@dsi411 Omg that is NOT true! The valedictorian of our class, who had over a 100 in APWH all year last year, got a 3 on the exam… She just freaked out during the exam. There are several reasons you could not get a 5. I’m sure you’ll get a 5, but if you don’t, it’s okay! Don’t be too hard on yourself. She’s still way smarter than most people who got 4s and 5s!
Well…I mean I just got the results back from a practice test I took about a week ago before I had really studied and I got a high 4 so I should definitely get a 5 after studying. I usually stay calm during tests so that probably won’t happen to me. I have to set high expectations for myself.
How do you guys utilize the prep books? I’ve been reading Princeton Review, but when I go do practice tests, everything looks familiar but I don’t remember any of it! All of the names just get jumbled up in my head. Do you guys take notes? How do you memorize all the stuff? Quizlet seems like another option, but that’s better for memorizing names/terms than for memorizing trends and large concepts.
@ruhigeKlavier I’m studying in lots of different ways:
-First, I went through the PR prep book
-Then, I did a practice test at school and I looked over that
-We also have a bunch of study sessions at my school that I go to where the teacher reviews the material
-I’m looking through all my notecard I’ve made the whole year. They’re all very detailed and I have about 200 of them.
-I’m also looking at past in-class and at home essays. That way if a similar prompt comes up I already know what to write about
-I also have a bunch of other work I can look through
The Princeton Review practice test is harder than the actual test, you should try the actual MC to see what it’s like. I don’t need to memorize anything because I already know the stuff. I learned it earlier in the year. I just need to refresh my memory. And as you know, most of the questions won’t be about specific things you can memorize anyways, they’ll be more like:
Which of these statements about the Umayyad empire is most accurate?
or
Which of the following characterized the trans-Saharan trade by 1250 c.e. (This was an actual question)
or
Which of these statements is most accurate concerning the status of the family in the Tang-Song era?
The reason I’m gonna do well on this test is because I’ve read through the whole textbook. I read through each chapter when it was assigned. So I’m not learning anything new, I’m just remembering things. How about you? Do you remember a lot of the material?
@dsi411 You’re right. This is important for people to understand. The exam is not going to be testing your specific knowledge of specific details about different societies throughout world history. It’s testing your overall broad knowledge of world history and your ability to make connections across societies.
At least that’s what my teacher told us. So for example, don’t waste your time learning the specifics of each and every Chinese dynasty, but learn the impact the of the dynasties and how they were influenced by and influenced other cultures and areas.
I took both practice tests in the Princeton Book and I found them more difficult than the mock exam given by our school. The mock exam we took was an actual AP exam that was previously given though, so I hope Princeton made it harder as a means of preparation so we could go into the exam finding it easier than we thought it would be.
Does anyone have any prediction for this year’s DBQ, CCOT, and Compare and Contrast Essay? I honestly hope we don’t get anything in the modern year-- I suck at modern history.
And honestly, my teacher isn’t the best AP Teacher in the world. I honestly feel like I haven’t learned anything but read from the books. She’s a good IB teacher and such for History of the America but not an AP teacher. I’m doing all the practice multiple choice.
We should form a study group or such. Maybe a time period each day.
Oh yeah, for CCOT. just remember The Elephants Are Watching. TEAW. Thesis, Evidence, Analyze, World Context.
Yeah we should make some type of group and outline some general topics that could be used for essays or something like that. Im so scared for two of the essays. DBQs I love now, I mean you get all the information you need, but the CCOT and CnC… I’m so nervous we’ll get a topic I have no knowledge on and I’ll just completely blow it up.
Does anybody use 5 Steps to a 5 for this? Is it any good? It seems pretty difficult on the diagnostic test.
does anyone know about how many multiple choice and points on essays you have to get to get a 5? i usually get 15-20 wrong on the multiple choice so does anyone know what i would have to get on the essays to get a 5?
@potatopotahto There’s an online AP World History test calculator that let’s you see what score you’d get.
http://appass.com/calculators/world
It is based on the 2007 curve (because that’s the latest curve that has been supplied by College Board). Judging by the curve, if you were to miss 20 questions, you would need a 5 on each essay to get a 5. However, if just one of your essay scores dropped down to a 4, your grade would drop to a 4 for the entire test.
My goal is to get around 60 or so questions correct, at least a 6 on the DBQ, and at least a 5 on both the CCOT and CC. Judging by the practice tests I’ve taken, I’m hitting my multiple choice goal, but I’m not totally sure if I can grade my own essays properly.
We did a practice test and I got a 62/70 on the MC, a 4 on the DBQ, a 7 on the COT, and a 3 on the COMP. So now I know that I need to work on COMP and DBQ. The overall grade was a high 4, by the way. That was an actual AP test, too. Have you all done an actual AP practice test yet?
@dsi411 I’ve taken 3 so far and my multiple choice scores were 60/70, 55/70, and 61/70. I’m going to be taking one shortly today.
I can’t exactly grade by own essays though but I feel like I had everything they asked for so I just gave myself a 4 on each one just to be safe.
Why did you get a 4 on the overall test? I entered your scores in the calculator and it came out as a 5.
Geez, all this talk about essay scores is scaring me… We’ve been doing in class essays alot and I’ve gotten 7s and 8s on all of them but I feel like my teacher might be grading them too easy even though she does give 3s 4s and such…
@neoking I guess it depends on which curve you use to calculate it . It’s either a high 4 or a low 5.
And if anyone wants me to grade an essay, we do a lot of peer reviewing in my class so I know how.
I’ll be happy to grade essays too.
Anyone have a list of the #1 most important topics? I self studied too but kind of late into the season
Everyone here is so intense with the essay practice!! I applaud y’all. I don’t really do full-length essay practice - I just write an outline as practice, thus allowing me to “cover” five or six prompts in an hour and make sure I know what I’m talking about.
I did Kaplan practice tests yesterday in a bookstore, and I got between 60 and 64 on them. Has anyone else done Kaplan ones, and do they seem hard/easy? I got 60 and 62 on the Barron’s ones awhile ago; I’d probably do better now. Are those fairly accurate?
How is the essay point system for World different than what APUSH was last year? My teacher never grades our essays to CB’s scale, he just gives us a score out of 5. But from what I’ve heard, points 7, 8, and 9 are bonus points? It sounds really different from what APUSH was before the revision because it sounds like a 5 on an essay here is difficult but a 5 on an APUSH FRQ was relatively easy.
Yes the overall test is out of five. However, each of the essays are a score out of nine. The college board does weird calculations combining your essay scores and multiple choice to shoot out a score out of five. Hope that helps!