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Summary: Best US History AP prep
Review: The REA AP Us History book has to be the best book you can buy.
They offer 6 FULL AP Exams that are very very accurate and provide a great gauge of your progress. Not only that, the CD Rom that comes with it instanly grades/corrects your Exam, and you can visually see where you need progress. Hands down, this book has the best AP US History practice exams.As for Review. This book is not for lightweights or last minute crammers. It has a hefty and comprehensive guide that covers every nook and crannie of the AP. I advise you to buy this book at the start of your AP History course, and read it while you cover the material in class. As i said before, the review is comprehensive and accurate. In fact in this edition, they go all the way up to 2003! Anyway, IF you read this book thoroughly and take the practice exams, there is NO reason you shouldnt get a 5. By far the best
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Summary: Best one out there!!!
Review: this book by far is the best US AP review book out there! I took the AP class and didn't have that great of a teacher... we were on WWI during AP time.. and by reading this book, I got all the necessary info on WWII, veitnam/coldwar also, that we hadn't covered in class.
Personally speaking you don't even need to read the textbook ( I had bailey's American Pageant) which was simply bad. This book overs all the needed info, and nothing that is not required!
Buy it, read the whole thing, take one or two practice tests and you are sure to get atleast a 3/4!
believe me you won't regret getting REA.
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Summary: Very Good
Review: This book helped me a lot on the AP US exam. THe information review is about 200 pages long, so it it very concise and most important of all, you can do the entire review within a week easily. My only complaints are the dated material regarding grading. The DBQ used to be graded on a 15 point scale, but now it is graded on a 9 point scale (The book says it is worth 15). Also, the practice tests are so-so. They are somewhat different than the real test and don't buy this book only because it has 6 tests while others have 2 or 3 (there is NO way you can do all of the tests unless you stay home all day and study. Still the practice tests do help a bit. I recommend this book to anyone. Cracking the AP US I'm sure is fine, but they spend too much time mocking the test and the College Board, and when there's only a few days until the big test we all hate the College Board enough, we don't need to be reminded.
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Summary: Excellent Study Aid
Review: This book is invaluable -- it can be used as a supplement (in some cases even as your primary text) as well as a review book. This book is amazing, it hits all the important points and doesn't have too much excess info. Chronologically it virtually paralleled my text (The American Pagent). The practice tests weren't too accurate, but everything else is gold. Helped me ace the AP exam, I came in confident, left confident, and got a 5.
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Summary: The AP Test was like butter....thanks to this book.
Review: This book is simply amazing, and I owe my 5 on the AP test wholly to this book. I took the AP US History course my Junior year in high school and had a leftist teacher who didn't know how to teach. Without this book I would have probably gotten a four at best or even a three (ouch). That Junior year April and May was at best hell. I had two weeks to prepare for two ACTs in the same month, then I had two weeks to prepare for the AP Test, then two weeks to prepare for the SAT II's. Two weeks are all you really need. I took all the multiple choice tests and read the 229 page recap of american history. By the time I was done I had written three or four free responses, taken 8 multiple choice tests (two supplied from my teacher) and done three dbqs. I knew I was prepared. I was worried that my writing was a little disorganized but I was confident. I got a five, I couldn't have done it without this book. Buy this book and it will improve your grade. It even helped for the SAT II's which I scored a 750. So if you really care about AP scores, and have an incompetent teacher, get this book.
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Summary: The Best!
Review: This book is the best AP U.S. History review book out there. The information it contains is brief (only about 230 pages compared with my 1000+ page textbook!), but informative enough to do well on the test. I recommend this book with the Princeton Review's AP book (because it explains the DBQ and Essays well, and because its practice tests were actual exams at one time). If you STUDY them both, I do not see how you can get less than a 4.
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Summary: I Was Surprised With a 5!!
Review: This book was a godsend throughout the year of AP US History. It helped me on my teacher's tests, and helped me thresh out the facts from my HUGE, overly wordy and flowery textbook. When it came time to review for AP, I gave this book a really good, focused read (I didn't review with my textbook because it would have been a waste of time), and I took the three tests on the computer. I read all of the explanations for all of the questions, and this really helped come test time. I also read the Princeton Review's book, another good, but not too detailed review. I took the test in there, too, and then I was ready for the test. The multiple choice section was not bad at all, because I had my facts straight thanks to this book's review and tests. And the essay was not too bad either, mostly because of this book. Get this book, read it all year, and read the review hard in the weeks leading up to the test. Take the tests, read ALL of the explanations, and read the Princeton Review's book and take its tests (I only took one). You will then have a good grasp of both the themes and facts of US History, and you should do just fine on the AP test. You could very well be surprised with a 5 like I (very happily) was!
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Summary: Excellent
Review: This book was the best test prep I've had yet for any of the AP Exams I've taken. I read the entire review when I purchased it a few months before the exam, then I re-read it two days prior to the exam. Everything that is on the test (aside from recognizing artwork--1 problem on the test) is covered in the book. I went into the test feeling intimidated, but left knowing that because of this review book I did very well. It covers EVERYTHING you need to know, and gives explanations to all the multiple choice responses, explaining why or why not each response would be a correct or incorrect answer to the question. If you don't want to re-read your text-book to review during the weeks prior to the exam, this book covers everything you'll need to know.
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Summary: AP US HISTORY REVIEW
Review: This is a real extensive review of the course, but also has some extras, including the prep CD. One down-side is the over-use of some topics which were not that important and not covered specifically on the AP test.
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Summary: ENDLESSLY LONG... THINK WISELY BEFORE YOU BUY
Review: truth is... i think this book tried so hard to cover too much detail in history in order to be the "BEST PREPARATION" for the exam. i initially bought this because i thought that it contained so much information that i was bound to get a 5 on the exam. unfortunately, i ended up not reading a single bit of it... for one, it's too long! i didn't want to start on a review that i doubt i could finish before the exam. therefore, i switched to a more concise review ap book... in order to actually read everything, i predict it will take about 3 months? i started cramming about 2 weeks before the test!:P the software... [was not good]. a very low-budget software that reminds me of a simple apple MAC program from the early 90's. it's great in that it grades your exam as soon as you finish it. it was a waste of money for me. if u are truly devoted, then go buy this book... it's probably the thickest AP US HISTORY book out there with the most info... but if u doubt u can finish it or u can't discipline yourself to read everything, then SAVE YOUR MONEY & get a more concise, brief ap review book.
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