook that goes with it. it REALLY helps me understand the stuff. i do all the exercises except the essays. our teacher made us buy it so we got it at school, but i think you can also get it online at the american pageant website.</p>
<p>Yep, the Pageant sucks. We had to use them for the first 6 weeks of school until our teacher got The Enduring Vision books in. The Enduring Vision is alot easier to read and it has more social history than the Pageant.</p>
<p>I have the "Out of Many" textbook</p>