<p>Hey guys, I know AP's just finished (thank God, right?) but I figured it is never too early to start a thread for next year.</p>
<p>Current AP US students, please if you do not mind, it would be extremely helpful if you could post advice to succeed in the class on for the AP exam.</p>
<p>My advice is don’t slack during during the class, everything you’re learning is important. If your teacher sucks, no excuses, use your resources and self-study. Start reviewing early, the earlier the better at least a week for real success. Make sure to get at least through the 70s in your initial learning! If you have time, briefly hit the 80s and 90s. This is so important especially if your school doesn’t offer 20th Century History, the complimentary class to APUSH. Relax, if you’ve worked hard all year, things will be fine. When it’s all ssaid and done it’s just a test. You are not defined by it and in 40 years it will be irrelevant. Good luck!</p>
<p>I basically self-studied because my teacher wasn’t great. Very intelligent, but couldn’t teach the course well. It’s an easy course and I guarantee you will get at least a 4 by using The Essential Content. Brush up on your writing skills if they aren’t up to par.</p>
<p>Just signed up for APUSH next year! Taking Euro too, so that will probably be confusing but oh well.</p>
<p>I also signed up for APUSH for next year. (junior year) I jut bought the REA AP USH book today. When are you guys going to start reviewing or studying? Over the summer?</p>
<p>It really depends on how your class works, but my advice to you is: work smarter, not harder.</p>
<p>My APUSH class, for example, was weighted such that coursework (notes, assignments, etc.) was only 10% of our grade. I found much of it to be useless in regards to my learning, so I would often forgo taking notes or doing worksheets in favor of straight reading. It worked for me.</p>
<p>Just got my summer assignment yesterday. I have a few chapters to read, two essays, and 50 terms to define with paragraphs. Yay 
Do you all have a summer assignment? Also, is your class yearlong or just a semester? Mine is basically yearlong but it’s split up with APUSH first semester and Modern History second.</p>
<p>yay can’t wait…jk i hate history :P</p>
<p>My advice to the AP US History class is to buy an aP exam book, and start practicing early. Read outside of class. Immerse yourself in it, with breadth and depth of knowledge. And challenge the teacher.</p>
<p>Buy The Essential Content. It is seriously amazing.</p>
<p>I’ve heard varying things about which AP book to buy…AMSCO or REA?</p>
<p>I found the Princeton Review incredibly helpful for both an overview at the beginning of the year and a last minute study tool for the week before. It is a bit concise, but I noticed there were several questions on the exam that I only knew from reading the Review</p>