<p>So the question is... why are so many people claiming that AP Stat is easy?</p>
<p>I'm taking it right now and it's pretty hard. I'm used to doing mathematical problems and I was shocked by the 2004 Free Response Question. (the fish tanks and the crop plots)</p>
<p>I'm really confused by the concepts... how did you guys get a 5 on the test?</p>
<p>Another question. I'm a sophomore and really want to take AP World History because I hate my World Studies II class.</p>
<p>My counselor says I can't take it since the classes are full, but I think that he's just saying that to prevent me from taking 3 AP's. </p>
<p>If I can't take AP World, is it possible to prepare for it independently? I heard AP World is waay harder than AP US.</p>
<p>You are in your sophmore year.. you most likely are not TOO busy. I would say go ahead and do it. I wish my school let kids take APS in sophmores. They only allow a total of 6 AP classes. No one has EVER self studied and I dont want to be the first >.>.</p>
<p>AP World History is basically regular history plus a lot more detail, and you have to be able to make more comparisons and identify cause-effect as well as general trends. So if you have taken global history before, self-study would be okay, but you'd need an AP-base history textbook. The review book (I had bought Princeton Review) simply doesn't cover all of the necessary details. But, you need lots of essay practice.</p>
<p>My teacher taught the course basically by assigning a chapter a week, and each week the students would write a 6-page outline concerning the chapter. Class time is merely him bringing together concepts and allowing students to grasp the big picture of things. He hardly teaches any factual details (eg. Nothing like In xx century, xxxxx rose to power after blah blah. He just contributes the causes and the factors that contributed to the rise that may have otherwise been unclear). All of the little annoying details students memorize on their own anyway.</p>
<p>We never touched our textbook in my class ... I had to get by using the PR book for world history, so I think you can maybe self-study using that.</p>
<p>But if I remember correctly ... last year's test had alot of cartoon analysis in the mult choice part. Also for the essays, you'll have to be able to analyze, make comparisons, and relate things to one another ... so just memorizing facts doesn't work. If you're naturally good at that stuff though, maybe you can try self-studying...</p>
<p>I took World History last year, and am taking U.S. History this year. I find U.S. History harder simply because of the amount of detail that is required to remember. In World, all one really had to do was understand broad concepts, themes, and patterns. I made a 5 on the World History test, but don't expect that much on the U.S.. I would say if you are going to take it, you would have to do a lot of reading. I really didn't read my textbook, just listen to my teacher's lectures and read the Princeton Review book about a month before the test.</p>