<p>How important is it to study and even practice essays for the AP World History exam? So far I have only been practicing the questions and just studying material. Will it hurt me in the free response section if i do not really practice and go over all three essays? Also, let's say I get a 7 on all three essays, would it still be easy to get a 5?</p>
<p>just take practice mc tests, review major concepts from all the different regions of the world and remember a good amount of details from each and you’ll be fine. thats how i studied for it and got a 5. and with 7’s on your essays you’ll most likely get a 5.</p>
<p>I think it’s pretty important. In my class, if we hadn’t gone over the FRQs, I would not have known the specific guidelines of the essays, especially the DBQ. I would recommend practicing them, or at the very least, knowing the rubrics.</p>
<p>Thanks guys, most likely I will just review through the rubrics and general essay formats. I just hope I get easy topics that I can write about and not something extremely specific.</p>
<p>My teacher went to a workshop and from what he tells me is that the APWH essays are very formulaic. Write a decent essay to the rubric and you’ll definitely get a 7. If you add more insight (such as giving point of view to all documents rather than just one, having a really good thesis, etc.) then you’ll make your way up to a 8-9. Furthermore, the difference between a 7-8-9 aren’t that big in terms of content. However, the readers are on your side, they’ll try their best to give you the highest score possible.</p>
<p>Also, the workshop leader said that people who do well on the MC section tend to do well in the FRQ section, almost always. Even to the point where if the sections don’t match up, the head grader will personally check the sections to make sure everything is in order. So don’t worry, you’ll do fine :P</p>