Comments on: How to Prepare for the Advanced Placement Examination: Ap European History (Barron’s How to Prepare for the Advanced Placement Examination. Ap European History, 2nd ed)

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 01:55:18 +0000

Review by Paul for How to Prepare for the Advanced Placement Examination: Ap European History (Barron's How to Prepare for the Advanced Placement Examination. Ap European History, 2nd ed) Rating: The test-taking tips are kept to a minimum, unlike PR. The review is concise and accurate, though it leaves out social history and information about the ideologies. The test questions are more realistic than in other books. This book is not comprehensive enough to stand as a single source.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 01:32:03 +0000

Review by for How to Prepare for the Advanced Placement Examination: Ap European History (Barron's How to Prepare for the Advanced Placement Examination. Ap European History, 2nd ed) Rating: Well, I would give this book a 5, but I didn't read the summaries. Instead, I only took the practice tests and got a 4 on the AP European History test. I would suggest buying this one over the Princeton Review (I bought both) because its practice tests are very good and a more accurate representation of what the actual test was like.Also, one thing to note is that I only had instruction from 1500-1900 (my teacher wasn't the greatest planner of his time). So, in effect, I didn't know a bunch of the questions, but I was still able to score a 4, which is partly a reflection of how well the Barron's book prepared me.Oh, and one more word of advice. When you take the sample tests, DO NOT simply check your score, instead, look at every answer (they give detailed answers in the book) to every question you missed, and even some of those which you answered correctly. This was probably the most important thing that I got from this book (I had to write an essay comparing the rise of Stalin to the rise of the Jacobins, and all that I knew about Stalin was from the Barron's book because my teacher did not prepare us, lol).So, if you're looking for a book to prepare you for the test, this is the one. But, it does take some time preparing as you should take as many of the sample tests as you can because it will give you an accurate impression of what the test will be like, it will give you extra information for you to use on the real test (in the answers to the sample tests), and it will prepare you for the real test ("practice makes perfect!").

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:35:42 +0000

Review by for How to Prepare for the Advanced Placement Examination: Ap European History (Barron's How to Prepare for the Advanced Placement Examination. Ap European History, 2nd ed) Rating: This prep is good for reviewing and learning basic info near May. It doesn't cover social history whatsoever, which was a disaster for the 1999 AP Euro Exam, in which half the questions from the multiple choice and one essay group were social history. Don't rely on this book, but rather use to review along side notes/textbooks if you haven't before the test date. The practice questions adn essays were way too easy.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:16:02 +0000

Review by for How to Prepare for the Advanced Placement Examination: Ap European History (Barron's How to Prepare for the Advanced Placement Examination. Ap European History, 2nd ed) Rating: Today I took the 2000 AP Euro History Test. After a quick review in class, I used the Barron's book for about 1 week to review and prepare. The book does a great job with the earlier stuff like Renaissance material, but slides off near the end. Most of the review is political history, which was great for the 2000 exam. I would definitely recommend this book for any AP student, as it is invaluable for late preparations, and does a good job with the overall review, although the multiple choice questions were more difficult than those on the real AP test. That may be a positive aspect though, as it prepares you for the most difficult examination possible.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 23:23:48 +0000

Review by for How to Prepare for the Advanced Placement Examination: Ap European History (Barron's How to Prepare for the Advanced Placement Examination. Ap European History, 2nd ed) Rating: I bought four books for the AP European History test(this one, the Princeton Review's, REA's, and this book called Modern European History). This was actually the only book that I got all the way through(and I did the last two chapters right before the test). This is an awesome book. The chapters are short, but you really get a good understanding of the material. The book focuses a lot on the essay part of the test(which is good 'cause my strategy was to ace the essay part, get 50% right on the multiple choice, and get a 5). It gives a lot of prompts for essays for you to write(if you actually have time) and also gives you sample essays. One thing to beware of. Do not attempt to write essays like the sample essays they give you. I mean, like the ones they rated a five were like seventeen paragraphs long or something! Like you're going to have time to do that on the test. Stick to your five paragraph essays. However, despite the fact that you're not going to write essays like the ones they give you, I found the sample essays really helpful. They summed up a lot of things and made connections that really helped me see the causes and effects of certain events. This is just a great book. I really recommend that you buy this one if you're studying for the AP Euro test, although if you can, try to get the Princeton Review's too. I think that the books work better together than they do alone.