<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I am a rising senior and am looking to take the US History or World History subject test along with Bio in November. </p>
<p>I took normal US History in sophomore year (couldn't take AP because already had max number of advanced classes my school allows). This coming year I will be taking advanced World History. </p>
<p>I am pretty much going to have to self study either, so I was wondering which one is easier to teach yourself. Also, I was wondering what the best strategy would be and what books to use... I've heard a lot about REA or AMSCO for self studying, are they good? My goal is high 700's or 800 so I want to get started as soon as possible. </p>
<p>Would appreciate any advice(preferably from those who have already taken the exam and have done well)... Thank you :)</p>
<p>To reiterate…</p>
<p>Is US History easier to self study or world history?</p>
<p>What are the best books? Amsco/Rea/Barron…? </p>
<p>whats a good strategy, I plan to take the November exam so I have some time</p>
<p>thanks again :)</p>
<p>The World History exam is only offered in June and December - so if you’re set on taking a subject-test in November you don’t really have a choice 
(but I think many colleges still accept subject-test scores from the December date?)</p>
<p>Regardless, the US History exam is easier to self-study simply because AMSCO covers practically all the material you could be tested on, whereas I have yet to come across a prep book that sufficiently covers all possible material on the World exam.</p>
<p>Wow lol I didn’t know that. Thanks :)</p>
<p>Is AMSCO better than REA? and what are other good prep books or us hist? my tutor told me to get Barrons but ive heard alot of good stuff about Kaplans + Amsco so i wasnt sure…</p>
<p>You should definitely get AMSCO - it’s pretty much a condensed text book. And considering how much time you have until November you could probably just read a chapter (30 minutes or less) a day and go through the book twice and still have time left over. </p>
<p>I can’t speak for Barron’s or REA (although I heard REA Crash Course is great), but I did use Kaplan since it had been a month since I had taken the AP exam. Kaplan’s review was very brief, but all I needed was a refresher - so it would probably make a good supplement to AMSCO if you want one. I only took one or two of Kaplan’s practice tests, but they were very accurate.</p>
<p>Also, I suggest you look up the US History subject-test threads from previous dates because people usually make a compilation of the questions, and I think quite a few of them are recycled on the exam. But somewhere in those threads you should find a list of all the obscure authors and their works that could appear on the exam - that list definitely helped me answer a couple of questions correctly in June that I wouldn’t have known otherwise.</p>