<p>Also AP World was a 2 year course for me started during freshmen year. When you’re reading the review books make sure that you know the important details/dates (ex. fall of rome, constantinople, legalization of Christianity in the Roman Empire) and connect them together to form a bigger picture of how things happened in the past have caused the world to become the way it is today.</p>
<p>Trust me, it will help if you do that for the test.</p>
<p>Having taken AP Human Geography, does knowledge from that class aid you in AP World?</p>
<p>I took this class this past year, and it was absolute hell at my school! I wish the best of luck to you all. I was happy to get a 4</p>
<p>I took APWH as a freshman, it’s the only AP course offered to that grade, and got a 5. </p>
<p>Hmmm. Well for starters read the book and take notes. It seems silly but you would be surprised at how many people look up online notes and try to study those instead of reading the assigned chapter.</p>
<p>Essays can be tricky. For the final exam, you have 130 minutes (including the 10 minute assigned reading for the DBQ) to complete the three essays in any order but it’s recommended to start with the DBQ since it’s usually easier because all the information is in front of you. It’s also recommended that you spend 40 minutes on each essay and 10 minutes analyzing the documents for the DBQ.</p>
<p>And for god’s sake don’t wait till the night before to cram. I would suggest studying 2-3 weeks minimum prior to the final exam. Good luck, you’ll probably need it.</p>
<p>The DBQ, imo, is actually one of the hardest essays. Probably the hardest essay. It can be really difficult to find a way to group the documents, and occasionally (but rarely), the DBQ will also ask you to compare and contrast, or even something CCOT related.</p>
<p>Here’s my advice (I received a 5 on the test):</p>
<p>1) Pay attention in class.
2) Don’t half ass your homework.
3) Memorize the essay rubrics.</p>
<p>Start reviewing a few weeks prior to the exam, and you should be set.</p>
<p>I definitely agree with everything everyone said above. I took AP World as a freshman, and it was the first year my school had offered the course. Our teacher was pretty dry and lectured the whole time, and the homework level was fairly light (unless you waited to do the weekly packets the night before they were do, every week). The worst part was that we only wrote about 3 or 4 essays that year, with practically no other essay practice. I started studying 3 weeks before the test with Barron’s about 25-40 minutes every night on week days and an hour or two on weekends. Even with the un-engaging class and medium level of studying, I was lucky enough to get a 5. My recommendation is to practice essays a lot if you don’t already do so in the class, and study at least 3 weeks before the test. Fair warning - this past years AP World scores were the lowest ever, with 60% of test-takers getting a score of 0 on the second free-response question. I would also suggest using the PR review book over Barron’s, because the Barron’s book was full of specifics that weren’t necessary to know on the exam. Good luck!</p>
<p>I took ap world last year as a sophomore. I’m really not the type of person who is naturally interested in history and I ended up with a 5 on the exam so that says a lot about my teacher and how I prepared! I had a good teacher that made sure we got all of the information and gave us plenty of practice for the essays. Most important to remember as you are taking the class is to tie everything together. Don’t just know facts. Know how they relate. Know how societies changed over time. Know how ideas and goods traveled among societies. Know how women’s roles differed among societies and how they changed. Keep periodization in mind. You don’t need to know exact dates, but have an idea of the general time frame. Stuff like that. This will help you immensely when it comes to the exam, especially when writing the essays. To study, I used the Princeton review. I would definitely recommend that! In my opinion, you should start reviewing with that book 4-6 weeks before the exam and set up a plan to finish it about a week before the exam so that you can do practice tests in the last week. Take a practice test before reading the book if you have time to gauge where you are. As that was my 1st AP class, I was a little unsure going into it. If I could go back, I would have used the Princeton review throughout the year as a review of each chapter and then read the whole thing like I explained 4-6 weeks before the test. I would also recommend John green’s crash course videos (all on YouTube) Watch them as you go in the class and then in the last month or so before the exam, watch the videos that are on topics that you need a refresher on. They are pretty broad but give a good summary and interesting facts. If you have questions, just ask! I’ll check this forum from time to time!! Good luck in the class!</p>
<p>Ah, APWH, the most surprising out of my test scores lol. I got a 4, unlike most of CCers here >.>. But the main thing is that I didnt even study for the test O.o. Seriously my Barron’s APWH book is literally clean from front to back when I got it from Summer. </p>
<p>I had a lot of fun in my APWH class too, but we really didnt learn that much from our teacher, just the general basic parts. The MC was really the hardest part for me, personally as i suck at MC. Yes I did get an A in the class, for some people wondering, and generally 50%~ get B or lower in combined of his 4 classes. The couple of people who got fives are pretty hard workers, and studied and asked questions all the time in class lol.</p>
