Your AP European History experience.

<p>it is an easy class with an easy test. if you just read princeton review or something you should easily get a 5.</p>

<p>Let me just say the people on here at freaking crazy. I was in an AP Euro chatroom of CC kids the night before and they knew every single ruler/small tiny insignificant event from every single country for every single era. It was insanity.</p>

<p>I felt so screwed since my APeuro class had been a blow off all year long and I started cramming 2 nights before. Guess what? I was fine :) The test, IMO, does not go into that much detail and I did fine by just reading a review book (I had cliffnotes, it was okay). The farthest I got thanks to my procrastination was mid WWII, but there were only like 4-5 questions over that.</p>

<p>this test was so so easy! i read 2x all year long and it was my first AP class ever. got a 4 and wasn't surprised at all.</p>

<p>I slacked off in AP Euro, yet I still got an A in the class. I am anxiously awaiting the results of the AP Exam. The class was fun, and we got our own shirts which were absolutely hilarious.</p>

<p>REA. That is really all you need.</p>

<p>I self-studied from that book (without taking a course) for 3 weeks and scored a 5. The key to AP Euro is to make categories (grouping the kings by countries proves to be helpful). Memorize key dates (Seven Year's War, English Bill of Rights, Congress of Vienna...etc.), summarize each period of 50 years by some important event, and you're ready for the exam.</p>

<p>There is A LOT of detail in REA (and you'll inevitably find yourself zoning out after reading anything more than 20 pages in one sitting), but don't get caught up on them. See the big picture.</p>

<p>ps. I love the AP Euro DBQ. AP Euro DBQ is SO MUCH MORE EASIER than APUSH's DBQ! (mainly because you generally don't need outside knowledge).</p>

<p>A long time ago (i.e. two years ago), I had about ten or so books for AP Euro, including Chodorow, Palmer, Kagan, Spielvogel, Kishlansky, Viault, Hause-Maltby, Hunt, etc. I kid you not; my teacher had hundreds of books. I had a test every week or two weeks. I had tons of charts, term sheets, packets, MAPS, review sessions, TEST CORRECTIONS, and, oh yeah, reading. I read over a hundred pages for the French Revolution (a period of about 1.5 weeks). Viault (a review book you can get from Amazon) took awhile to read sometimes but definitely paid off for the AP; GET YOUR HANDS ON IT. Also, practice your DBQs. I got a 5.</p>

<p>I slacked off A LOT in class, then again there wasn't any homework.
The teacher lectured everyday, and I fell asleep about 1/5 of the time.
When the midterm came, I opened my book and read...
got a "3" on the midterm.</p>

<p>After that I never opened the book agian, just listened to the teacher...
He kept saying, "start re-reading the book" (about a month and a half before the test) and I didn't touch it until 4 days before.</p>

<p>I crammed SOO MUCH Euro crap into my head those four days, and ended up with a four.</p>

<p>So my words of advice, DONT BE LAZY...re-read your text book at least twice...and then take a LOT of practice tests and then read a review book (REA or soemthing) a week before the test and take a practice test the night before and you'll be fine.</p>

<p>Thats pretty much what I did for AP US this year and i'm pretty confident :)</p>

<p>good luck!</p>

<p>"A long time ago (i.e. two years ago), I had about ten or so books for AP Euro, including Chodorow, Palmer, Kagan, Spielvogel, Kishlansky, Viault, Hause-Maltby, Hunt, etc. I kid you not; my teacher had hundreds of books. I had a test every week or two weeks. I had tons of charts, term sheets, packets, MAPS, review sessions, TEST CORRECTIONS, and, oh yeah, reading. I read over a hundred pages for the French Revolution (a period of about 1.5 weeks). Viault (a review book you can get from Amazon) took awhile to read sometimes but definitely paid off for the AP; GET YOUR HANDS ON IT. Also, practice your DBQs. I got a 5."</p>

<p>WOWOWOOWOWO</p>

<p>most people I knew (including me) had ONE book (Mckay) and NO review books (lol it was first year of AP's and i didn't knew they existed yet) and we all got 4's or 5s (im pretty sure i got atleast a 4).... I crammed for about 4 hours the night before the test... it's not that i slacked but I thought i wasn't prepared enough... but i pretty much just read study guides of periods i didn't knew or forgot (beginning of year till French Revolution) and EVERything russian related.</p>

