<p>Hi guys,
I literally just spent the last months studying assiduously for my AP US history but it turned out a bit bad for me. I am expecting my highest possible score of 4 from the exam(which is a bit disgraceful comparing it to the amount of work i did. I think it is my study plan which is not very effective...I forget too soon) How do you proportionate your time...has worked for you.. please help me by suggesting tips of your own. thank you</p>
<p>I cram. It’s not the best study method for long term, but it helps keep the info fresh in your brain. And plus I don’t plan on remembering it after the exam. You could start reviewing a week before your actual exam next time. Personally that’s my plan.</p>
<p>I try to read the review book atleast twice back to front.
I work on all the practice problems atleast twice.
Whatever your study method it, just do it TWICE.</p>
<p>If I’m self-studying, I read a chapter a month (yes, a month) but I read it over several times and by the end I have it pretty much memorized.</p>
<p>If I am studying for a class I review what I have to, twice. I normally just read the chapter two times.</p>
<p>I get a review book and read it through, word for word. I may read through it more than once if I feel I need to. I then take the practice tests. The morning of the AP exam, I skim through the review once more and try to cram in everything I can right before I go in to take the exam.</p>
<p>I’ll probably attempt to study throughout the year so I won’t be obligated to study for multiple hours the week before the exams are distributed.</p>
<p>^I try to do what she did.</p>
<p>For this year, when term 3 ended, I reread my AP textbooks, which took all the way to the week before AP Exams Week. That week, I spent reading the prep books.</p>
<p>I cram like no other, reading my AMSCO book till 12 every night. It worked pretty well this year, I definitely got above a 3, and considering my school and teacher, that’s a bit of an accomplishment. Right before the test, we were on the Spanish-American War, so the class was a bit lacking.</p>
<p>If you think you got a 4, you might’ve gotten a 5!</p>
<p>If it’s your first standardized test I would recommend taking the US SAT II beforehand that way you get a feel for it bc there are similiar questions. Also, it motivates you to study the weeks before the sat test as well as before the AP one.</p>