#ap euro

[give-me-a-username-plz]

it’s actually a miracle that no one has even written a French Wars of Religion jegulus au fic.

hear me out, hear me out;

It’s the 1500’s. The French monarchy is desperately trying to keep themselves and the Catholic Church superior to the Protestant faith, specifically the Huguenots. King Henry II of France (Orion) dies unexpectedly, leaving the throne to an eleven year old Henry III (Regulus), after the death of his brother. Too young to take the throne, Catherine de Medici (Walburga) takes over the throne and commits a LOT of violent crimes. The other brother, the Duke of Aleçnon (Sirius) abandons the whole monarchy and joins a group of Protestant Rebels called The Malcontents (tell me that isn’t the closest thing to Marauders you have EVER HEARD). Part of this group is Henry of Navarre (James) a protestant aristocrat attempting to take the throne and promote religious freedom. They call him the Good King Henry (something that SCREAMS James Potter).

#ap european history made me want to write fanfiction #marauders headcanon #marauders #regulus black #james potter #sirius black #wolfstar #jegulus #jegulus au #french aristocracy #wars of religion #ap euro

[a-literal-supernova]

hey i’ve got an ap euro project so for data, which rébellion in france do you guys think les misérables took place during?

if you don’t know just guess based on the dates

(for reference the french revolution began in 1789)

pls let me know in the tags why you think it’s that time

#ap euro #les miserables #les mis #poll #lia’s supernova of stupidity

[lunebits]

ap class tips

for those in ap classes who are struggling. also for those who aren't really. whatever.

just as an intro to my qualifications:

i go to a stem high school (will be graduating next sem!) where all the classes are already advanced as is (our ap classes are also taught differently!) i've taken a total of 10 ap classes during my time, and while that isn't as much as others, i'd say i have a pretty good spread of ap classes i took!

general ap class tips

remember that the ultimate goal for you taking this course is to take the exam and get a 4/5 (reach for that 5!). yes, the grade is important, but that score at the end after that exam might save anywhere from $600-$1200+ in college. so focus your energy on that exam once the exams are encroaching!

make friends in your ap classes. trauma bonding is real (/j) so making friends that will help you study or might save you when you accidentally forgot is key.

and while they all say "study a bit every night!" that's hard to do. the rule of thumb here for every class will be in the categorized sections, so don't worry (i gotchu!!)

ap math (calc ab/bc, stat, physics, chem, etc.)

i personally didn't take physics or chem bc i didn't want to, but i did take bc and got a 5 (yes, i'm so proud)!

rule of thumb for studying at home: do your homework everyday and actually take the time to understand what the hell you're doing. understand what the process is behind solving the problem. be able to pull out the variables. practice, practice, practice. also, this is one of those subjects where it's actually worth it to study it at home everyday.

ANOTHER RULE: practice tests. these math exams are about stamina and speed. if you can solve a problem, great! but now here comes 20 more screaming your name. but, if you can get the timing down before your exam, that's even better. so go waste your saturday afternoon at that mock exam if you need to. another saturday will come in time anyway. ask your teacher for mock exams. get that practice workbook. whatever it takes. get the timing in your hand.

just as a quote from my teacher, "life is about choices, and we are all busy people." don't waste your time doing something that'll waste your time. even if you can't remember it, that's okay. just keep moving and score more points somewhere else. and also, do the easy route. only memorize the easy route.

math is about patterns. patterns rule math. extract that pattern out of that problem, memorize it, and you'll be just fine.

FRQS WILL HURT YOUR BRAIN AND THAT'S OKAY! collegeboard has a very specific way it wants you to answer these questions. the best way to learn the format is to do so many frqs your hands hurt. because in any exam that involves math, you genuinely need to do better on the frqs. they'll land you more points. yes, the mcq might get you that 5, but the frqs become the basic 3 or 4 that you need. your teacher will hopefully teach you the format, but if they don't, the collegeboard ap website has all the past frqs they've ever made.

