We’re in the middle of the Cold War unit in Spielvogel now and must I say that the unit itself is ludicrously boring… I’m basically falling asleep every time I take notes (for homework each night we have to take comprehensive notes over about 10 pages in the book). I can’t wait till this exam is done with…</p>
We just finished WWII, and are now on spring break for a week. We’re obviously finishing up Chapters 30 and 31 in McKay when we come back (Cold War + Contemporary Europe) as well as reviewing.
For those wondering, Princeton Review has been the best for me so far, but REA’s Crash Course is a lifesaver when it comes to getting the big picture (which is really ideal for the test).</p>
My class just finished WW1 before spring break. Last day of spring break now, going back to school tomorrow. We are learning stuff all the way up until the AP test, and even after the AP test. My teacher says “I’m going to teach you European History, not teach to the AP test” The AP test is our own problem!</p>
Well, I just finished with the Reformation, so you guys are pretty far ahead in my book :P</p>
^Reformation???What have you been doing for the past 6 months?</p>
Nothing 
That’s the beauty of self-studying</p>
Oh, I thought you were talking about a class.</p>
Haha, well, that would be my Spanish class… we reviewed the present tense last week (IN AP!!)</p>
LOL; was that a part of a general review for the AP test?</p>
We’re in post-WWII entering the cold war/vietnam war etc
We have been doing FRQs and mostly DBQs for every test we have</p>
@garfieldliker: Haha, who knows? Certainly not me! My teacher is simply worthless. At least I have one good teacher: APUSH teacher = genius! He studied US government and history at Harvard for like 6 years, and has been teaching for decades.</p>
I’m at French Revolution. Sort of reviewing, as I’ve already read through to the end, but only in Crash Course. Now I’m repeating with PR, hope this is a good strategy…</p>
<a href=“http://www.myeport.com/published/u/hs/uhse003/collection/47/10/upload.c-uhse003-47n10.pdf[/url]”>http://www.myeport.com/published/u/hs/uhse003/collection/47/10/upload.c-uhse003-47n10.pdf</a> - I found this .pdf, thought it might serve useful for crunch/review time. </p>
I have finished the PR, and I plan to just review big topics now, such as French Rev., Enlightenment, WWII, etc…</p>
Good luck guys! Did this last year studying from and 5 steps to a 5 which was AWESOME for Euro. Basicly told me all the info I used in my FRQ’s.</p>
Gonna start no-life studying for this from the Princeton Review book i just bought from Amazon right now during spring break which starts tomorrow…It’s coming saturday lol. </p>
I got a BIG Mock test tomorrow morning, when spring break was SUPPOSED to start (T_T)
but after that…yay!</p>
Anyway, could someone give me some review of the actually princeton review? Is it good? Is it bad? Most of my friends are using that one, but i want more inputs on it.</p>
Well, I’ve found extremely helpful, since my class is quite behind (interwar years). Make sure you take the practice tests, they are pretty helpful. </p>
Aside from Princeton Review, make sure you guys bone up on Russia/Soviet Union because that always tends to be a big thing for AP Euro test makers. Know it, analyze it.</p>
I’m kind of panicking right now. I got the AP Achiever book a while ago, and set up a study schedule to read 15 pgs per night. That plan failed miserably because each and every night I put it off, thinking that I’d make everything up over the weekend, which then happened to be filled with projects and/or studying for school tests on Monday. </p>
Now I have 315-ish pgs to cover in Achiever. How do I go about this? Do I just take the whole read-and-keep-reading-like-a-beast-even-if-I-don’t-remember-most-things-from-the-pages-I-just-covered approach, or should I try to internalize everything? The latter takes me quite a while. I’m infamously slow for going at 5 pgs per hour if I plan to internalize.</p>
Sorry if this doesn’t make sense. It’s 2:16 AM and I’m freaking out.</p>
On the plus, it’s two days into the spring break, which ends on Tues, April 26th. Can anyone help me plan something out, PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE?</p>
And btw, to the person who posted <a href=“http://www.myeport.com/published/u/hs/uhse003/collection/47/10/upload.c-uhse003-47n10.pdf[/url]”>http://www.myeport.com/published/u/hs/uhse003/collection/47/10/upload.c-uhse003-47n10.pdf</a>, I love you. :)</p>
Well, want my advice? I don’t know if you’re one of the people with eidetic/photographic memory, but I’m not. I would learn key concepts that you obviously DON’T know and learn them well. </p>
You’d also be wise to learn Russian history and contemporary history (WWI, interwar years, WWII, Cold War), and perhaps the French Rev. or a couple of topics you might want to learn.</p>
ok, thank god we’re picking up the pace. As of now I am taking a break from reading about the rise of Stalin. I should be done with McKay in 2 weeks giving me about 2 weeks to review. I’m actually freaking out though because I talked to this girl who took the APs I’m taking now last year (AP Euro and AP English Lang). I think in general I am smarter than her, except she is an absolutely amazing essay writer and when it comes to anything dealing with english she is like a goddess. She told me she got a 2 in Euro and a 3 in Eng. which is freaking me out. Originally I had been thinking I would easily get a 3, probably get a 4, and I was hoping for a 5. Now I am so nervous, I want to take a mock test except I haven’t finished the book yet so I wouldn’t know everything… WHAT DO I DO? also does anyone else have any idea exactly how hard it will be to get a 4 or 5?</p>
“Now I am so nervous, I want to take a mock test except I haven’t finished the book yet so I wouldn’t know everything… WHAT DO I DO? also does anyone else have any idea exactly how hard it will be to get a 4 or 5?”</p>
Get out of my head, seriously. :P</p>
I actually do not feel confident about any part of the exam. </p>
My teacher does not let us keep multiple choice tests to review. When giving back essays, there are no comments on them, only grades (which are usually 5-6 for me). The only way we can review them is if we stay after school, but I have other commitments and other classes. </p>
So down the intensive quasi-self-studying road we go…</p>