My advice on Self-Studying World History and Comp Sci

<p>This last year, I self studied for Computer Science A and World History, getting a 5 on each, here is my advice. </p>

<p>AP World History: </p>

<p>-Don’t learn details about the whole world. The MC doesn’t test details, it will provide an abstract question, often about what a society “focused” on, rather than on specific names, dates, etc. </p>

<p>-For the free response, they usually give you a choice of three parts of the world to write about. Pick one part of the world, and study it in depth. Learn details and interesting facts</p>

<p>-Think about the why when you learn about the world. Lots of questions won’t ask what happened, they’ll ask why something happened. </p>

<p>-Without actually saying what the MC questions were, I can provide the broad overview that they were very focused on Europe, Asia, and Africa. America hardly ever came up. </p>

<p>-Study the art of different societies, just to get a gist of what they look like. At least occasionally, art will come up. </p>

<p>AP Computer Science: </p>

<p>-KNOW YOUR FOR LOOPS. Be comfortable with how they work, and practice to make sure that you can fluidly read them. </p>

<p>-Know the basic rules of Java. Know them to a tee. There are a lot of obscure rules that will be tested, that will be difficult to know without a practice book. I recommend Barron’s. </p>

<p>-Memorize the fish. I didn’t do this. Know who the fish are and what they do. It will save you tons of time. </p>

<p>-For the free response, just practice coding. Code systems that solve logical problems, all the time, for fun. </p>

<p>-Know all the rules of what can go in each part of a class, how to make a class, how to make it work, etc.</p>

<p>Thanks for the tips! </p>

<p>If the comp sci tip about the fish refers to the marine biology case study, then it is no longer relevant. The case study for the 2008 exam will be something called Gridworld; the marine biology case study has been retired.</p>

<p>Thanks again! This is very helpful.</p>

<p>GridWorld? ***??!?!?!?!???</p>

<p>THE FISH WERE AWESOME!</p>