YOU WILL BE OKAY. I PROMISE. make sure that if you cry, you understand your disappointment then move on to a larger action plan.

ap histories/humanities (art history, u.s history, euro, world, etc.)

i've taken all the histories that my school offers (apush, euro, apwh, apah, etc.)

rule of thumb: don't study at home unless there's a test coming up or you're bad at putting stuff in order.

GET YOUR WRITING SKILLS DOWN PAT. this is the thing that'll get you the most points. that mcq section is a killer, but doing 3-6 (looking at you apah exam) right after might just kill you. so please, get your stamina up. just write. just keep writing.

timeline shit for history. because when it comes down to it, knowing the sequence of events and knowing the events themselves are more important than dates or whatever.

if you're worried about coherency in your writing, jot down a small pre-writing list.

memorize every single rubric. luckily, the dbq/leq rubric is the same across apush, apwh, and euro. you'll get away with just memorizing the two. the apah rubric is a little different, and the ap lit rubric is a little different. just memorize them as best you can.

when writing, cater to your reader. make things easy to spot and easy to grade. they'll give you a higher score if they can clearly see where things are.

just practice mcqs. all the stimulus will have something you can pull out of it (unless it's like apah where you're meant to memorize the works). but every question will have an answer that's in the passage. practice finding that answer. (this one is still really hard)

all these tests are tests of stamina. and sometimes, they're on the same goddamn day because collegeboard hates love us. just keep going. grab a snack. rest your eyes, go.

essays are the bane of everyone’s existence in ap courses because you’re on this strict rubric and have this mythical complexity/sophistication point that you need to give your hopes and dreams of achieving. BUT. but. you’ll be okay. especially for exams like the ap lit/apah exam, you get to come in knowing at least a bit of the exam (for ap lit, a good part of the frq weight. for apah, 90% of the test). TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT!! know a novel inside and out. know the works inside and out. you���ll be okay. stretch your hands, breathe, write.

ap sciences (bio, physics, chem, psych, econ)

i've personally taken bio and both econs, but these are all concept based, so the same general tips apply.

rule of thumb: if you don't understand it in class, you need to study it at home asap. seriously. because you sure as hell won’t be able to put it together during class the next day. whats good though is that there’s so many resources online (esp videos!!) for all the ap sciences that it’s actually crazy.

read your textbook. science is great with a textbook in your hand. you don't even need to read the whole thing. just skim through it to add information to your class notes. most times that works.

because the questions are concept based, the mcq/frqs are a little hard to get used to. SO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS: don’t ignore your responsibilities and learn what these questions look like.

flashcards. USE FLASHCARDS. so much of science is not only understanding concepts but applying them. to apply them, you need to know them by heart. and to know them by heart means flashcards to drill yourself.

and speaking of applying your knowledge, you need to take things slowly. approach questions with this framework: 1) read the problem + understand what concept it’s asking about. 2) pull out that information from your sexy brain. 3) solve the problem based on what you can remember. to truly understand, include a lot of examples in your notes. AND MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND WHY AND HOW THEY WORK. the why and the how are more important than the what.

misc tips 🌷

burnout is inevitable if you don’t manage your time correctly. there’s people online that can explain how to manage your energy more than me so please go watch them instead lmfao

try your best to stay on your schedule. the more you push your tasks to this arbitrary tomorrow, the more you absolutely won’t do them.

honey, you need to bring a snack and a water bottle to those exams, you get like a 10 minute break that isn’t enough for the mental taxation (without representation) that happens on those exams. they’re brutal.

the classes themselves are not as bad you think. i promise. most of the time, you’ll actually have fun. and it’s really cool to be learning at a college level. so keep at it! the moment you hate something, the moment you begin to stop trying as hard and your grades start slipping. keep finding the next thing to delude yourself into enjoying (/hj).

