<p>^Good question. My brief answer is this: anyone who uses both PR and Crash Course will be invincible! I will explain why later.</p>
<p>I’m really sorry for three posts saying the same thing. I didn’t think that my first post posted. So I wrote a second post. I didn’t think the second post posted so I wrote a final post. Finally gave up. Now find all three posts. lOL - I tried.</p>
<p>Darn. So I guess the most recent edition of the Crash Course books include annotated sample essays? I say this because I have the 1st edition of the Crash Course book, and I can’t find them anywhere. It could also be that the 1st edition has 230 pages, and the 2nd edition 240. [APUSH]</p>
<p>A lot of people on CC recommend the AP Achiever book :/</p>
<p>I’m now sure how it measures up though. I suppose I’ll buy the Crash Course just in case.</p>
<p>^i have it. I say it’s a good book cuz of the charts and summary and it is organized in information, but I haven’t read it yet. I’m just relying on textbook to teach me Euro.</p>
<p>I have the ap acheiver and I just bought Modern European History. Should I bother getting the crash course one just for the Soviet Union stuff or should I just review those sections in my Mckay textbook?</p>
<p>^I have the exact same books.</p>
<p>Honestly, I don’t think it’ll be that hard to get a 5 with those review books. But on the other hand, Crash Course isn’t very expensive and might be a nice concise review.</p>
<p>Is the REA crash course 2009 edition adequate or do we need to get flash cards as well ?</p>
<p>Is the Regular REA book as good as Crash Course?</p>
<p>Personally, I thought REA was the best prep book to CRAM with. I had all kinds of prep books for AP Euro (because it was my very first AP exam), including Barron’s, Princeton Review, Sparknotes, and REA. I began with Princeton Review, but I thought it was too broad compared to the other books. However, a lot of my friends do say PR is good so I wouldn’t say it’s that bad. But in my opinion, study the general stuff in REA (read them!) and you’ll totally be set. But I have to warn you that REA does go in depth with unnecessary details. The practice tests in that book aren’t very good either (I thought they were ridiculously hard). </p>
<p>Barron’s is very concise and organized, but it lacks social history, which is a very crucial part of the exam. If you want to study off of Barron’s, I would recommend going on really good AP euro sites that the experienced teachers have created to review the social history. This book, in my opinion, is very good to read the week before the test (that’s what I did).</p>
<p>I’m not sure what the Crash Course is, but the REA is definitely an effective tool for your studying!</p>
<p>Would it be better to study REA Crash Course + Modern European History or REA Crash Course + PR?</p>
<p>I recommend REA Crash Course + PR. Crash Course is excellent up to the Cold War. Be sure to supplement Crash Course by reading PR’s Chapter 14 (2008 edition) Postwar Europe.</p>
<p>Thanks dark knight! (:
Should i at all be worried that crash course is mainly based on previous exams? Would the college board ever start testing things that weren’t in any of the previous exams?</p>
<p>Good question. AP European questions have been highly derivative. That is, they ask a number of questions about the same topic. For example, they have asked a number of questions about the French Fronde. Of course they do ask a few new questions on each exam. However, that is not a problem since on the 2009 just released exam 115 - 180 equalled a 5 and 94 - 114 equalled a 4. So there is plenty of room to leave a few questions blank. I would recommend that if possible you supplement Crash Course by reading PR’s Chapter 14 on the Cold War in Western and especially Eastern Europe.</p>
<p>What I find a bit disconcerting is that the most recent topic tested for the past few years has been the Maastricht Treaty, signed over 20 years ago. I have a bad feeling that something more recent (maybe like Srebrenica in 1995) is going to show up and surprise almost everybody.</p>
<p>I already took AP Euro, but I’m really tempted to buy the 2009 Exam since it’s the one I took. haha</p>
<p>I feel good knowing that I got two out of the three questions that dark knight posted right for sure on the exam, though; maybe even all three (I don’t remember the first one).</p>
<p>Dark Knight… do you think there is much benefit to take senior AP exams, if the college you will attend doesn’t accept AP credit? I know you can get the higher distinctions, etc.</p>
<p>How about 5 steps for AP Euro?</p>
<p>I would have thought that a decent book would score hits on all of the MC questions. Can you test combinations of books, and see how they do? That would be amazing.</p>
<p>I will be taking AP Euro during the 2010-2011 school year. Do you guys have any tips/suggestions as to how to prepare for the exam? From what I have read on this thread, I will probably purchase the REA Crash Course + Princeton Review books in addition (thanks for the extensive review, dark knight) Thanks!</p>