AP European History FRQs?

Umbrella

Taiwan936 Posts

May 02 2008 05:10 GMT

Alright so the AP exams are coming and my ap euro teacher has been horrible all year (we've done like 3 FRQs =_=; and one was a take home FRQ) and generally I fail at FRQs. Almost all the time I can't think of three main topics (the usual three body paragraphs) and can't think of things that fill a body paragraph up.

I was wondering how TL users do FRQs, do you really fill the essay up with bs? I'm looking at practice FRQs and seeing if I can think of 3 paragraphs and generally what to write about right now, but it still seems difficult to me.

edit: I forgot to add how should I be practicing FRQs? Just study info?

MoNKeYSpanKeR

United States2869 Posts

May 02 2008 05:18 GMT

err, whats an FRQ?

I know this doesn't help you, i'm just kind of wondering t.t

Umbrella

Taiwan936 Posts

May 02 2008 05:19 GMT

They give you a question and you write an on-demand essay answering it. These questions are made so that you can write an essay about them (like analyzation or evaluation questions).

miNi

Korea (South)2010 Posts

May 02 2008 05:25 GMT

free response question.

there is nothing you can do but to know the material behind the question, and answer the question very specifically,
you gotta know what they are looking for in your response and provide exactly that.

i'm taking ap's in us history, eng lang, psych, and chemistry

Last Romantic

United States20661 Posts

May 02 2008 05:44 GMT

is ez

you get 5 no problem -_-

brjdrb

United States577 Posts

May 02 2008 05:57 GMT

just make sure to answer the question. if u show that you know the topic, and write with a decent amount of skill, u can get a 4. if u throw in some extra facts about the era, or really develop the essay to show that you understand how whatever the essay concerns fits into that period in history, you can pull off a 5 (in terms of the essay). though really, make sure you do well on the dbq. it's 1/4th of the test, and it's easy.

i took ap's in us history, eng lang, psych, spanish, calc, chem, euro civ, and physics C (the calc-based one)

Umbrella

Taiwan936 Posts

May 02 2008 06:01 GMT

Ah okay, thanks guys. And yeah I heard it was easy but I fail at apec, lawl.

0_o My school only really allows 4 AP's at a time, you guys are insane. (I'm taking ap chem, euro, and calc)

Sigrun

United States1654 Posts

May 02 2008 06:02 GMT

I passed my Euro AP test, but it doesn't even count for credit at my college. What a waste of time and money.

thunk

United States6233 Posts

May 02 2008 06:19 GMT

If you're looking for free free response questions, go to the collegeboard.com. According to TL.net you live in Taiwan but if you're applying to an American college you're going to want to register there anyways. And they give you free free response questions.

GL on your 5.

Umbrella

Taiwan936 Posts

May 02 2008 06:28 GMT

#10

nah I don't really live in Taiwan

I'll change it back later

Yeah I've already gotten 50 practice questions, but should I actually practice writing them out? Or would that take too much time?

Daranee

338 Posts

May 02 2008 06:53 GMT

#11

i got a 5 for showing up

but i got a 4 in ap ushistory for some reason...i thought i knew that one better too T.T

no, don't write them out that's a waste of time. take your ap practice book and just drill all the tests into your brain. anything you are unsure of/miss go back and re read the ENTIRE section. Chances are if you don't remember that, you probably dont' remember a large portion of the era so review!

WhatisProtoss

Korea (South)2324 Posts

May 02 2008 12:20 GMT

#12

Don't bother taking AP exams for USHistory or Euro History or Government. They're all a waste of time.

Most colleges only care about credit for math and sciences.

zer0das

United States8519 Posts

May 02 2008 13:33 GMT

#13

Who cares what colleges think. If it gets you out of having to take a history class, then it's more than worth it and it's cheaper.

Nitrogen

United States5345 Posts

May 02 2008 14:04 GMT

#14

they usually have past frqs on their website... ones from like 1990-2007 ap exams. at least they do for chemistry... (btw the ap chem test is a joke)

Daranee

338 Posts

May 02 2008 20:19 GMT

#15

On May 02 2008 21:20 WhatisProtoss wrote:
Don't bother taking AP exams for USHistory or Euro History or Government. They're all a waste of time.

Most colleges only care about credit for math and sciences.

Government and US History MAYBE. But European history is definitely one AP exam you should take because it will place you out of your history requirement.

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