<p>Here's the situation. This year I am taking APUSH with a teacher who is very political and involves politics in what he teaches. If I had to list passions, they would be politics and reading (including much reading on political subjects). I spend probably 2 hours a day reading news and political websites. I am also a Quiz Bowl guy who knows a lot of history, especially political history (I got a 610 on an internet SAT II US History practice before my APUSH class began). I want to know how hard it would be for me to self study AP US Government and Politics and/or Comparative Government and Politics. What books would you recommend, and what kind of time committment. My main concern is that writing about a passion for politics on an app would look slightly silly if I got low AP test scores in the subjects, even if it was self study.</p>
<p>bumpity bump bump, pleeease some help</p>
<p>In my opinion the AP govt exams are some of the easier ones to study for, and some of the easier exams in general. We spent 2 months going over the Comp stuff and only really looked at the British, French, and Nigerian systems. Going into the exam I honestly couldn't name you the other 2 countries that we were being tested on and I managed to pull off a 3, and I am far from an avid reader of politics. I say go for it, it can't be that bad.</p>
<p>Don't know much about Comp Politics but the We the People is probably the best US politics I've seen. Widely used by many colleges to teach their intro to american politics course. So if you are willing to spend the $85 that it costs, go for we the people </p>
<p>thanks. I think i might just do the US one, since that is what i am most familiar with. any other opinions?</p>
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<p>I was in the same situation last year, with a good APUSH but no AP US GOV class and ended up taking both tests and getting a 5 on both. I thought self-studying AP US GOV was pretty easy and it's definetly doable if you have prior knowledge about government and politics. If you want a 5 though, I reccomend starting early and getting the Barron's book. The Barron's AP GOV book is the best I've seen. Barron's has much more information than the other review books, although the practice tests were much harder than the actual test but that's probably a good thing. So, get the Barrons book, study a few minutes here and there, do well in APUSH history and you'll probably be good. </p>
<p>BTW, the test itself is easier than you'd expect. There are a lot of graph/chart analyses questions that are really just common sense.</p>
<p>thanks a lot, i think i will forget the $85 textbook and try barron's</p>