<p>I know that's a bad idea to cram late (2am) before the test but i did and it worked out fine... i only felt the exhaustion an hour after the test and didn't do anything the rest of the day lol.</p>

<p>But yeah cool experience for first AP test... can't wait for either 4 or 5 next year lol (sarcasm).</p>

<p>Good Luck.</p>

<p>The REA book is really good, with a great deal of details, but you are committing suicide if you attempt to use it to cram. It's better to use it as a supplement to your textbook throughout the year, or review material <em>if</em> you start early. (Trust me on this, I know from unpleasant experience.) I would say definitely use it if you're self-studying though. It's a great book to use if you don't have a textbook at your disposal.</p>

<p>My teacher was amazing. We started reviewing a month before the test, but she taught it VERY well even without the reviewing. I also used the Cliffnotes AP European History study guide which was really nice. I'm expecting at the very least a three, but I want a four because I know a five is out of the question. I was little vague on one of the essays when I could have pwned one that I didn't think I was sure about (Think: French Revolution --> Mountains __> Robespierre and is influence) ack.</p>

<p>I used REA and liked it. Granted, I did not know what review books were, so anything helped.</p>

<p>A+ in class, 100 on released exam</p>

<p>I found the test rather Difficult , I took it last year</p>

<p>I didnt know waht to expect on the test because it was my frist AP test</p>

<p>but i was an idiot and i thought i knew everything because i had a great teacher</p>

<p>i thought i did well on the entire test but somehow i ended up with a 4</p>

<p>i hope i did better on APUSH this year</p>

<p>I had two teachers for AP Euro. I had to switch in second semester due to schedule problems (band). The first teacher was our schools APUSH teacher and was horrible. Just everything about his class was horrible and I didn't learn anything. I almost got a B because I just didn't care but I still got the A. Second semester the teacher was awesome. I actually liked his class so I really payed attention, had a great time, and learned a lot. I completely owned his class (his class was also 10x harder than the first guy) and finished with the highest grade at the end (98.7%). I set the curves on most of the tests and I knew EVERYTHING covered on the AP Exam. Unfortunately since I didn't learn anything from first semester that really hurt me on the AP Exam. For example, I really didn't know ANYTHING about the French Revo/ANYTHING FRENCH LOL. I had to study really hard to for 2 weeks from PR to learn all the first semester stuff. I didn't even study anything from second semester and I got a 5. I even wrote one of my FRQs on the wrong time period (the early German Unification one).</p>

<p>i got a 5. i was very nervous, but apart from the work, it wasn't particularly hard. jsut memorize a LOT of details/facts/etc. i used Princeton Review, the study guide adn these notes my teacher put online. i also practically memorized the book. i forgot the title, but its by Jackson J. Spielvogel -> it really does prepare you well for it. i had the highest scores of the entire classes that were taking the tests for the class almost every time or came close.</p>

<p>It's all about SPRITE-
Social
Political
Religious
Intellectual
Technological
Economical</p>

<p>As well as prep books from Cliffs, Barrons, and Princeton Review. Our class used Spielvogel's Western Civilization.
I had a teacher that was pretty much a homework Nazi, and would make us do these long 10+ page study guides with essays.</p>

<p>I took the 2006 exam, which had essay topics that were suited to my taste (Counter-Reformation, post-WWII). I don't think I would have been able to score a 5 if I took this year's exam.</p>

<p>read post #28 - i found out i got a 5!!!!!!</p>

<p>no books</p>

<p>PLEASE TELL ME
Is cliffnotes good for class tests? If not, which do you recommend I have failed already 2 test(below a 50)!!
I have been asking similar questions for a while and NO ONE answers! why?</p>

<p>@ race64 - I studied with CliffsNotes throughout the year and set the curve on every one of our exams (all our exams were released ap questions). I also got a 5 on the exam by studying solely from notes/cliffnotes. Our teacher was amazing though.</p>

<p>I would definitely recommend cliffnotes.</p>

<p>How about mid-term?
Is it good enough for it too?</p>