<p>In case anyone wants this, I have a link the AMSCO pdf on Google Drive: <a href=“U.S. History.pdf - Google Drive”>U.S. History.pdf - Google Drive;
<p>I got a 730 on the U.S. History subject test and a 4 on the AP exam without using this resource significantly. I probably could have done much better if I used it.</p>
<p>all I used was Essential Content by Larry Krieger and I got a 4 xD</p>
<p>Get the Crash Course by REA. I read it a night before and got a 5.</p>
<p>Ahh! Sorry for the long essay that you may or may not want to begin to read! Haha! :)</p>
<p>With APUSH being my first AP class ever, I think it was a pretty enjoyable experience now that I think about it and now that it’s over. Haha! 
I really thought I wasn’t going to like it at all because it was history and just really the many words on pages that I had to read and writing essays weren’t my thing (and still aren’t my thing), but the class did not turn out as bad as I thought it was going to be.</p>
<p>The study books I recommend are the ones by AMSCO, that I saw SteelTrapMindset has nicely provided, The Essential Content by Larry Krieger and the amazing REA Crash Course also written by Larry Krieger. I bought all 3 study books fairly early into the school year, maybe just a month in. I did not fully read the first two books as I found myself procrastinating in preparing for the APUSH exam throughout the whole year (probably shouldn’t have done that, haha!) But I did occasionally read several of the chapters out of the two bigger books when I needed to, to help me for tests in class and when I had free reading time and felt motivated to actually read and prepare early for the APUSH exam.</p>
<p>Buying the 3 books did help me with my classwork and homework greatly throughout the whole year even though I didn’t use them to their fullest extent in preparing for the APUSH exam. Oh man I despised sooo much the loads of homework that I had. I found that since I wasn’t such a big reader, the two books by Larry Krieger were more exciting and easier to read than the bigger, detailed AMSCO book. AMSCO’s book isn’t bad, it’s really nice, but it was just too long for a non-reader like me and I couldn’t make myself read all of that. </p>
<p>Something I really liked about The Essential Content was that it had 3 different tiered study plans for short, mid, and long term. I think from that book what really helped me and what I really benefited from was the short term review that it had it the back and the little tips that it provided in the margins of the pages throughout the book. REA’s Crash Course gives the nice, similar little tips too - as it was written by the same author. Also with The Essential Content in hand with REA’s Crash Course, it definitely helped fill in the little extra details that weren’t in the concise crash course book. </p>
<p>I reviewed REA’s Crash Course the night before the exam and got a 4. I think the only reason I didn’t get a 5 was that on one of my FRQ essays I totally wrote about the wrong topic that the prompt asked for. Hahaha! I really think I was close to getting a 5! I think just that mistake was what could have been the points I needed for the 5, but it really isn’t a big deal for me. (AHHHASHDFASDFFHA POSSIBLY SOO CLOSE TO A 5!!! :P) Anyway, with mainly the overnight review of REA’s Crash Course and occasional reading of The Essential Content, Multiple Choice was easy with maybe only a few questions on the exam that ever actually somewhat stumped me, and definitely with the in-class and homework-assigned writing practice, untimed and timed, helped me gain my score. </p>
<p>If you want a 5 I definitely say you should learn how to write solid APUSH essays, which aren’t hard - you can look at great example essays on the College Board’s website (which helped me bunches), and get both The Essential Content and REA’s Crash Course if you would like. Or maybe even just one or the other! The Essential Content is great and REA’s Crash Course itself is just as wonderful and even shorter! You won’t need anything else or any other study book for the course.</p>
<p>I hope I helped some of you people out there that are about to tackle the exciting course of AP U.S. History! Good luck to you and to me as well as I will be taking AP World History this upcoming year. :D</p>
<p>I have the Barrons book currently. I might get Essential Content, too.</p>
<p>I’m banking for a 4.</p>
<p>Getting a 5 or i shall kms
I have AMSCO and Crash Course currently</p>
<p>APUSH should be fairly easier when compared to World History. Teacher told me that its more specific as in content but covers a lot of specific details which shouldn’t be hard to memorize. I hope the class turns out to be as fun as world history</p>
<p>Don’t get Princeton Review, it’s not that good (speaking from experience). I would advise you to get something Crash Course and another book. Crash course is great for cramming right before the test, but you need something in more detail. I would recommend Kaplan or Amsco. Kaplan is easier to read (atleast it was to me) and covers all topics very well. Amsco requires alot of time, for it covers every single detail. I would just like to add that Kaplan and Crash Course helped me in getting a 5.</p>
<p>I have a very good yet hard teacher for APUSH. Even though he only awarded 5 As in 3 classes, he had impressive AP results. 8 students got 5 and 20 students got 4. He is much harder than the AP World teacher. In AP World 1 student got a 5 and 11 students got a 4 last year.</p>
<p>Barrons helped me to score a 5 in APHG, but Princeton helped me for APWH. Which review book should i buy?</p>
<p>I just finished APUSH myself and got a 5 on the exam. Something that will come in handy on the multiple choice… study some of the more recent history. My teacher didn’t spend a lot of time on it so that’s what most of us were cramming for. College board has told the teachers in the past that they need to cover colonization, even Pre-Columbian, so that was what we covered in our summer assignment. Now my teacher is using summer work to cover more recent administrations (80’s and 90’s) because it seems the focus is shifting more toward that.</p>
<p>I’m taking this class as a Sophomore along with AP Euro and AP Human,</p>
<p>I already have AMSCO because of the online PDF should I get the REA Crash course or The Essential Content? I know both are by the same author and have received great praise but I don’t feel like buying both.</p>
<p>Get the Essential Content. It and the AMSCO are all you need for a 5/800.</p>
<p>I’m taking it this year and I’m kinda nervous because I despise U.S history. I find European History so much more interesting, but I’ve already taken APEH. Oh well! And the APUSH class I’m taking basically calls for self study, as it’s more creativity/project oriented. I’m taking this class along with 5 other APs…that should be fun! At least I have no summer homework :P</p>
<p>I had a really thick, irritating book (not even worth mentioning), consistently got 6’s and 7’s on essays (my teacher even admitted that he graded harshly), and did well in the class but I reviewed with REA/AMSCO (read through most of the book, only took notes on chapters I had poor understanding of) and got a 5.
I’m making a thread on how I managed to do so
good luck!</p>
<p>So I got a 5 but what does this even so for my credits ?</p>
<p>Taking the class is the best way to get a 5.</p>
<p>I took the class, didn’t study at all, and got a 5. You guys can too. Taking the class is the best idea, because it spreads the content out. Cramming a month before doesn’t help, because time frames will start to get blurred. Just take the class, then review before the test. That really is the best way.</p>
<p>@seapanda Same! Euro feels so much more interesting than USH. And 5 other AP’s. We must be twins… Oh wait… I have summer homework.</p>
<p>you’re so lucky lol… have to read and take notes on CH. 1-22 by Sept. 10 :/</p>
<p>Anybody know what the new test will look like?</p>