<p>Haha I’ve been out of school for a week!</p>
<p>As much as I hate minnesota and having about two weeks of break during the year, summer makes me realize getting out a week or two earlier than most people is quite nice (: good luck with finals everyone! </p>
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<p>@evan: efeens44 posted a question about Math II earlier.</p>
<p>@Studious well I haven’t taken precalc, just honors algebra II/trig, which I’ve heard are pretty much the things you study in precalc.</p>
<p>Am I still okay?</p>
<p>If you work through Barron’s and understand everything, you’ll be set for an 800. It’s really not that difficult a test.</p>
<p>Alright thanks, it’s much appreciated.</p>
<p>Best thing I’ve heard today:</p>
<p>No group work nor projects in APUSH next year.</p>
<p>/relief</p>
<p>Group work and projects are basically what kept my APUSH grade afloat. Keep your fingers crossed for an APUSH teacher that isn’t iron-fisted if that’s your case.</p>
<p>@Studious: Whoops. </p>
<p>I’m debating on whether or not to do AP USH. It would complement my American Studies class (American Lit and History combined). But I hear that AmStud is already enough work and adding AP USH would be kinda overkill. I really want to get a history credit out the way, so I’m kind of conflicted against me having sanity and a social life or dying in high school while being chill in college.</p>
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<p>Maybe you could a book like the AMSCO APUSH book and use that plus your American Studies class to self-study for the AP test. I think it’d be doable.</p>
<p>The average test grade is usually a C or less, but she said that homework always balances out the test grades (and she usually tells kids who can’t get a 6+ on the DBQs by the 3rd week or so to drop the course anyway), so I’m assuming (hoping) homework is just a completion/effort grade. The class itself is almost entirely discussion based (plus writing, of course), so participation plays a factor as well. Everyone taking the class this year thinks they got a 4 or a 5.</p>
<p>@Evan: Personally, I don’t love history, so I’d never do that. Sanity > slight relaxation</p>
<p>@evan: Go for it! I’m taking AP European History through NCVPS next year along with Honors US History.</p>
<p>Is APUSH hard to self study? I want to take the class for my junior year, but I heard that it requires a lot of homework, and I’ll be involved in a lot of activities. Could I just read AMSCO and do practice DBQ’s?</p>
<p>How hard so you think pre calculus would be to self teach? I am taking it online, so I wont really have anyone to ask for help.</p>
<p>^ It’s quite easy. Barron’s Math II has good precalculus review. If you really want to learn your math, though, I’d recommend buying AOPS Precalculus.</p>
<p>Hey! So I’m taking AP bio next year and today was the meeting for handing out summer work and we were told to buy the AMSCO workbook. I already got it for free from a kid who took it last year, but I’m just wondering- Is AMSCO really sufficient for reviewing for the AP Bio exam? I’ve heard it’s good for APUSH, but I’ve never heard anything about its AP Bio study guide and I’m afraid it’s not going to be good enough. Can anyone defend the book, or does anyone have suggestions on what additional review book I should purchase? Or do you think I’ll be fine with this as long as I do fine in the class?</p>
<p>Marbless: It’s not easy by any means, but definitely doable. Start reading the AMSCO book around the time school starts and pace yourself. AMSCO itself has review questions after each chapter and one practice DBQ/FRQ pertaining to each chapter. If you read everything and do <em>every</em> DBQ/FRQ (don’t forget to time yourself), I think you’ll be fine. Also, if you end up finishing the AMSCO book before the AP test, do yourself a favor and buy the Crash Course book from REA as well. It’s really good for last minute prep and keeping the subject material fresh in your mind.</p>
<p>sardonyx: Based on what some of my friends who’ve taken AP Bio before are saying, the AMSCO book is sufficient enough but the books from Barron’s and Cliffnotes are much easier to understand and review from. On top of that, Collegeboard is changing the AP Bio curriculum, so it’s hard to tell if any prepbooks are sufficient at this point.</p>
<p>Studious: thanks for the advice. Any other suggestions for books or study material that will help?</p>
<p>Khanacademy is a life-saver in terms of learning math. I’d definitely watch through the precalculus playlist.</p>
<p>Next year I’ll take</p>
<p>Global
Physics
Algebra II
Health
Technology
English</p>
<p>:)</p>