<p>Like - can't stop shaking, becoming alcoholic, getting sick frequently, throwing myself off of tall buildings scared? (OK so that's an exaggeration...)</p>
<p>But how is anyone supposed to study for this? In class I'm getting an 83 at the moment and I am sick over such a low score, it's still only a B when weighted (I think). There's no way to memorize such specific details of obscure events! Could someone advise me what to focus on, or give me some study ideas? </p>
<p>Thanks
-Maureen</p>
<p>Get exams from previous years, they have a distinctive pattern. You seem to be doing well in class, I wouldn't worry too much. </p>
<p>You could always do what I did: read the whole review book the day before the exam. =). Probably a little overkill, I probably would've gotten a 5 either way, but it made me relax. I don't know who wrote it, it wasn't a mainstream review book, but it was small and blue and red and the front and was really great. Simple and easy to read but you understood the info. </p>
<p>Just study tests, that always helps me a lot in the histories.</p>
<p>LifeUnfolding - was the book the Sparknotes books? There were two that I bought yesterday, they are both small. One of them is red and one of them is blue. Are these the books? I bought them becaus ethey seemed short and condensed haha.</p>
<p>But YEAH I am totally freaked out. Where can we find previous tests??</p>
<p>your gonna fail!!, it's really hard</p>
<p>last years DBQ topic sucked, failed it</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure you can only get previous tests from teachers, they order them from college board. But, on collegeboard.com they have the free response questions for the last few years and DBQ's. Honestly, if you can master that part of the exam the MC doesn't matter so much. I'm searching on amazon and I can't find the book we used. I'll try to ask my friends who are in APUSH what book it is when we get back. </p>
<p>Just don't get one that's really lengthy and thick, my non-school-provided one was like that and I only read a couple chapters it was so boring. </p>
<p>RELAX =). If you stress too much, it makes your score worse. Believe in yourself. It sounds stupid, but I wasn't confident in myself when I walked into the AP Eng Lang test, even though I was more than prepared, and didn't do my best work.</p>
<p>APUSH is so hard for me. I guess it doesn't help that I haven't read a chapter of my textbook haha. It's not a subject I'm good in, and now that I think about it, I have no clue why I decided to take it in the first place. You can expect me to cram in studying during April/May.</p>
<p>There's no reason to stress over the exam. You have nothing to lose. It isn't like your teacher handed you 3 college credits on the first day of school and now they're going to take them away from you if you don't get at least a 3.</p>
<p>Scores won't come back until July so they can't affect your grade in the class. All you can do here is win. Would it be nice to get a 3 or higher? Absolutely. The thing is you have a great deal of control over that, but panicking and sweating about it isn't going to help the situation.</p>
<p>Again, remember you have nothing to lose here.</p>
<p>As for getting yourself previous exams, you can either buy an exam from the Collegeboard for a small fee of $25 (they claim to be a non-profit organization which has to be the biggest BS I've eve heard). If you have any previous AP exams, you can donate them to the Ultimate AP Trade, and you will be able to access their archives, which has plenty of APUSH exams.</p>
<p>When I took the AP US history exam last year, I remember how I'd left about 10 multiple choice questions blank and BSed my way though a part of one of the essays. In the end I got a 5. So relax - you definitely have room for error on the exam!</p>