Mad Scientist

Hey guys, this is my first thread. Alright I'm going into 10th grade and I'm taking AP world hist, AP euro hist, and AP stat. I was wondering if any of you guys have taken these classes at the same time. Will it be a ridiculous amount of work that will leave me no spare time? I know all classes and teachers are different but what are your experiences with these classes. Also, what books and stuff would you recommend for test prep? Thanks.

QuixoticParadigm

I cannot speak for either AP European History or AP Statistics, but you need to buy Barron's AP World History stat. It's really all you need for the exam.

MetdethGNR

No it's not too much at all.

For AP world and AP Euro Hist, buy Princeton Review. Read the answers 2 weeks before the test. Practically guaranteed a 5.

For Stats, I haven't taken it, so I wouldn't know. But just buy a nice prep book, review it, and you should be ready.

Don't freak out before it even begins.

swim2daend

AP stats was rly hard at my school, but at most it's easy. The concepts are pretty simple. I think you'll be fine.

ExplorerCY

haha too much. i'm taking Calc BC, Euro, English Lit, Physics C, and Spanish next year.

icooufoo69

thats nothing. I took ap world as a freshmen and it was extremely easy, european history was just as easy, and statistics is just a waste of time

llpitch

All three classes are on the easy side. I've taken all three, so I would know =]

Euro and World coincide nicely. Honestly if you pay attention in class and read your textbook you shouldn't even need to buy a prep book, but if you do, the best choices are Princeton Review for European History and Barrons for World History (if you take the SATII in World History, Barrons AP is the best prep book for that test also).

Statistics is another class that if you pay attention and do your work and read your textbook during the year, you shouldn't have to buy a prep book. If your class is a little lacking though, the best prep book for Stats is Barrons.

Mad Scientist

Alright, cool. Thanks for the replies. I really appreciate it. It doesn't sound too hard at all. If i could take more AP's i probably would (these are the only ones offered in 10th grade at my school). If I look at some of the review books over the summer would it help for the class or are the classes so easy it isn't worth worrying about right now?

stanford1463

it would NOT be too much, i took AP world history, Ap calc bc, and AP Stats this year as a sophomore, it was easy, hoping to get 3 fives. just do it.

HereToSucceed92

I think you should be fine . I took two of those three this year (Stats and World History) and they were both really easy. If you listen in class, take notes, study, etc. You should be fine. If you think you need a prep book, I would STRONGLY recommend PR for World History and AMSCO for Stats. PR is good for review as you take the class also and AMSCO has good explanations of the more difficult concepts. And summer prep would be helpful but not necessary if you maintain good study habits throughout the year.

Mad Scientist

Thanks guys!

Reticulum

I made a 5 on all three tests (though I took them all 3 separate years) and I'm just going to agree with the above; it's not too much work at all, especially since World and Euro cover a lot of the same topics. Princeton Review is best for any history - I used it for both world and euro. For stats, I used the 5 steps to a 5 book, which was really helpful in going in-depth on only the topics you needed to learn.

Good luck!

Ray192

I did all three of them in one year, plus a few others. World history is a joke. euro and stat are slightly harder but still laughable.

you'llsee...

I don't know about the actual class, but the exam for Stats is really easy.

PBailey

I only took one AP course sophomore year, but that is the typical maximum in my school. I took AP World and thought it pretty easy. My school loves to give loads of homework, but I never felt it was too much, and never really spent much time on it. I love history so the daily reading wasn't too intense. As for the actual AP test...I felt that I could have done more to prepare for the essay section, as some of the questions made me scratch my head, but I thought the multiple choice was laughably easy.

As for prep books for it, I wouldn't bother if you are a fairly decent student. But if you do, imho use PR for AP World, not Barron's as llpitch said, and use nothing for the SAT II. I like PR's essay help for AP World, it will give answers to possible essay questions. Barron's is good too, but most students, including me, can't take advantage of it because of the author's love of packing too much detail that wasn't even in my textbook (Bentley and Ziegler). For the SAT II, I took a cursory look at both PR and Barron's SAT II, and they are fraught with errors and confusing, easy to misinterpret questions. Their practice tests were way off too... waste of time imho.