Hey there!!!
Please suggest a self study prep book for the the World History AP with which I have the maximum probability of scoring a 5 on the actual test. Cramming is no major issue for me, and I’m looking for a book that has like EVERYTHING possible that has ever been asked on a world history AP and one from where I can cram up everything!!</p>
thanks ;)</p>
Barron’s if you don’t mind a lot of extraneous information.</p>
aight just use this [From</a> Human Prehistory to the Early Civilizations](<a href=“Site Retired”>Site Retired)</p>
its a detailed outline for a ap world textbook which has quizzez and flashcards as well. Its excellent and helps you alot if you read it and its not too long. Then read princeton review for brushing up and you will be set. But to ensure a definite 5 you can make outlines of every major civilization which do show up on the test. Im also doing other things to be ready but this should do you good.</p>
Barron’s is the best because its harder than the test and has alot of information. But i believe princeton review is better because it is very concise. Do as i did, use both princeton review and barrons, and you’ll get a five for sure. Also if you get Kaplan, use it for the information, not the test, a 3rd grader could do those.</p>
Do these textbooks (Barron’s, Princeton Review, 5 to 5, etc) suffice as a substitution for a full AP World History course, or are they intended to review the actual test? I’m looking into self-studying World History this year as well (after taking a World History class last year) but I’d like a textbook that covers the entire course (I don’t mind them being a little superfluous).</p>
You dont need a textbook. A review book will do you good but its best to read it with some sort of textbook. The link above^^ is outlines to the book I read for the course. Thats really all you need as a textbook cause it sums up all the important stuff. </p>
Some sort of Textbook + review book (I reccomend princeton) = 5</p>
Honestly, all you need is the Princeton. I don’t think i remembered anything after i took the class. The last two weeks I crammed the Princeton like no other and took the two or three released tests and ended up with a 5. At most, I got two or three multiple choice questions wrong. I can testify for my good multiple choice score, as I barely even started one of my essays and didn’t do too well on another one. Seriously, just memorize the Princeton. But if you want to take the SAT II for World, I suggest using something else like Barrons.</p>
Where are the two or three released tests? Actually, I guess those no longer apply anyhow since the test changes this year?</p>
I’ve been using Princeton Reviw for the past couple of years, and gotten all 5s, including WH. It is the best for your time, and the practice tests in the back are amazing.</p>
I used Barrons and got a 5. I was also taking an AP World History class that whole year. I read Barrons in the two weeks before the exam as a review. I actually ended up learning some stuff I hadn’t learned in class. It helped me a lot! I would recommend this book.</p>
You want to make sure you have the MOST UPDATED BOOK because as you may or may not know, they’re changing the exam this year, so any old versions might not help as much. I bought Princeton in the summer because they happened to have a 2012 version. But it seems like McGraw Hill 5 steps to 5 also is updated.</p>
Perhaps by now, Barrons may have released a new version too.</p>
I got a 5 using the Barron’s as well, and recommend it.</p>