<p>Which AP do you guys think is the most widely respected?</p>
<p>I took the AP Euro and am taking the USHAP this year. Which do you think, if any, have the most WEIGHT, or worth.</p>
<p>What does that even mean?</p>
<p>If you mean which ones are worth the most credit, well, each school has its own policies. </p>
<p>If you mean difficulty, then IMHO, Euro was the hardest. World is kind of a joke. And if you are from the U.S., you’ve sorta been learning U.S. History since you were in elementary school, which makes USH not too difficult. Euro was most unlike things I had previously done. </p>
<p>On the other hand, I have friends from other countries who thought World and Euro were easier than U.S., simply because they had never before focused on U.S. history (i.e., even the basics, like presidents and stuff, were all new to them).</p>
<p>World History - hecka easy</p>
<p>European History - interesting</p>
<p>U.S. History - dreadful because of politics.</p>
<p>I was just thinking that perhaps I made a mistake in not taking both World and Euro in the same year. I had a lot of time on my hands. I also thought that world looked more prestigious (wow world!! so much history to learn) but perhaps that is a farce and is easier because there’s so much history to actually learn.</p>
<p>It’s a breadth vs. depth thing. World is the most broad because it’s over the entire history of everything, haha. And U.S. has the most depth because it’s only the history of a few hundred years, and it’s only one country’s history. Personally, I thought Euro, which falls into neither category, was hardest. Go figure.</p>
<p>based on the reading that I had to do last year to get the score that i did, took hours upon hours. As I’m typing, I’m studying for the U.S exam and I find it a lot easier.</p>
<p>It could be the inherent fact that I am an American and innately know major aspects that some foreigners would not.</p>
<p>However, the fact that is one country, allows Collegeboard to ask much more in depth questions regarding out country. You didn’t really have to know the foreign policy of Louis XIII or w/e. All you needed to know was one or two facts facts about the major players and that’s it. Maybe it’s the same for US…</p>
<p>Just a girl, what have you taken?</p>
<p>I took all three and got 5s. Euro was the first one I took, so perhaps that was why I found it most difficult. After that, I was used to the whole AP history thing, in terms of how to answer the multichoice questions and how to write the essays. (I actually liked Euro’s essays most of all.)</p>
<p>damnnn… and have u just taken the history one’s? </p>
<p>and also, did u take them progressively (freshman, sophomore, junior)
or two in the same year.</p>
<p>and also, for US. do u have any suggestions on how to study?</p>
<p>I’ve read the AMSCO book, and continue to do so again and again…</p>
<p>and</p>
<p>Why do u like the euro essays the most?</p>
<p>sorry for the overload of questions</p>
<p>They all have the same “worth”. As far as college credit goes, it varies depending on the institution.</p>
<p>Art History is regarded as the toughest. US is probably 2nd, Euro 3rd, and World 4th.</p>
<p>I’ve done/ am doing all but World, and I thought Euro was most interesting.</p>
<p>I’ve done US and Euro last year, and am now working on World. Although the World History exam itself isn’t difficult (or so I’ve heard), I find it more troubling to study because I have trouble remembering the events occurring at the same time in different parts of the world. >_<</p>
<p>Euro was certainly interesting, mostly because it takes stuff that we have grown up with and elaborates on it (who knew the French Revolution was so darn complicated?).</p>
<p>I’ve heard that APUSH, of the three, is the most difficult of the three. And that is because, like it was mentioned above, it involves a lot of tangled politics that require understanding as well as memorization.</p>
<p>I think if you’re going for a History major, or something of the sort, it is helpful to take all three and score high. I don’t think that one necessarily has more weight than the others.</p>
<p>Oh, and while it may have been helpful to take them both at once, I find it useful to take one after the other too.</p>
<p>ramathorn47: I personally dislike history, so I just studied a lot for the tests. I took Euro soph year, U.S. junior, and I self-studied World over two years (well, I took honors-level world history in frosh year, then self-studied the rest soph year).</p>
<p>The AMSCO book was actually the only prep book I used for U.S. My teacher gave good notes, and I outlined the American Pageant…most of the time, heh. And I was used to AP-style essays by then.</p>
<p>My year happened to have relatively easy Euro essays, I thought, on topics that my teacher made really interesting in class. That’s why I liked the Euro essays.</p>
<p>I think history can be interesting, especially US and Euro, because a lot of the things/events that occur today are the results (enlightenment…etc)</p>
<p>I don’t think i’m going to do World because i’ve already forgotten a decent amount of Euro from last year. </p>
<p>Was that a mistake?</p>
<p>Does it even matter that I haven’t take world, and the fact that I took 1 already is decent?</p>
<p>No one at my school takes History Ap’s. its the schools policy to teach to teach, and not teach to a test. w/e…</p>
<p>Also, to every1 reading, does a History AP usually count towards a major?? and not only as general education requirements (not at the best institutions ivy, Duke, Stanford)</p>
<p>Art History is DEFINITELY the toughest, but I’m finding it pretty interesting. If you’re self-studying, US History is probably the easiest just because a sense of familiarity usually helps keep your interest afloat, whereas you could easily get lost in the strange people and periods of Euro and World. If you’re taking the class, I thought Euro was the most interesting class I’ve ever taken. If you have a teacher to guide you (and the Birdsall Viault book), you should love it. World is broad and a lot of reading, but still interesting. The APUSH DBQ is the hardest, followed by World, followed by Euro, which I think has the easiest DBQ. Essays in general, I would rank: World has the hardest, followed by APUSH, followed by Euro. Overall, if you know your stuff, Euro looks respectable, comes pretty easily, and is worthwhile!</p>