<p>I am making several hundred note cards for studying for AP US exam and SAT II.</p>
<p>do you think it would be an effective strategy?</p>
<p>My AP teacher FORCES us to do that after were done with each Era.. i have around 200 so far. Im guessing itll pay off in the end. . . Ill just have to wait and see</p>
<p>Note cards are useful for those who learn well with note cards. Personally, outlining my USHAP textbook's chapters proves useful for me when I study for tests.</p>
<p>Speaking from experience, go out and buy Princeton's AP US History Review Book. Now. Seriously.</p>
<p>Why? I didn't buy mine. The '02-'03 edition was given to me and I took the test May '04. Stayed at home the day before the test and for 10 hours straight, I read the middle section of the book. It covered US History from its geographical descriptions pre-Columbus (the AP of '04 asked what indigenous tribes lived in North America from a given selection in the MC section) to the Reagan administration. I spent roughly 1 1/2 hours on notes.</p>
<p>The payoff: took the test the next day, MCs were almost a no-brainer (struggled through questions from the 1980s), pounded through the essays (pre-Revolutionary War era is my strongest period and I was damn glad they asked about the French-Indian War), and got a 5.</p>
<p>Get the Princeton. Love it and date it.</p>
<p>note cards should help give examples on essays..</p>
<p>i think reading book is more effective on MCs</p>
<p>Hey, I'm doing the same thing. Yeah, I definitely think it will help, although I was never much of a flashcard student. There's just too much material to simply memorize through reading, even multiple times (especially when you're self-studying). You need that kind of quick method to refresh your mind constantly.</p>
<p>You should probably do what you're comfortable with. But, in my case, I self-studied USH, and all I did for prep was read through the PR review section and take practice tests out of Barrons a week before the test. I got a 4. I suppose it could have been a 5 with more intense prep, but...eh...w/e.</p>
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<p>How good was your teacher, though, and how much did you learn in class?</p>
<p>Yeah, the Princeton Review APUSH book is pretty good because it is very readable and understandable, but a lot of it has to do with your teacher. I had an excellent APUSH teacher who had a way of getting my class to remember a lot of info. Start prepping as early as possible. In fact, that was probably why I got a 4 instead of a 5... that and the fact that I wasn't even close to finishing one of my FRQ about the Cold War or something like that. Good luck... I "had" to make flashcards too, but it wasn't required in our class... it was optional. Thinking back, it probably would have helped.</p>
<p>I'm hearing a lot fo good things about the PR book here, how is that compared to REA and AMSCO?</p>
<p>i have REA.. its a pretty good book...</p>
<p>I have both (REA & AMSCO), do I really need to go out an buy a PR book? Is it absolutely mandatory?</p>