<p>... How much did you study, how did you think the test was (in terms of difficulty and what you expected), and what score did you ultimately get?</p>
<p>I'm just curious... thanks!</p>
<p>I read the entire PR right before the AP, and I had also read the textbook throughout the year with the class. The test was a fair assessment, got a 5. There’s nothing much you can do at this point, the test is tomorrow right?</p>
<p>Yes, the test is tomorrow. I’m trying to work my way through Barron’s today… but I’m trying to gauge whether it’s worth it or not. :p</p>
<p>I have kept up with the course all year, reading the text book, studying for tests, and have a high A in the class (whereas most students have a C in the class), and have the hardest of the three AP World teachers at my school. Only made two or three Bs on tests (which weren’t easy) throughout the year. I’d just like to refresh everything from start to finish all in one shot to get the big picture.</p>
<p>You sound like you’ll do fine. I found the AP to be much simpler than some class tests. I really do recommend PR though, but I heard Barron’s is good (but a little excessive?) and there’s no point in switching now.</p>
<p>Make sure you study social changes like in the slave trade and stuff for the essays.</p>
<p>I just outlined two review books from cover to cover. Which took me like a month, but still. I got a 5, but I didn’t learn the first half of the curriculum so I had to self-study it.</p>
<p>Don’t worry–you’d do fine. The exam itself was just what you’d expect, maybe even a bit easier.</p>
<p>^Which one did you feel was more helpful on the test?</p>
<p>I’m expecting the exam to be extremely difficult. The practice tests from review books at least make it seem that way. I’ve found a practice exam by the CollegeBoard so I’m going to take that and see how it’s like.</p>
<p>I took four released exams for AP Bio and that REALLY helped me know what to expect. I was consistently scoring the same MC score, so I’m sure I did the same on the actual test. However, I don’t have any APWH released exams so I’m pretty much in limbo, waiting to be surprised come tomorrow morning at 8am.</p>
<p>Guys, i just took the princeton review practice test and scored a 25 out of 70 on the multiple choice, i wasn’t taking the P TEST seriously… any tips so i can get a 3 on the test tomorrow, APWH is the only one that i will do horrible on.</p>
<p>Btw if i get a 30/70 on MC, a 4/9 on DBQ, a 3/9 on CCOT, and 3/9 on comparative, will that give me at least a 3 GUARANTEED?</p>
<p>SeekingUni, there is a released exam (2007 I think) that my teacher let us look at, and it is MUCH easier than Barrons’ or PR’s tests…so don’t stress (:</p>
<p>don’t worry, the whap test isn’t as bad as it seems. my teacher has been grading essays during the summer since they first started this ap so he knows what he’s talking about and he tells us stories of all these people who either clip money to their essays, write about lemon and jelly, or just leave it blank. he says that out of about 800 essays he read, only about 30 or less got 5 or above(out of 9). the rest were all junk. so be assured that you’ll do fine</p>
<p>You need to study but of course you know that. The mc isnt that bad if you know the material. The essay, at least for me, were a killer. The dbq was about beans and I just couldnt rap my around what that had to do with world history, so i ended up BSing the whole thing. My second essay was on Africa which was pretty okay and my third was on globalization.</p>
<p>If I could give you any advice, I would say to study for the essays if anything. They are so random that you need to know the information.</p>
<p>How can you “study” for an essay? Do you mean just practicing on given prompts?</p>
<p>I mean memorize information you think will be useful to use in an essay which could be anything. If you read writing examples from past years many of the essays are not articulate or well written, they just have loads of details and information. That is what gets you a 9 on the essay, details.</p>
<p>So in other words, memorize EVERYTHING that has happened in the past 10,000 years except for the prompts they’ve asked in the past 10 years on the exam. LOL</p>
<p>Any advice on the essays? I seem all over the place to be honest… My teacher’s advice for the COT essay was to split it up into beginning middle and end instead of what changed and what stayed the same (I prefer this one) what do you guys think?</p>
<p>Hints I’ve read mention to use phrases that stick out to the readers. “One change was that…”. “An important social aspect that stayed the same was …” , for example.</p>
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<p>No, that’s not what Im saying. Just memorize the important parts of each civilization and era. What were their golden ages and times of prosperity like? What were their governmental structure? Did they have a written language and great infrastructural innovations or were they know for their artistic contributions, pottery and ceramics. </p>
<p>Knowing those things will guarantee you a 5.</p>
<p>I read the Princeton review to study and got a 5…I don’t really remember the exam too much except for the essays…the thing about world is that unlike APUSH and Euro you have one choice and one choice only for each essay. Th year I took it (2008) the FRQs were rly easy: DBQ was on the Olympics!, CCOt was Indian ocean trade (my teacher obsessed over this topic), and C&C was something about Latin America and the Middle East. So pray for easy FRQs, but definitely do your best on the DBQ (don’t forget Bias and Missing Source).</p>
<p>So Im not sure how fast a reader you are but since its WORLD History, as in like everything that’s ever happened, right now just focus on reviewing general trends, as that’s what the test is essentially about.</p>
<p>How many frqs can you leave blank and still get a 3/4?</p>
<p>The Free response questions are essays and there are three. I think you can leave out one and still get a 3/4 but I dont recommend it.</p>