Offcial 2012 AP US Government and Politics Thread

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<p>Put the discussion regarding Gov&Pol here please!</p>

<p>To be honest I dont see a lot of people are taking this exam on cc :/ All the Gov&Pol takers lets talk about this exam! </p>

<p>I self-studied it with Government in America and Princeton Review. Talk about your reviewing etc. guys.</p>

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<p>I’m really nervous for this exam. I had a bad teacher and I am unsure whether I’ll get a 3. I do take practice tests and get around 12 wrong on multiple choice, but it feels like I’m guess on most of the answers and coincidentally getting them right. I’m going to go over cliffnotes’ review book to cover some of my weak areas, like the presidents.</p>

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<p>If you can guess correctly all the time, that would happen during the real test! lol (:</p>

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<p>I’m taking it too! I’m kinda scared though since I haven’t reviewed since this class ended for me in December :/</p>

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<p>Does anyone have any tips/sites/practice tests that would be useful for prepping for the exam? I, too, had a bad teacher and I really want to do well.</p>

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<p>My teacher gave me these links. I haven’t had time to look at them yet so I’m not sure how much they will help but here there are anyways.</p>

<p><a href=“http://phs.prs.k12.nj.us/ewood/amergov/USGov5th/contents.htm[/url]”>http://phs.prs.k12.nj.us/ewood/amergov/USGov5th/contents.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://quizlet.com/11226876/ap-government-test-review-concepts-flash-cards/[/url]”>http://quizlet.com/11226876/ap-government-test-review-concepts-flash-cards/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I’m taking the class at school, but we use the Princeton Review for reference/practice tests, and it’s really good.</p>

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<p>I’m taking the class and I’m among my teacher’s best students. I’ll get a 5 for sure.</p>

<p>I heard in CC yesterday the graders will only consider the first thing you write. Is this true? In the sample student responses I seen high scores in which a student would write lots of stuff. So I think writing a bunch of stuff shouldn’t be too detrimental.</p>

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<p>Took this exam last year and got a 4 without any substantial studying - I just actually read our book throughout the semester and took ~1 page of typed notes per assignment. Don’t stress too much over it!</p>

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<p>Does anyone have MCs from the tests??? CB only has frqs… :/</p>

<p>etuck24, I agree with you, not so hard for this exam, at least from MC. Actually I dont have much idea about the FRQs…</p>

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<p>[AP</a> Government Court Cases flashcards | Quizlet](<a href=“http://quizlet.com/10253624/ap-government-court-cases-flash-cards/]AP”>http://quizlet.com/10253624/ap-government-court-cases-flash-cards/) COURT CASES!</p>

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<p>The test is in 6 days! I’m completely screwed, my teacher hasn’t taught us anything. Any tips on how to study for this? Is reading Princeton Review good enough to get a 4 on the AP test?</p>

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<p>Surely we aren’t supposed to know all of those 60+ court cases on that quizlet… Does anyone have any list of the truly Need-to-Know cases for the AP Exam?</p>

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<p>I think PR is quite enough… after all there is no test prep book can provide you everything that could appear on the exam.</p>

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<p>^Direct Hits came PRETTY close…</p>

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<p>Watch CSPAN @ 915-1000 on May 12th! That is the delegated “Cram Session” for AP Government. There will be people that helped make the test and you can ask them questions and they will answer it for you. Right then and there. :)</p>

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<p>I’m using Crash Course and its really efficient and in the thread about best AP test prep books, this guy evaluated Crash Course vs Princeton Review and determined that not only is Crash Course more efficient but that it also has better and more accurate information overall</p>

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<p>Those cards are what my government teacher had us memorize…</p>

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<p>This will be my next exam. My Gov teacher had three review sessions that I attended, and I really think that that’s made the difference. The class ended for me in December, and my problem is mainly that I know the stuff but I need to think about it for a bit to recall it due to that time gap. I’m recalling things a lot quicker after the review sessions though. Hopefully those review sessions and the review packets/vocab lists he gave us will be enough.</p>

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<p>Can anyone link me to any additional practice multiple choice questions? 4 days left; I’m a bit nervous. =&lt;/p>