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07-16-2008, 07:30 PM
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#1 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
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| How Hard is AP U.S. Government
Is it self-studyable? | 
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07-16-2008, 07:33 PM
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#2 | | New Member
Join Date: Jan 2007
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| my teacher was really funny and all but couldn't teach at all! the way i got an A in the class and a 5 was by reading/taking notes on every single chapter in our textbook. so yes, i think you can study on your own if you have the discipline | |
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07-16-2008, 08:14 PM
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#3 | | Junior Member
Join Date: May 2008 Location: Minnesota Gender: Female
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| Okay. It's easy to pass, but, if you look at the stats, very hard to get a 5. (Like 6% get fives annually.) So, go for it. | |
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07-16-2008, 08:16 PM
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#4 | | Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
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| It helps if you took AP US history. | |
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07-16-2008, 08:25 PM
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#5 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007 Gender: Male
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| Not hard at all. Biggest issue was taking the class in fall semester and forgetting court cases by May.
REA books are good for self-study.
Don't get too caught up in the % of 5's. I saw this and freaked out but I got 5's on both Gov tests when they came so as long as you study and have a nice testing day, it's an easy score. | |
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07-16-2008, 09:09 PM
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#6 | | Member
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: MI -> Duke '12 Gender: Male
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| my class was a joke worth of 1st semester as we watched Colbert half the time and I got a 5 without really studying minus a short cram. It's basically just common sense, a lot of the stuff you just kind of have to know, reading the newspaper is probably the best prep. | |
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07-16-2008, 10:11 PM
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#7 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: 561
Threads: 130
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| I got an A easily. Thought the class was very simple and had a fantastic teacher, but I got a 3 on the exam..... | |
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07-16-2008, 10:13 PM
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#8 | | Senior Member
Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Woods of Penn
Threads: 159
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| Very very easy to self study. There isn't a lot of info. to cover, and the exam questions were basic definitions (on this year's test, anyway).
I studied in like 2 weeks and got a 5. | |
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07-16-2008, 10:50 PM
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#9 | | Member
Join Date: Nov 2005
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| This question just came up here tonight when S1 was giving younger brother advice-
He took AP Euro, AP USH and AP Govt. Said Euro was the hardest, Govt the easiest. He got all 5's by making sure he studied the whole textbook(s), since much of the material wasn't covered in class. He found this method more helpful than purchasing review guides. | |
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07-16-2008, 10:53 PM
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#10 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Arizona ---> HANOVER, NH Gender: Male
Threads: 56
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| Easiest AP I took by far. You can definitely self study it. | |
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07-16-2008, 11:58 PM
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#11 | | New Member
Join Date: May 2008 Location: St. Louis Gender: Female
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| My school didn't have AP Gov. I took regular old honors government, read through a review book and looked on outlines I found on the internet starting a week before and got a 5. I found it really easy. | |
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07-17-2008, 03:05 AM
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#12 | | Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
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| The exam was a joke. If you took 8th grade civics, read a newspaper, or otherwise have even the slightest idea how our government works, you have no excuse not to get at least a 4. I blew the class off, didn't read the textbook, and left the dumbest essay blank, and I 5'd it without breaking a sweat. | |
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