Your AP European History experience.

<p>Tell me about it. Particularly the test/preparing for it.</p>

<p>Death. For the sake of 10 characters, I repeat, death.</p>

<p>I studied for weeks and got raped. it sucked.</p>

<p>LOL, I did not think that it was that horrible and it was my first AP test and I think that I will get a 5. Just remember to review a little over the previous chapters a little over the weekend, and you will not forget anything. (at least until the test is over)</p>

<p>I had a great experience in AP Euro. I did well on all the tests (set the curve on all but one), and I've found it to be by far the easiest history AP. I think it was managable as my first AP class. I had about 2-3 hours of hw each week. I got a 5 and received a 5 on all 4 or 5 of the practice exams we did (released exams). I didn't study until the day before the test when I basically reviewed the Cold War, but besides that I just worked hard during the year. It definitely was managable. =).</p>

<p>I took it a few years ago (I just graduted, took it when I was a soph)...it was, at the time, my first AP test. Well, ok, not the very first one I took, but it was within my first year of APs, so I had no idea how to expect to do on them. I found the multiple choice quite challenging, but I did feel very good about my DBQ, and ok about the other essays. I ended up getting a 5.
I personally found the material more challenging than that of AP USH (which I took Junior year), but I know that many/most people don't. I think US is simply more interesting to me, and I had more background on it.
AP Euro is a class that all (at that point pre-)IB students take in 10th grade, and the pass rate is very good. The teacher we have is excellent, but I think our success also owes itself somewhat to the fact that it isn't a horribly challenging AP. Not a fluff AP, but not a killer one.
It sounds like perhaps this year's was very hard, from earlier posters? Actually, I may have heard that from sophs at my school, too...but since it's many people's first AP, I wouldn't put too much credit into that--you don't understand how generous the AP curves are, until you've taken a few. Of course, people do get unpleasantly surprised at times, too...</p>

<p>Is the REA AP Euro book any good?</p>

<p>it was the easiest exam id ever taken beside calc BC and phys C. i was smiling/laughing all the way through the exam.
kissmekate: no. rea ap euro was the worst prep book ive ever used.</p>

<p>Why? What book would you recommend instead?</p>

<p>hmm... i think i criticised REA Euro book several times on this forum. that book is very disorganized and does not live up to our expectation from the great quality of REA US His. some materials are repeated twice and even three times throughout hte book (exact words, too). there are some chronological jumps between chapters as well.
i think the only point of REA Euro is that it frustrated me enough to go back and simply reread the textbook. :D so i guess its not totally useless. after that, i just did pton review practice tests and was set for the exam.</p>

<p>As soon as I got home from taking the AP Euro test I went and looked in Modern World by Vault. I would almost every single question's answer in that book. If there is one book to have, get that one.</p>

<p>Our course was a lot of fun but the reading was hell (anyone else familiar with R.R. Palmer, certified demon?).......I got a 5 on the exam, but studied a LOT (PR). The teacher was challenging, but prepped us well. AP Euro...SO much more fun than APUSH.</p>

<p>I had a much, much easier time with US history which many people find harder. IT could be because it was my first AP test ever. That said, there are definitely study strategies that help with studying for the test since it seems to focus on specific eras of time.</p>

<p>i really slacked off in class during the year and only chose to actually learn random chapters of our textbook. therefore, i found myself cramming like crazy for the two nights before. i found the multiple choice difficult and disappointing as it did not include 50% of the questions from 1850s-present as CB said it would.
however, it is definitely a manageable ap but not one you should cram for (unless you already know everything or are extremely lucky),
pay attention during the year and you should be fine.
make sure you know how to write a eurohistory DBQ and FRQ.
study in many different ways. study by grouping eras, ideas, countries, regions, religions, etcetc. (use PERSIA. or Political, Economics, Religion, Social, Intellectual, Arts).</p>

<p>as for studyguides...... Modern European History by Birdsall S. Viault(?) was great because it included everything you needed and more(maybe a little too much more). but basically, if you know everything in it. you'll get a 5 lol.
however, it doesnt covere alot of social or cultural issues and i'd get those from your normal textbook or Princeton Review or Cliffs.</p>

<p>i stress..it's really important that you don't slack off. it is a history class so it requires a lot of reading. i really reccommend you don't attempt to cram 4 studyguide books the nights before the test as i did lol.</p>

<p>basically, it's not too bad. i really wish i took the class seriously throughout the year. i personally loved it because i love history. goodluck!</p>

<p>RR Palmer!!! Aggghhhhhhhh!</p>

<p>Is the Princeton Review book good?</p>

<p>why didnt u just make a thread asking for which are the best books if you arren't gonna comment on the actual responses.. i don't think i should talk about the actual "experience" when you just wanna know what boosk are the best.</p>

<p>i started studyin from the REA book first, but didnt like it, so i got the PR. soooo much better, n more interestin too. the practice tests i took i kept on gettin 4's. at the test i gues i got nervous n realllllllllllllllllly messed up. hopefully i got a 3</p>

<p>Haha, Euro was by far one of the best classes I have ever had. It was a big class with a fun group of people. I loved it, and I guess my score showed that as well :)</p>

<p>It was easy, but I bs'ed the essays.</p>