<p>I am a freshman and I was wondering how hard AP U.S. History is. My teacher registered me for this class as a sophomore, and I am kind of worried. Everyone says it's SUPER hard. Is it really that hard? What's the typical workload every night?</p>
<p>Ha. It’s an easy class here. I’m interested in history, but I still found it super easy. I think its the most widely taken AP test out of all of them too, but don’t quote me on it.</p>
<p>I like it because there are concrete things to know, and if you know them, you will do well, and if you don’t, you won’t do well. it’s very black and white in my opinion. But your teacher is going to determine how difficult she is going to make it. It really doesn’t have to be that hard though.</p>
<p>It ain’t dat bad. If you take notes, which is a bit time consuming, you shouldn’t have any problem doing well in your class or on the AP exam. I just completed the class. I took notes throughout the whole year and I’m fairly confident I got a 5 on the exam. Other people in my class who didn’t take notes weren’t as confident as I was when they finished, so I think that says something about taking notes on the book.</p>
<p>It’s not considered to be the hardest</p>
<p>the rigor of the class itself is totally up to your teacher. in my APUSH class, we had almost no homework except for the reading each week - and even that wasn’t technically required, because our teacher doesn’t care <em>how</em> you obtain the knowledge just as long as you <em>do</em> obtain it. learning the AP test is pretty easy - you’ll get the hang of multiple-choice questions and essays pretty quickly, assuming you practice every so often. if you take notes (or do whatever has worked for you study-wise in the past), you’ll be golden. I’m fairly certain I got a 5 on the exam, although we won’t know until July. either way, I’ve absolutely adored my APUSH class and will be sad to leave it next year.</p>
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<p>I took a lot of notes and read the entire book cover to cover and got a 5. It’s a lot of information. You can get by in the class without studying ( depending on the course load given, which varies from school), but to excel on the AP exam you MUST study hard</p>
<p>OP, run while you still can</p>
<p>It does depend on your teacher, my class was completely manageable. I got a 4 on the Ap exam too, which is a pretty good score, especially since I knew nothing about the dbq so just went entirely off the documents. But yeah, it’s not bad, take it. Easier to study for than others</p>
<p>What is a DBq?</p>
<p>It’s a document based question. They’ll give you some pictures or documents and you discuss what it’s talking about. I scored a 5 on the exam. I didn’t always do my homework and I skipped some chapters, but I had an awesome teacher who gave great lectures. Use all the help books especially the big blue one when it’s crunch time. Everything is straight forward. It’s not too bad:)</p>
<p>The class wasn’t hard at all. The tests were.</p>
<p>Ugh. Might regret taking AP U.S history now…</p>
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<p>Absolutely depends on the teacher. I took Euro, World, and Gov just to prepare me for my APUSH class, and I still was not ready for what hit me. But my teacher is also amazing. APUSH and Calc BC were my hardest classes in high school, and one student who graduated and is at Duke said the class is like a difficult college course. So it was crazy, but I learned a lot, not just about history, but about how to study. And I ended up doing well. I haven’t gotten an AP score back yet, but I literally did not study at all, and I thought it was wayy easier than the tests she gave us in class. I would ask people who have taken it at your school specifically, because they’re going to be able to give you a much better picture. Euro was of similar difficulty the year before I took it. My year, they changed the teacher, and it became kind of a joke. Seriously, it all depends on your teacher.</p>
<p>it honestly depends on the person. i took it as a freshman- definate 5 on ap and 800 on the SAT 2 subject test. You have to keep in mind that it is veryyyyyy SPECIFIC. you need to know a ton of laws cases, and tarrifs. There’s also a ton load of random stuff. Lemme tell you something. Get the REA AP us history Crash Course- it was my bible. They take the tests and convert the questions to bullets and put it in. It got me a 79/80 on a mock ap. yeah shocking but the class is even easier with a good teacher who goes indepth and can make modern day connections so that you can write good essays. I took 8 practice tests by my teacher and took much more on my own. Look at previous forums or PM me for released tests. Memorize em and know your facts. its not the best class fro everyone but nonetheless its only history.</p>
<p>Yeah, I took APUSH online. My course had a deadline, you were supposed to finish before May 1st so you could take a week to study for the exam. I don’t really like history, and as the end of April approached, I only had about 2/3 of the course done. On the three nights before the deadline I crammed all of my assignments in, and finished the final exam right before midnight. When I took the exam, I wasn’t expecting much, but the exam turned out to a lot easier than I expected. </p>
<p>In the AP Sciences, if you get the material, life is easy, and if you don’t, the course seems impossible. For APUSH, on the other hand, there aren’t really concepts to master, it’s more remembering facts. So, if you’re good at memorizing, this is the course for you.</p>