<p>Seriously, I usually scored on my teacher’s chapter tests from like 5~16 out of 22 questions, which were AP questions. So I know the Essays are the part to bring you up. Essays are crucial part in APWH and APUSH, so I’ve heard. The DBQ is essentially,the easiest part for me, dunno wh CCers say its the hardest. Practically you just have to interpret docs, and spew out the information over and over again. And provide 1-3 sentences of commentary, and POV statements to fulfill the requirements. I mean really, its not that hard.</p>
<p>The Change over time and Compare and Contrast, are considered the hardest out of the bunch, with this year’s COT being the hardest in my opinion. Obviously, if you are self-studying that is a different story, since generally in a class you go form the beginning to the end, thus you obviously know more about WWI to the Cold War much better than the Roman empire. Just memorize the format and the outlining of the essays and what they require, for a 7, and just add more stuff on, such as POVs or additional docs to give you the bump on the 8/9.</p>
<p>This thread <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/history-social-sciences/1368644-how-effectively-self-study-ap-world-history.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/history-social-sciences/1368644-how-effectively-self-study-ap-world-history.html</a> By gomdorri, really helped me in using LOGIC, heh love logic, to solve the problems on the APWH MC and FRQ.</p>
<p>Really, just hae fun do the AP test, dont go in there all worried and like “***, I AM GOING TO DIE BECAUSE I DIDNT STUDY HARD ENOUGH” which was the case with majority of students taking the exam in my class. Always look at the clock, and take your time, on the essays especially. If you suck at writing, do tons of quick writes, trying to write 1/2 page essays in 20 minutes or less.</p>
<p>Also, if you want to last minute study go ahead, thats what I somewhat did, just by talking to friends about WH lol. I know most of you guys wont read my paragraph, but if you did, trust me it helps a lot to read it. Just do your best to get a 4/5 on APWH test. The test itself is not the hardest to do, but generally the first AP test.</p>
<p>(BTW, this is my thoughts after getting my scores, compared to my previous post form above.(</p>
<p>I, too, got a 4 on the exam, despite my 97 in the class. I attribute this to the fact that my teacher pretty much refused to teach us how to write the CCOT because it was “essentially the same as the FRQ” (LIES I TELL YOU! LIES!). Anyway, I had an awesome teacher, despite that one problem, and barely studied for the AP test. I took World at the same time as Euro, so that helped supplement my knowledge.
It’s important to know the general themes for everything. If you know those then you can probably reason out the multiple choice and you’ll be fine for the CCOT and FRQ.
Practice the writing, that’s the only hard part.</p>
<p>Can anyone go over the basic format-in order preferably-of the exam? Thanks.</p>
<p>First is a multiple choice section… 70 questions in 55 mins. Then you get the 3 essays (dbq, ccot, and c/c-- document based question, continuity and change over time, and compare/contrast) you can write these in any order you choose. You get 2 hours or 2 hours 10 mins for the 3 essays. I’ll have to look.</p>
<p>I’m not sure what exactly you are looking for (with the format)… Let me know if you haw questions.</p>
<p>I was just wondering about the format.</p>
<p>Did you outline your essays prior to writing them? Was there a specific order to writing the essays that you found more beneficial? How much time did you have to check your answers at the end of the MC section as well as the essay section?</p>
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Multiple choice on this year’s exam had a lot of excerpt questions, whether or not it’s an excerpt heavy year or not, you’ll at least have some; be prepared for that (hint hint: Be sure you can finish all 70 questions with plenty of time for reading if need be). I got nervous at the end because I had 10 minutes left with 5 questions, but 3 of them were excerpts (with fairly lengthy answers to read through) but I finished with 3 minutes left. </p>
<p>Then with the essays, you have the DBQ, then CCOT, then comparative. You go in order, you can’t skip around and do whichever one you want to. If you finish one of them before they say you should move on to the next one, then you can go ahead and start with the next one, but you can’t do CCOT, DBQ, then comparative. </p>
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You’re given reading time (10 minutes) for the DBQ specifically, and then can use whatever other time to plan. Most people I know (myself included) jotted down ideas and main points, but not a full blown outline, not really enough time. </p>
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I had about 3 minutes left over when I put down the pencil. I had, however, already gone back throughout the MC when I was still working on it to check (probably not the greatest idea since I could’ve potentially run out of time before I answered every question, but I was in luck). </p>
<p>Essays, I took a long time (like 45-60 minutes) on my DBQ, and then around 30 and 20 on the other two, respectively. Didn’t really “check” over anything aside from making sure I included everything I needed to.</p>
<p>Took it this last year and I really enjoyed the class. If you like history (honestly) and don’t mind reading often very dry material for hours, go for it.
