<p>Hi all!
I'm contemplating the AP World History exam, as I took a practice subject test (though I know it is very different), and I'm taking AP Euro (for sure). Is AP World very difficult? I know it covers a very, very brooad scope. The essays are also different from Euro (compare and contrast? what?), though I'm sure that I would love the sections on European history for multiple choice. Your thoughts? </p>
<p>Lots of self-studying involved (since it is a history class)? Any book recommendations? PR? 5 steps to a 5? REA? Barron's? Achiever? Smartypants? etc. etc.? Thanks!</p>
<p>i don’t think so. I think it would help. You would have some information from Euro to help you in World and vice versa. AP World History, I say, is the easiest test I have ever taken, but then the prompt was easy last year. No worry about MC. If you read an apwh textbook, you would have the common sense to answer over 50 questions correctly.</p>
<p>I used Princeton Review for the exam last year and it was extremely helpful. But I also had a pretty decent teacher as well. A lot of people here suggest Barrons though. I’m sure some material overlaps between the two courses, which can make life easier :)</p>
<p>APWH is “difficult” in the sense that it covers such a huge range of subjects, cultures, and time periods, and in an in-depth manner. You really have to “understand” all of the cultures you study, how they interacted, changes over time, comparisons, etc.</p>
<p>The essays are compare/contrast, changes/continuities over time, and DBQ.</p>
<p>If WH MC is anything like the SAT II, its really easy. You just have to actually know stuff for the essays. My WH teacher is, however, honestly the worst teacher I have ever had. He has a 50% passage rate on the AP while almost every other teacher at my school has 85% or more of the students pass. I’m getting angry just thinking about it.</p>
<p>Anyway, sorry for the tangent. WH+Euro should be fine.</p>