<p>I'm a sophomore and I stuck in World Studies II for the first quarter. It was an awful class and I went to my counselor about 10 times to switch it to AP World. He kinda hesitated since I'm taking other AP's...</p>
<p>BUT NOW... After weeks of strugglin, I finally got in!
(My stubbornness is my strength)</p>
<p>The problem is... it's the beginning of 2nd quarter and I missed the whole 1st quarter. What's even worse is that I never took World Studies I, since I just came to the States this year.</p>
<p>My question is... what are the quizzes/tests like in AP World?
How kind of study habits do you have to develop to get a 5 on the AP test?</p>
<p>Well, I'm a sophomore and I'm new to the AP thing too (studying Ap Euro--seems moderate) Now, how can u expect someone to make direct comments on how AP is?! I mean it completely depends upon the student! In this website, you'll hardly find a student who makes 'B's and 'C'. And I'm telling ya, pretty much everyone will say that AP is kinda easy if you have the interest with that subject. The only thing I know about u that ur stubbornness is your strength. It isn't enough to evaluate what sort of student you are. The only advice I give u is just be with it. I mean like it's not gonna be really plain. U gotta work hard. And I'm telling you again, study habit depends upon ur level of smartness. So just look forward. Time will answer your questions and obviously march 07 will!</p>
<p>Haha, at my school nobody wants to take AP World.. the World teacher practically has to bribe her current students with extra credit to get them to lie to underclassmen about how "great" the class is in order to get people to enroll in it for the following year. -_-</p>
<p>asifkhan> Thanx for the reply. Guess it was a dumb question.. I was just really worried :( But today I took a quiz in the class and it was easier than I thought. The funny thing is that AP teachers always exaggerate the difficulty of their courses. I doubt that they'll be equivalent to real college intro courses.</p>
<p>Almost everybody who wants to take an AP history class in their sophomore year (we get to choose between Euro and World) takes AP Euro at my school because one of the teacher's for Euro at our school is practically a legend - he's that awesome! </p>
<p>The AP World teacher at our school is "legendary" too.. but in a bad way. She does a horrible job at preparing her students for the AP test and most people who don't study like crazy on their own get 1s or 2s on the test while most people taking Euro pass with at least 3.</p>
<p>its the same way at my school with the Euro teacher being legendary, but the world teacher is pretty good too so i took world soph year, self studied euro senior year..world is definitely the easier of the 2 and you shouldnt have too much of a problem missing a quarter, its mostly general stuff involving trends in history, where in euro you need to know a lot of specifics</p>
<p>You should do fine depending on the teacher. I took AP World History last year and my teacher was horrible. We had just finished Greek by the end of the year (not kidding) and out of the forty-something students in the classes that year, only 4 passed. I was able to scrape a 3 due to the history channel, but if I would take it again, I would defiantly study. So anyway, the second semester should be most important anyway, because I remember a lot of industrial revolution type questions, so that should be covered (if you get to it).</p>
<p>World History can be devastating if you don't read the textbook. I took the test as a junior last year and made a 5. My class was pretty good, and our text book was also good (World Civilizations Longman Stearns AP Edition i think). The Princeton Review AP World History book was what got me the 5. </p>
<p>There is a very specific way you need to do well on the essays, and a prep book really is the best way to see examples and techniques. You can write your essays semi-robotically and do well.</p>
<p>Do you need a textbook if you want to self-study for AP World History or getting 2 prep guides (what are recommended tell me?!) and watching the history channel is good enough?</p>
<p>I'm a sophomore taking AP's too. This year it's AP U.S. History and AP U.S. Government. I tried to get into AP Chemistry, but I couldn't convince my guidance counselor to let me take it.</p>
<p>It's really not as hard as some people have said. U.S. History is awesome and it's my favorite class (DBQ's are insane though). Next semester I'm going to take AP Government. I think I'll like that class too.</p>
<p>I am taking AP World History as a Junior, and my teacher is very good.</p>
<p>She bases quite a bit of her work on Barron's AP book, as it has been recommended - Even with it being her first year, she definitely prefers "hands on learning" and tries to make it as interesting as possible. And we are covering three chapters over break that she sees as "less important" so we can stay completley on schedule to cover everything...</p>
<p>"I doubt that they'll be equivalent to real college intro courses."
baadassmonkey--U r right! actually, the teachers can't really teach AP in the same way as a professor would in a college(atmosphere is defnitely different). there is no doubt that the materials are same but that the course load might be easier in most of the high schools! (atleast for mine!)</p>
<p>My dad - a college history prof - after looking extensively at AP courses doesn't think they're really college level, for what it's worth. And yes, that even includes the materials - a lot of history textbooks have seperate AP and college books, it seems.</p>
<p>Well let me tell you about my current AP world history class...I'm a senior btw. We have a great teacher who loves to quiz us every class. We get tons of homework. Articles to read every other second...she also prints them 6 pages to a sheet so we need a magnifying glass. We do an essay a week. It's tough especially when senioritis is kicking in but I'm doing well. I definately would have rather taken it as a sophomore when my energy levels were a lot higher.</p>