<p>im a highschool sophmore and i took apush this year. this was the worst mistake I ever made.</p>
<p>so i got back my mid 2nd semester progress report and i saw that I have a C in apush (i got a b last semester). i dont know if I can change it back to a B till the end of the semester (and i always fail badly on the finals...). I have As in all my other classes (advanced chem, advanced alg2, lit 10, language) but i have two B's in PE and art 2.</p>
<p>if i wont be able to change my grade back to a B by the end of the year, then will it effect my chances of getting into a good college? i still dont exactly know what I want to do and what college i want to go to. </p>
<p>ahhggg and my apush teacher is really stubborn and probably will never give me any chances to fix my grade or do some kind of extra credit...</p>
<p>and for the former apush students, can you help me find a way to get high scores on my tests? i keep on getting low b's on them. and for the frqs and dbqs, i have no idea what im doing with them.</p>
<p>“This was the worst mistake I ever made” - that might be just a wee bit of an exaggeration…</p>
<p>You say that the C isn’t even an actual grade, merely a mid-term update. Sometimes, in the middle of the quarter, I check my grades and find that I’m failing, let’s say, Pre-Cal. I always manage to pull it around and bang out an A. You have the rest of the semester to bring it up. Ask for extra help and just SEE if there’s any opportunities for test corrections, etc.</p>
<p>Even if you do get a C, its a blemish that most colleges WILL look over, so don’t sweat that all too much. </p>
<p>I was an APUSH student back in the day (last year) - and I bombed every test with straight 60’s. My teacher’s exams were very, very specific in the information they asked about so I never could truly absorb what I was supposed to. I got a 5 on the exam, though, so review on the college board and see how you’re performing on actual College Board questions as opposed to your teachers exams - FRQs and DBQs get better with practice</p>
<p>umm i think my gpa with a c will be around… actually im not really sure haha…
and my teacher never lets us retake, get extra credit, and the tests are ALWAYS so specific!! i think she kind of hates me too so that doesnt help much.</p>
<p>actually im kind of scared to show my mom the progress report since she might freak out with the c, since last semester she got really angry with a b in apush.</p>
<p>I have the highest grade in AP World H. Everyone is convinced I will get a 5. Enough of my credentials. You need to take notes. Then read the princeton review or Barron’s prep book on the related subject. Once that is covered don’t study but just keep going over the main things that happened, but write them down. Don’t use your notes for that. Also some say I remember things easily, what I do is I read through the notes before the test and think about them once I finish reading. That’s about it. No flashcards or anything. I have one of the hardest teachers in my high school. My strategy works</p>
<p>(to engarde)
…i dont think i have the perseverance and concentration to be able to do that…
but i have a test tomorrow so maybe i should try it out?</p>
<p>My college counselor says that the seriousness of a bad grade depends on what you want to major in. Obviously, if you apply to colleges saying that you want to major in history, that will hurt you; if you’re a STEM major, it won’t look as bad. However, getting a C will still be bad for your application. </p>
<p>Oh, and I’m a big history person, lol–I don’t know if this will be helpful to you or not, but when studying, read the entire chapter and type very extensive notes. You don’t really have to listen to the teacher’s lesson at all, since their lectures are never specific enough to help on the test. Read the chapter twice, if possible. As you read, try to notice the kinds of small, specific facts the teacher might put on the test. Everything you need to know is in that one chapter. This should take 2 hours at most. </p>
<p>Also, try googling ‘America, Past and Present’, and clicking the ‘student resources’ link. That website has multiple choice questions, flashcards, big ideas, etc. </p>
<p>format for FRQ:
intro: intersting fact that only somone in APUSH will know. thesis (2 part)
body 1: topic sentence, cd, commentary, cd, commentary
body 2: same
don’t need a conclusion
try and fit in 6 cd’s for every frq</p>
ill definitely try out all of your guys’s strategies.</p>