Some self-study questions

<p>Hey guys. I know where I'm going to college now, so I've been picking apart its AP credit policy and I realize I can get a few more course credits if I self-study for both the Physics C exams, the Psychology exam, and either the AP World or AP Euro exam. I was just wondering:</p>

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<li><p>Which would be easier to get a 5 on for self-study, World or Euro? I took World as a sophomore but got a 4 (which won't get me credit), and honestly I have pretty much forgotten everything I learned in that class.</p></li>
<li><p>What are some paperback review books that I could get for these classes that would be comprehensive enough for me to get 5's without a regular textbook? I saw Barron's was good for Psychology from the book thread, but didn't find much about recent books for Euro or the Physics C tests.</p></li>
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<p>Thanks for any help.</p>

<p>I realized that Art History could also count for the credit that World or Euro would fulfill. So is Art, World, or Euro History easiest for self-study?</p>

<p>If you’ve taken some form of world history before, then I’d suggest taking the world history exam since you already have the background for it. Euro tends to be much more in-depth since it deals with the specifics of one continent’s history. However, it also covers a shorter time period than World History does. The Euro DBQ’s tend to have significantly more documents to sift through and more documents required per grouping while World has less. </p>

<p>As I understand it, the art history exam requires a lot of memorization of art works, and if that’s not your fancy, then it may not be the way to go. </p>

<p>Some good books for the history AP’s are the REA crash course books and either Barron’s and Princeton Review. Nothing can really replace a textbook though, and it’s much better to just get a used one cheaply from Amazon if you can.</p>