<p>That’s really fast progress. Are you a senior or a junior this year? One question-- do you know how the slides are viewed by the AP/AdCom people? Are they projected onto a screen, or simply magnified through an individual eye piece?</p>
<p>I’m a senior…and I’m not sure how they view them, I guess it depends on the school, and how many applicants they get - to save time they might just look at the slides on a lightbox, or if they’re a smaller school they might take the time to project all the slides? Just a complete guess, sorry</p>
<p>For the AP exam, the slides are viewed on a light board with a magnifier.</p>
<p>Thanks for that info. Although I suppose it shouldn’t affect how well a piece looks, I always prefer for my pieces to be shrunk down, versus blown up-- especially when with my paintings. :)</p>
<p>Take Art History and World History…they’ll both be easier. Euro should provide a good background for them as well.</p>
<p>You dont know how hard Art history is do you?</p>
<p>^Took it last year, I found it rather easy compared to the other classes at my school. Got a 5 with minimal effort in the class…basically, as long as you have a background in World, it’ll be fine.</p>
<p>Did you have to memorize terms and definitions?</p>
<p>There seems to be a major differance of opinion on Art History-- why do you say that it is incredibly hard?</p>
<p>Oh, has anyone here taken Comp Government? I just found a review book at Goodwill and have been leafing through it-- seems incredibly easy and straightfoward. I’m thinking of self-studying that for May…</p>
<p>Its incrdibly hard to self study because there is alot of information to learn. There is a ton of essay practice needed and also for the MC section.</p>
<p>the comparative gov exam is going to be different this year. You should be careful.</p>
<p>How so? How is it gonna be different?</p>
<p>"A new AP Comparative Government and Politics course will be introduced in the 2005-2006 academic year, and the first examination based on the new course will be in May 2006. The curriculum will be much closer to that offered in college and university introductory comparative politics courses since many of its topics speak to contemporary global political issues.</p>
<p>The new course will offer teachers an opportunity to provoke exciting conversations with their students about the compelling political and economic issues facing our world. It will offer the opportunity to challenge students to be more adept at thinking conceptually and to be more analytical – precisely the skills that are most highly valued in post-secondary education. In addition, because of the several new issues covered in the revised Course Description, the course may also help meet world studies requirements. The decision to revise the existing course was made after surveys of college and university courses and consultation with prominent political scientists involved in the teaching of comparative politics. The move away from a country-by-country approach to one that uses country studies as illustrations of concepts and themes is the current trend in colleges and universities.</p>
<p>The major changes in the AP Comparative Government and Politics course include:</p>
<pre><code>* a greater emphasis on conceptual and thematic analysis;
- a change in the country focus, moving to coverage of six core countries (Britain, China, Iran, Mexico, Nigeria, and Russia) albeit in slightly less factual depth; and
- a new emphasis on themes such as globalization, democratization, political change, public policy, and citizen-state relations.
</code></pre>
<p>Any significant revision of an AP course imposes a burden on AP teachers, who are already doing an excellent job of guiding the students through difficult subject matter. For this reason, the College Board will be offering many professional development opportunities and access to materials to help teachers in the development of the new AP Comparative Government and Politics course.</p>
<p>For regular updates and information regarding the coming changes to the AP Comparative Government and Politics course, please visit the AP Comparative Governement and Politics Course Home Page."</p>
<p>Ahhhh! Thanks for the warning/excerpt. What does that mean if I still want to self-study? The description given by CB is incredibly general-- Should I put off Comp Gov untill next year? Then again, that would mean… probably 6 AP tests next year.</p>
<p>Update-- I’ve checked through the CB site and didn’t see anything that said they were going to change the test. Where did your info come from?</p>
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The ONLY reason to take an AP test is for college cred. Not only do you have to study, each test is a ****load of money. I guess you could put it on your app, but I doubt taking a ton of them would be better than focusing on a few (Where your interests lie). And besides, your only a sophomore. You shouldn’t be worrying about this crap now…Unless you’r e applying to some insanely competitive school (or your a geek :))</p>
<p>No, AP tests are taken for admissions purposes first.</p>
<p>SparkShooter: [Ken</a> Wedding, an AP comparative government maestro, has all of the information you need to take the new version of the test included in his review book](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0974637920/qid=1134237066/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-7284298-7597431?s=books&v=glance&n=283155]Ken”>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0974637920/qid=1134237066/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-7284298-7597431?s=books&v=glance&n=283155). I highly, highly recommend it (you could probably take the exam solely by studying from it).</p>
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<p>That’s not quite true. The AP program grew out of a number of factors, but its development was most catalyzed by the Cold War, which forced America’s elite universities to begin emphasizing academic merit at the expense of social class. They recognized a gap in the late high school and early college education of America’s future elite, and sought [to</a> fill that gap](<a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools). It was never meant as an admissions test. (More [here[/url</a>], [url=<a href=“Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board”>Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board]here[/url</a>], and [url=<a href=“Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board”>Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board]here](<a href=“Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board”>Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board)</a>.)</p>
<p>To be sure, AP tests have become a factor in admissions at America’s elite universities, but that is not nor ever was their primary purpose. The academy in the United States, in fact, has a tradition of resisting admission based on standardized tests (see [url=<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0618574581/qid=1134452191/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-4397269-5621428?n=507846&s=books&v=glance]here[/url”>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0618574581/qid=1134452191/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-4397269-5621428?n=507846&s=books&v=glance]here[/url</a>] for a fantastic account of the histories of elite admissions policies).</p>
<p>sparkshooter if you are an AP nerd I would recommend getting an account as an educator. You get access to AP central. </p>
<p>The link for the info:</p>
<p><a href=“Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board”>Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board;
<p>And the jackpot for comparative info:</p>
<p><a href=“Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board”>Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board;