<p>Hey, I am a self-studier fairly confident about the multiple choice section, however, I know that it takes more than that to get a 5. I have not been very good about essay practicing and I am now in a situation in which I have practiced on about 2 essays. Any ideas that would help me get better at essays (specifically CCOT and comparative) before Thursday?
Thanks and good luck to all World History students!</p>
<p>Er…bump.</p>
<p>I know it’s a pretty obvious and self-explanatory answer, but I would definitely just focus on writing some practice essays whenever you get the time so you know how fast you need to process the steps needed to build and write a coherent essay. You can also check out AP Central to read some essays that students in previous years have written, so you get a feel for how your essays should be written.</p>
<p>Sadly, I’m also in a situation where I have not practiced essay writing as much as I would have liked.</p>
<p>I’m in almost the same situation as you, but I haven’t written any practice essays =O</p>
<p>I’m banking on the similarities between the World and Euro DBQs (+that added doc thing) and my problem for the others is my knowledge of ALL societies (except Europe, China, India, Modern Japan) has almost no depth whatsoever.</p>
<p>I think this week I’ll make outlines w/ evidence ect… for likely essays (which obviously means there’s no way I’ll outline the right stuff)</p>
<p>From what the curve looks like, I need 3s on all my essays for a 4, and 5s for a 5, so I hope I don’t totally screw up.</p>
<p>I know what you mean. I’ve been averaging about a 45-50 on the MC portion from the practice tests I’ve taken, so I need at least two 6’s and one 5 to get a 5 on the exam.</p>
<p>Dumb question, but have you looked at the collegeboard’s released essays and rubrics? They give a lot of insight into the grading process, because there are specific elements for each.</p>
<p>Example: Regardless of the topic, MAKE SURE for your DBQ that you group the documents in AT LEAST two ways (gender, religion, region, positive/negative, etc.). MAKE SURE that you analyze point of view for AT LEAST one document, but if you’re aiming for a 9, always analyze more than one document, because that can push you into the 8-9 range. Also try to always use the documents, and if you have time, suggest two missing documents.</p>
<p>The DBQ is pretty easy compared to the APUSH one, because you don’t need much (if any) outside information. However, like reesezpiecez said, you do need to analyze what is given to you (which should be relatively easy, if you have some general knowledge of world history/the time period they are asking you to assess) they also give you a brief summary of what the time period is like in the DBQ, so honestly I think you’d have to be a complete idiot not to know how to analyze them.</p>