<p>Real quick question: I'm taking the SAT 2 World History test in about one month. I have heard that reading over Barron's is best, but I really don't know if I have time to read over THAT long of a review book. I have the AP exam coming up in about 2 weeks, so I've already been looking over the "5 Steps to a 5" book. I was wondering if studying the "5 Steps to a 5" and the Princeton Review "Cracking the SAT 2 World History test" will be enough to make an 800 on the test? I'm really concerned, actually, because I still have to study for my other exams in addition to the AP World History exam and the SAT 2 WH exam. That's why I'm not so sure that Barron's will be the best for me. But, on the other hand, I really (REALLY) want to get a perfect score on both tests :) If you have any information that could possibly help me, please let me know. Thanks in advance!!</p>
<p>I was in AP World History and just studied like crazy w/ Barrons before the AP. After the AP I did practice tests from Collegeboard’s official practice test book for APUSH and World History (it’s not the big book with all the subject tests, its more like a booklet w/ just history tests - get it from B&N). </p>
<p>5 on the AP and 800 :)</p>
<p>One other thing…Had you done any practice essays (DBQ, CoT, Comparative) before taking the AP World History exam? I have written one DBQ, and that was about eight months ago. I think I am going to be okay with the multiple choice as I have studied extensively for that part, but I’m not sure about the essay section. How much work did you do with the essays before taking the exam? Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>To respond to your question ^ (although I’m a different person than ttlycrazy :))</p>
<p>I went through 5 Steps to a 5 the week before the exam and didn’t practice with any essays whatsoever. Mind you, I am a strong essay writer. However, I believe that if you know basic concepts and have sufficient information to expand on said concepts, you’ll do just fine. A lot of people, I think, get totally tripped up by the essays because they are not given the option of picking and choosing, like with a multiple choice section. However, the essays shouldn’t be looked at in that way! They’re a blank slate! You can utilize as much of your knowledge as you can and write as much as you want. :)</p>
<p>I got a 5 on the AP World, by the way. Was not as difficult as I thought it would be. Make sure to eat a good breakfast beforehand, though, because I didn’t. I wasn’t in pain from the difficulty of the exam – no, I was just in pain from my tremendous state of hunger :).</p>
<p>We did a lot of essays in class as AP prep.</p>