So to be point blank, my APUSH Teacher is horrible. He has good intentions, but he teaches us as though we’re a regents class. We’re currently around the Jacksonian Era and I can honestly say I know very, very little about AP US History.</p>
And I’m FREAKING OUT! It hasn’t bothered me too much because I’ve been preoccupied with family issues, but I’m just realizing how screwed I am… I took AP Euro (self-studied) and AP World last year as a 10th grader and got two 5s. I was kind of led to believe APUSH would be a much easier experience, so I’ve been kind of lax with reading the textbook. I stopped reading at Chapter 3 and we’re just beginning Chapter 9 now in class… (Jacksonian Era)</p>
What would you suggest? I think I’m just going to catch up on the reading (and of course do my reading notes (usually like 3000 words on average, typed.) Then I really need to purchase my review book, I’ve heard AMSCO is good?</p>
So my real question is, is it too late to truly begin self-studying APUSH because my teacher lacks the skill?</p>
<p>I wouldn’t say too late, but it’s going to require a lot of notes and dedication to get acquainted with the material. I’m currently in APUSH and we also are on the Jacksonian era. I have pages of notes and tons of powerpoints printed out. APUSH is a class that builds on and on, so it will definitely require a lot of work. But it’s not too late to start. Good luck!</p>
<p>I also should probably include the fact that I’m not like, some idiot when it comes to APUSH hahah. I have a 99 in the class, I just don’t think my teacher is really preparing me for the level of detail on this test… I’ve heard it’s far more detailed than the AP World exam??</p>
<p>Or maybe I’m just pysching myself out. Guess we’ll see.</p>
<p>No it’s not too late to self-study I highly recommend it.</p>
<p>Just self study and then take the simulation exams/diagnostic exams here: [AP</a> US History - AP Exam Review | Adaptive Test Prep For AP Exams](<a href=“http://www.apexamreview.com%5DAP”>http://www.apexamreview.com)</p>
<p>It will tell you exactly what you need to study and when you take the simulation exams, it will estimate your AP score because it scores the exam exactly like the real apush exam. I took it last year and got a 3 on the simulation exam. I then studied what was recommended and I was able to get a 4 on the real exam. So yeah, if you get a good score on the simulation exam it means you will do good on the real exam. It’s pretty much 99.99% the same.</p>
Guess we’ll see.</p>