<p>Or would it be better to read through Crash Course or through one of those "Cram Packets"?</p>
<p>Please help a 1st-time AP exam taker. :(</p>
<p>You can easily read through AMCSO in less than two weeks if you have sufficient time. I don’t see why you can’t read through both AMSCO and Crash course within that time</p>
<p>^I agree, you have plenty of time still</p>
<p>I also agree.</p>
<p>haha. Here’s another person trying to read AMSCO in two weeks also. Good luck to you! I’m probably going to read at the pace of 3 chapters a day…
Are you taking notes or anything like that?</p>
<p>@imagodei: Probably not. It’s gonna take awhile if I try to take notes along with it.</p>
<p>You’re most likely not going to retain the information by just reading through AMSCO in 2 weeks. You’re better off carefully reading Princeton Review. I studied 2 weeks before the APUSH test using PR and got a 5, so it’s a good strategy.</p>
<p>I read through PR less than a week before the AP exam and took the two practice tests. I retook one of the practice MCs out of PR at 3 a.m. the morning of the exam, actually (couldn’t sleep lol). I got a 4, so maybe starting earlier than I did will increase your chances. So, whatever you plan to do, start now.</p>