<p>^what did you do to raise your score? i keep getting 40/70 as well and i need to raise it up!</p>
<p>Last year I averaged 30-35 on all my practice tests before reviewing. I almost never read the textbook during my class, didn’t review until five days before the test, and only relied on the Princeton Review for all my information. However, I still got a 5, so I can say for sure that THE PRINCETON REVIEW is the BEST one to use. Don’t bother with Barron’s.</p>
<p>@_daniel I just reviewed with PR like once or twice. I also used the barrons flashcards which i found were really helpful. I was working on frqs in addition so whenever I couldn’t figure something out, I would look it up in the PR. That helped me retain some of the information. Also it helps to take lots and lots of practice tests. I think I took like 3/4 practice tests.</p>
<p>I hope this helps you.</p>
<p>Could anyone explain about gunpowder empires?</p>
<p>^ the gunpowder empires were ottoman, safavids, and Mughal, they used the technology to mainly conquer and control. The Ottomans put gunpowder tech. with the Janissaries, which later took away power form the calvary landholding etc. The mugal empire developed in India and was later defeated by the British, and the Safavids were located in Iran and encouraged shiite vs sunni islam, which led to distinctive culture. All 3 are considerd the muslim gunpowder empires.</p>
<p>Does any one know if Kaplan’s practice tests are good/ accurate?. I also took a barrons and I got 62 and 55 respectively out of 70, does anyone know how well that would be on a score from 1-5?, and how much I would need on essays/free response to get a 5?</p>
<p>For the comparison essays, do you need to compare AND contrast, or either or? And for change over time, do you discuss changes AND continuties, or can you do either or to get the points?</p>
<p>you need to do both. the funny thing is, however, you can have a 4 paragraph essay rather than a five. ex. intro, change, cont, conclusion OR intro, similarities, differences, concl. but i would recommend doing at least two categories for either (ex. change, change, cont.) if you want to get a higher school (like an 8 or 9)</p>
<p>How do you go about studying for multiple choice? For some reason I keep getting 30/40 on the multiple choice, and I’m freaking out because if I get a 30 on the m/c and I encounter an essay I don’t know about, then my score’s going down the drain. Right now my greatest concern is multiple choice, so if any one of you can give ANY advice, I’d greatly appreciate it.</p>
<p>Haven’t started reviewing yet…class is decent, never read the textbook, really, paid attention in lectures/tried to cram important bits at times/spontaneous reviewing occasionally, etc.</p>
<p>Scoring like 55…this isn’t looking good. (essays are naturally easy for me IMO so I’m not worried on that part…I should be hitting the Princeton Review like tomorrow)</p>
<p>EDIT:
Multiple choice tip:</p>
<p>I’m not a great authority on this, I believe, since I epic slacked off this year, but I find that using test-taking abilities does wonders. I’d go as far as to argue that unless you totally don’t know the information or know it minimally, as long as you have a certain comprehensive view of the whole historical spectrum, test-taking strategies (elimination, crossing out, smart guessing, logical thinking, spontaneity, etc) are more important…I’ve gotten 10+ answers correct or so due to smart test-taking tips rather than being assured about the actual answer itself based on my prior historical knowledge.</p>
<p>…Conversely if you memorized the entire textbook, meh, w/e, test-taking tips probably won’t matter except trivial mistakes, but who does that?</p>
<p>And these test-taking abilities can be taught by your teacher (not always the best idea IMO), or one of the review books like Princeton Review (a little better job IMO), and finally, your overall self and how you generally process tests and etc.</p>
<p>…but seriously, nah, compare contrast/DBQ are really easy, never listened or paid any attention to rubric or tried to ace them but always end up in 8’s and 9’s.</p>
<p>Change and Continuity…LOL I fail that one hard.</p>
<p>so i studied barrons last week and a half. Now I am jsust gonna study pr. I think Pr is good for the essays. Because they summarize and also they have those nifty charts for rights and etc. Does that sound good?</p>
<p>Im really concerened about the essay as I get around 60 raw (after subtracting) on the mc so I just needa get my essays in check for a five… Any tips on that?</p>
<p>Since we’re running out of time, if anyone’s thinking about studying the whole thing in 1~2 days, I’d go with PR, which is more quick and general than Barron’s (more comprehensive, but takes longer/more info).</p>
<p>I’m going to do that starting tomorrow right after school…nothing but AP World. I really want a 5 on a history exam. I got 4’s on American and Euro but I’m feeling it this year.</p>
<p>why does the PR say you have to get 50 raw score points and a 7,6,6 on the essays for a 3?
Cause doesn’t that equal a 5 by the curve?</p>
<p>I’m not really familiar with the grading scale and how they all contribute to the overall, but I wouldn’t worry too much about that and just focus on the actual test lol.</p>
<p>Yeah, starting tomorrow after school (Tuesday) hardcore cram World for 2 days…cheers on a 5.</p>
<p>^ Everyone keeps telling me NOT to cram on Wednesday…I desperately need the extra day, but at the same time, I don’t want cramming to backfire.
Ah well, I’m going to fail either way :(, considering I haven’t the foggiest how to write an essay. My teacher even said he could care less if we failed or passed (reflecting his 30% pass rate)</p>
<p>^Ouch.</p>
<p>Well, in terms of cramming, it depends on the person…but generally it helps for me, I don’t see how it possibly hurts someone, since you’re absorbing new information…hm. Unless you’re getting a lack of sleep, I guess.</p>
<p>As for the essays, just do your best using historical knowledge.</p>
<p>usually for chapter tests and stuff, cramming is how I get by…but lately it hasn’t been working quite as well (my brain hasn’t worked so well on tests), so I’m not going to risk it. I might not be able to resist, though.</p>
<p>I am not ready for this exam… gah… I need to study SO much, I’m so scared, but if there is an essay for East Asia, I will be happy :D</p>
<p>I would be happy if it was comparing and contrasting The Byzantine Empire and Western Europe…got that down at least!..err on 2nd thought, maybe not…Something about decentralization politically in the West with strong unifying force in church and in Byzantine strong emperor and decentralized Church…grr.
I would be happy if there were NO essays.</p>