<p>Which one is easier?</p>
<p>Courses Taken:</p>
<p>U.S. History (regular, non-honors)
English 11 Honors</p>
<p>U.S. history if you get a good prep book.</p>
<p>Why not literature? Is it very hard? Or there are other reasons why US History is preferred?</p>
<p>I agree. English class (my English class at least) does not prepare you for Lit, unless, I'm guessing, you took AP English Literature or something, which specifically does prepare you for analyzing literature. But if you took a US History class, then at least you've heard of things before - all you have to do is study your butt off (I'm not joking).</p>
<p>Literature is a hit or miss. You are either good at analyzing poems and esoteric passages or you're not. And if you're not, you will suffer for it accordingly. U.S. History is memorization, memorize everything in a good prep book and you're good to go.</p>
<p>i took both in may and i thought us history was way easier but then I did a lot better on the lit lol. I am in a humanities type program though.</p>
<p>Yeah, it depends on what you're good at. I took Lit cold turkey without having taken AP Lit yet, and I got in the high 700s. On the other hand, I also took US history, but I had just taken AP, so I spent months memorizing all the dates and facts and I did well at that. It simply just depends on what you're good and how much time you're willing to spend memorizing stuff.</p>
<p>Just take both. Colleges only look at the tests you do best on, and you have no way of easily predicting which subject test you'll perform well on.</p>
<p>Literature is a challenge. Even getting a 700 for most people is an accomplishment. But, you could do well on it.</p>
<p>^^ i agree. take both. it can't hurt if you're considering both anyway. just make sure you like lit otherwise studying alone may not be much help.</p>
<p>Acing US History is equipvalent to memorizing all the dates, facts, events, names, huh ? For real ? A couple of days ago, I had a look at the History section in CB SAT II subject test and noticed that the vast majority of questions don't ask test-takers the exact day or when an event occurred. Instead, they all ask the reasons behind an event, the trend of the period etc. So, can anyone who has pulled off the US History confirm about that ? I mean is it extremely necessary to memorize all the dates, names...? Thanks a bunch ;)</p>
<p>No you don't neeed to know any specific dates, but know that the Great Depressions came after the Civil War and other things like that. THere may be a few specific questions asking about names and people, but there are few. Mainly it is about trends and periods and cause and effect.</p>
<p>a good example of a trend question is one i saw somewhere that asked the test-taker to choose the statement which best explains the economic background of the civil war.</p>
<p>whats a good prep book for US history?</p>