is it possible? Has it been done? (My teachers skipped all the way to 1898…so I still need to learn from 1492 till then and refresh on the rest (and I haven’t even gone in depth from 1898 on.)
No sir. Get AMSCO 2015, preferably from the publisher’s site. It is quite costly, but it will help you eternally as it is the BEST review book for the new exam. The answer key for the quizzes in the book are not available to most students but I have it and will send it to you. Also, I’m currently in the American Pageant on Chapter 25. We are exactly on the 1898 time period of Industry, so buying the American Pageant (13th ed.) and reading up to the end of Chap 25 will get you all the knowledge you need to know. Be sure to print out the most detailed notes you can find and study them after reading every 5 chapters. I wouldn’t take notes as they are too time consuming.
Princeton Review’s better than nothing, and by some small miracle using it and my textbook I got a 5 last year. So while it is possible, I’d recommend listening to @apandia (if possible) because I ended up studying my notes more then the review book.
I actually do have the American Pageant, but it’s just so long, around 400ish pages to get up to chapter 21 (which my teacher is trying to make us do…we have to read a chapter a day, actually we started today…but here’s the thing, I really don’t have the time right now with my schedule to be reading these chapters…did I mention they were so long? So what I did is I just looked up an outline- I have the 14th edition by the way…and I’m just going to read that. Another thing, every day she will assign us a timed essay based off the chapter we read. Do you think I could manage by just reading the outline? It’s this one: http://wikinotes.wikidot.com/14th-edition
(and, I was planning to start self-studying when I do have the time…starting around March…so that’s why I asked this princeton review question…just to start planning which book it is that I’ll buy)
For the first few chapters, read the book and try to absorb as much information as possible as the essays will sometimes ask you to make connections. After 4-5 chapters, the notes are fine. I think those notes are the same as mine, copied from here: http://www.course-notes.org/US_History/Notes/The_American_Pageant_13th_Edition_Textbook_Notes/Chapter_1_New_World_Beginnings. I can send a pdf with all of them formatted perfectly so you can print them w/o having to print out the webpage.
and AMSCO will def help with making connections and writing essays so I’d recommend getting that ASAP. The general consensus among teachers and students is that AMSCO is the best in the biz for dat 5.
I actually found an AMSCO pdf (2010 version) would that be good or is it too different from the new 2015? And thanks so much for your advice! And yes, please if you can send the link that’d be awesome!
2010 is not the same, unfortunately. 2015 is an entirely new exam that is not based on facts anymore; in fact for the MC, you have to read paragraphs and pretty much say which historical figure would support the argument in the paragraph and another question would be why that person would support it. That is why the old review books are outdated and useless. AMSCO gives new-type questions that really help prep you. If you don’t believe me, look around the other forums for 2015 APUSH rev. books; they all end with AMSCO.
Anyway, 
message me your email and I’ll attach my pdf.
No, yes I definitely believe you. (AMSCO pops up everytime I type in AP USH…the only reason why I wouldn’t buy it instantly would be the ‘time’ problem I have. I’m a slow reader, and I know AMSCO, in comparison to, for example, princeton or crash course, is quite lengthy)
At my school, we get our grades changed to 100 for every quarter and averages if we get a 4 or 5 on the APUSH exam… Can’t wait to finally experience hell next year!! Still a freshman… Gonna enjoy this “easy” year.
What about for AP NSL? Is Amsco also the way to go?
I got a 5 on my exam and all I did was pay attention in class and watch crash course US history starting about a month before the test.