<p>Well, the AP US History test is in a month, and I'm not sure if I should take it.</p>
<p>My apush teacher encouraged us not to take it, for she feels we're not ready, and we missed quite a few days this year. I think she thinks we will all do so horribly bad and embarass her or something.</p>
<p>Anyway, I sincerely believe that if you can study hard for ANY test, then you can very well make a 100. You don't need to have a knack for any subject, in my opinion, to make a good grade on its test.</p>
<p>I have 2 review books that I plan to fully read, AMSCO & REA, and my teacher gave a whole lot of notes this year I want to review. Plus she said we need to finish reading the rest of the book if we don't finish in class. </p>
<p>There are also about 8 practice tests I want to do.</p>
<p>Unless I don't do ALL of this, I won't feel completely prepared. And the thing is, I only have a month. And I already feel burned out from school and what not, and well if there is no will or energy, there is no way.</p>
<p>Should I save myself a month of agony and just not take it?</p>
<p>As you probably know, i've been wondering a lot about the APUSH exam too. I've come to the conclusion that if I've taken the course, studied for tests and whatnot, then I might as well put in a little more effort to study for the exam. If I do well, then that's great for my resume, if I don't, then the universities don't have to know. </p>
<p>And personally, I think that your teacher shouldn't be so pessimistic about the way you guys will perform. From what I saw in your post, it seems like you really know what you want to do to feel prepped for the exam, you even have the books selected. I think it'd probably be in your benefit to just go ahead with it. Think about it: if you spend even 1 hr on APUSH prep everyday, and have 2 hrs worth of time set aside as free time, you still have a good 5hrs to do other hw. </p>
<p>Anyways, to sum up that ramble, i think you should go for it....</p>
<p>Hey anita & jeff! Thanks for the confidence. I think I may do it now. I've asked everyone else, and they all told me I spent a year trying my best, I might as well do it. I thought though, that all colleges see the grade, right?
Or is there a way you can see your grade, and not allow other colleges to see the grade?</p>
<p>Do it - it's really not that bad. What are your practice test MC scores from your class? That will be an accurate measure (it was for me anyway).</p>
<p>when you take the AP test they give you a chance to inform a college of your choice... just don't put your top choices if you're unsure of how you'll do</p>
<p>Oh okay, so the only chance colleges can see your grade is if you actually state the grade on the application?</p>
<p>See..I haven't done any practice tests yet, because I haven't finished learning all the material. There's a chance we may not finish the book. So I even need to finish learning the material before I can take any practice tests and re-view the material, all in one month. That's why I was concerned, especially since I have a lot of other subjects in school I need to focus on too so I don't slip. But anita is right, if I really did devote an hour everyday, I'm sure I could get it done.</p>
<p>It will not hurt you to take it.
You always have a chance to do good on it and if you do bad on it, you always have the option of not reporting the AP score to the colleges.</p>
<p>And it's not that hard to get a good score:</p>
<p>Keep this in mind:</p>
<p>A 5 is 66.6%
A 4 is 50.0%
and so on..</p>
<p>The curve is really good. So take, see what you get..
Why would you want to waste a yearlong class period?</p>
<p>My advice is to complete one practice test now. Find out which time periods you need to review. Study those areas. Don't worry about not correctly answering questions about time periods you haven't yet covered in class unless it appears that you won't cover them before the exam. Do check the answer explanations for those questions, though, so you can begin to learn that material.</p>
<p>After having reviewed the areas/time periods you missed on the first practice test, try another practice test and repeat the studying process.</p>
<p>If you don't have a three-hour time block to devote to an entire practice test, do the test in sections. Just save one entire practice test to do the weekend before the exam so you can get a feel for doing the test in one sitting.</p>