Biggest mistake I made in that class was not spending more time studying for the ap test itself. I literally started like 2 days before and basically pulled an all nighter cramming (WHICH WAS HORRIBLE). Don’t do this. Really.
Besides, the test this next year should be a lot easier considering my year was soooo horrible. Timing was awfullll with the mega long multiple choice questions and don’t even get me started on the essays. Apparently it was the hardest apwh test in 10 yes or something. Somehow I still managed a 5, but most of my genius friends got 3’s which was kinda scary.
All in all, if you’re not obsessed with getting a 5 and honestly enjoy history, go for it. If you don’t, apwh isn’t worth your time in my opinion and you’ll be happy you didn’t.</p>
<p>Oh and I would suggest Princeton Review as well, their books are not too detail-oriented but enough to really help you know the important stuff.
Oh and another thing: STUDY STUFF FROM THE 1930s ON!!! No matter if your teacher has time in class to teach it. GO OVER IT ALL right up today.
Ok that’s all I can think to add.
Oh, and only like 5.7% this last year got 5’s.</p>
<p>Did the test have any changes that made the percent so low?</p>
<p>A lot of kids complained about there being too many excerpts, and I for one didn’t get lucky on the essay topics (but I know people who said they thought they did well on the FRQs, so it varies on the person). Just one of those years. No actual changes though, as far as I know.</p>
<p>My tips for future WHAP students (I took the 2013 test as a sophomore):</p>
<li><p>Practice ALL of yours essays. Try to consistently get 7s on ALL of them. I know that it’s really boring, but it eventually boils down to a manageable science. Also, be sure that you can physically write 3 essays (I got a wicked hand cramp during the midterm that didn’t happen on the AP.)</p></li>
<li><p>Actually read the Review Book (I recommend the Princeton review) because you will be flustered if you just jump into practice MC questions. </p></li>
<li><p>John Green videos are entertaining and useful but don’t use them as your only study source.</p></li>
<li><p>World History in 12 minutes can come in handy (YouTube it.)</p></li>
<li><p>Pre-made flashcards aren’t the best. They have too much information and don’t focus on broad topics.</p></li>
<li><p>Get the 2014 edition review book. The test was very different this year, so the new one may be revised for next year.</p></li>
<li><p>Learn to read passages quickly. I didn’t focus on it this year and, because I spent so much time reading passages, I missed 4 questions.</p></li>
<li><p>DON’T GET FLUSTERED. I think that 60% of people got a zero on the CCOT (we called it COT, but CCOT is actually a better acronym) because they were so stunned by the question itself.</p></li>
<li><p>Know your go-to answers (I.e. cultural diffusion) and what to associate with certain names (I.e. Ashoka = Tolerance)</p></li>
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<p>That should be about it. If I forgot something I bet someone else will mention it. I studied for 2 months ~40 mins a night and managed to get a 5. It isn’t the end of the world if you don’t get the 5 you’re hoping for, but you should try to do your best on the exam.</p>
<p>How are you guys preparing for the class over the summer. So far the only thing I did was was watch like 2 John Green Crash Course videos on topics in history that I’m interested</p>