<p>FAP- you visited Vietnam? how cool. D was reading “Lyndon Johnson’s War” the other night, which I assume is about the Vietnam war. I think they are almost through the material. The next study session is on Monday (teacher workshop day for us) at the same time I had scheduled a dentist appt 
I suggested she go late she is thinking of blowing it off. I would think other kids would be away on college visits also. Hopefully she can at least pick up any handouts.</p>
<p>oh and my D is still “registered” on the ACT site so I doubt she is getting her scores tomorrow Tomorrow is also mid term for the last term, so there have been some big projects due around now.</p>
<p>I hope three posts in a row don’t look like I am padding this thread :eek: but lurking in the 09 thread reminded me that D has a date to the prom. :D</p>
<p>OOOH we’re behind - test on the New Deal tomorrow! But since ds is writing a paper about the Cold War (2 Asian countries, 2 Latin American) through 1975 this weekend, I figure he’ll have the more recent material well covered.</p>
<p>Congrats to your D jackief! Almost as good as getting ACT scores back. :D</p>
<p>“The AP stress is building here too. DD’s APUSH class is a decade behind the other class, so she’s planning on borrowing notes. They haven’t gotten to WWII yet in the class.”</p>
<p>-i am guessing “a decade behind” isnt just meant as an exaggeration :-P</p>
<p>After hearing where your kids are in APUSH, I asked my son, and he said they don’t go chronologically. He says they learn thematically, which I like a lot teaching-wise but makes me wonder whether it’s a disadvantage for the AP exam. I guess we’ll find out.</p>
<p>Oh, and congrats on the prom date! I guess ds isn’t going …</p>
<p>Seems like I’m the only one here not taking APUSH. It’s notorious for being the MOST difficult class at my school–I think only 16 people were/are left–and I’m not particularly interested in U.S. history to begin with. I would have liked to take AP World History, but we aren’t allowed to replace honors world history with AP as sophomores and I don’t have the schedule space for it as an elective. (AP Euro is not offered at all, except as cross-enrollment which is nearly impossible to schedule.)</p>
<p>Not sure if I should be happy or sad that all of our AP classes disappeared when the IB program got started. </p>
<p>I hope that everyone can relax soon.</p>
<p>YDS: I suspect the thematic method is going to be much better for the AP exams. As I understand it they really like to test people’s ability to compare across time periods. It also sounds like a lot more fun than boring chronological study.</p>
<p>Keix, you don’t HAVE to take a USH class at all? At least half the junior class elects to take it as dual credit at the local CC because the teacher has a reputation for being difficult. Ds just couldn’t fit it in last summer, but he doesn’t think the teacher is bad at all.</p>
<p>At our school everyone takes US history as juniors and all the strong students take APUSH. It probably has the biggest enrollment of all the APs. A small number of students take AP World as sophomores (Global History is a two year requirement in NYS - so the students who do AP World have to catch up on anything the first half of Global may not have covered properly.) AP Euro is usually taken by seniors and has a reputation for being difficult. I think the thematic approach might work.</p>
<p>DS took Honors - not AP - US History, and got a 750 on the SAT II in USH without studying. Kind of glad he didn’t kill himself with all that notorious APUSH homework!</p>
<p>(Although I confess, when I took APUSH back in the dark ages, I rocked those DBQ’s. Gotta love homework that comes with a strict 45 minute time limit!)</p>
<p>Jackief:</p>
<p>Congrats on the date for the prom!!! No signs of one for DD but DS (now a college freshman) will be going with his GF who is a senior this year.</p>
<p>Not to freak out anyone (and this info is publicly available), but one of last year’s APUSH questions was on Vietnam. This made S2 very, very happy. There are always a couple of MC questions on the SAT-II and AP that are on fairly current events – S found that just watching the news and reading a newspaper on a regular basis was sufficient for those, even if one didn’t cover the specifics in class.</p>
<p>His AB Calc class has their final unit exam tomorrow and then they are going to work on review every day in class. He has already been getting review packets for HW. He is gunning for a big score. His Econ teacher is doing much the same thing. He has four Econ exams the second week of APs – two IB, two AP.</p>
<p>I think he’s going to walk into AP Lit pretty cold, but that’s what most of the IB kids do here, and they do very, very well on the AP. He’s taking the SAT-II Lit in May before the AP, too. IB English at his school whips them into shape. As for Spanish…I have no idea. I think he’s just trying to cross the finish line. If he had to do a listening/oral exam only, he’d be in great shape. His speaking skills have improved dramatically this year. Writing essays – that’s a bit more problematic. </p>
<p>No way would S2 head to school in the evenings or wee hours for review sessions. School starts at 7:20 – the sessions would have to be at 6:30 am. No way am I driving him 20 minutes in rush hour traffic at that hour! (and yes, the interstates here are packed at 6:15 am, sorry to say)</p>
<p>DD informs me that she is in the 1970s in APUSH… No panic for her. She is also taking AP Lang and Comp along with the SAT II USH. Anyone know what the differences are between the two history exams?</p>
<p>Also, how long before ACT writing scores are posted?</p>
<p>My S has been doing his own APUSH AP exam prep over spring break.</p>
<p>Today, he said he spent part of the afternoon with the study group for AP Calc BC (he took it last year) that included five of his friends, who were studying for the AP exam. This is part of who knows how many hours of his non-recorded/non-paid time he gives to his friends who are studying math. In this respect, I kind of think he’s a popular guy. However, he now has to finish his own linear algebra homework so he can get the next on line test done before AP exams start … and prep for round 2 of the SAT.</p>
<p>He also got an email from UCLA about the summer engineering program. Nothing much there except to remind him that they’ll let him know by May 1 and that there were over 100 applicants for 30 slots. Profs and grad students are reviewing the applicant packets.</p>
<p>I am so hoping that the APUSH review will be sufficient prep for the SATII he’s taking in May. Last week, he did the mini practice test that was online and, well, the results were underwhelming.</p>
<p>He BC Cal teacher is a beast with the exam. Two years ago, every kid got a 5. I’m hoping this year’s results are similar. APES has a low 5 percentage nationwide, which is why it always struck me as odd that people on here see it as an easy one. I hope he does well. Latin, English and Physics – I’ve got no idea.</p>
<p>i’m in APUSH, and we’re currently doing the cold war…right around 1958…
our teacher has been teaching for 14 years, and has never failed to finish the curricula…
she says were in fine shape…only 5 more pageant chapters…
just to throw that out there</p>