#ap exams #ap classes #ap euro #ap bio #ap world history #apush me off a cliff #ap us history #ap art history #ap art history my love #i’m serious i loved apah sm #i didn’t take ap physics that’s a problem for later #study tips #ap literature #ap gov

[n3wy0rkd011]

History books and Collegeboard make women seem so worthless when they emphasize women who did absolutely nothing for “representation”

#feminism #history #collegeboard #apeuro #ap euro #ap european history #apush #ap us history #ap psychology #ap psych #psyops #psyop

[angelofmusings]

happy AP season everyone! please remember to hydrate and take care of yourself and if you’re taking any AP exams, it’s okay to not get a perfect score, standardized tests are incredibly stressful and not a great measure of success in the first place, and i’m so proud of you no matter what score you get or how many questions you answer correctly.

#ap tests #ap chem #ap calc #apush #studyblr #ap euro #ap lit #ap english #ap bio #ap physics #positivity

[helisesposts]

ap exam studying today 😃

#ap euro #ap exams #school

[no2ticonderoga]

After much ado with College Board (fuck them), I finally have my scores.

I did not get any 5s, which I'm a little disappointed about. With a couple of exception, most folks did right about where I thought they would. College Board also seems to have left a student off my score roster (wtf?) and listed one of my juniors as a senior (also, wtf?) I have emails into my AP coordinator to see if we can figure that out. (She's also pretty useless, though, so, who tf knows?)

That being said, 81% passed, which is much much higher than state and national average, and my average score is 3.18, which is higher considerably than both state (2.94) and national (2.95) average.

I really wish I was teaching this again next year, there's so much I would do better/differently knowing what I know now about teaching the course. Unfortunately, only three kids signed up for the class, so it's no going to run. Well, shit.

Anyway, that was an interesting adventure! Hope to do it again someday.

#ap euro #2022 2023 school year #teacher problems #fuck college board

[spinx-fish]

Catherine the Great

Ambition is the growth of every heart

I did this for a debate in my European histories class. a girl boss though and through. A strict and strong despot, but an enligtened soul. Though we didn’t win the debate, she did win a place in my heart.

#history #herstory #europe #european history #art style #my art #digital art #artwork #art #art tag #my art <3 #ap euro #ap exams #catherine the great #despotism #enlightenment

[thembones07]

studying AP European History is so stupid.

like every chapter is basically "Europe went to war bc the empires wanted more land. they then stopped after several years bc they were tired. and then repeated the same pattern." like wtf

#hey at least ferdinand ii being gay was interesting #slay (he killed many people) #ap euro #european history #i wish i had ap world instead but noooo my school doesn't have that

[national-hockey-lesbian]

anyone who says the haitian revolution shouldn’t have been a frq on the ap euro exam never learned anything in their ap euro class

#DID YALL LEARN NOTHING ALL DAY #this is such a minor beef i have #but i keep seeing ap tests memes #i could go on forever about WHY the haitian revolution is incredibly relevant to ap euro content and curriculum but no one wants to hear tha #anyway MY ap euro kids def killed that question so #ap euro

[butteredpopcorn7]

I want someone to love me like Hans Hermann Von Katte loved Frederick the great

#ap euro #gay #love

[ace-mob-boss]

Who elses ap teacher is going absolutely crazy with the homework since the exam is coming up. Sir why would you give us three days over the three day weekend for a youtube video and an entire page of notes on it, 20 multiple choice questions and 80-120 sentence 12 page hand out. This is not right bro 😭

Not to mention Im also in AP Art which is just self explanatory.

#ap euro #advanced placement #college board #homework #ap exam #man what the fuck #absolutely sobbing at 2 AM #where my procrastinators at #AP art #horrid class #do not take

[lexxieannie]

might goof around and hyperfixate on unit 3 of ap euro 😍😍

#everyone i’ve ever talked to HATES AP EURO #but me? that’s my baby girl that 🥹 #it’s SOOOO GOOD #1815-1914 my beloved… #just u WAIT till we get to 1914-present… #hatchie mama… #romanovs #ap euro #swish speaks #college board #actually autistic

[aro-ace-from-outer-space]

Summer Vibes (American High School Edition):

Panicking over standardized tests

So, so, so many practice SATs

Summer APUSH reading

Cursing College Board (AP Euro, my nemesis)

r/A2C

Crying while reading about the freshmen who are researching cures for cancer

MUST FIND INTERNSHIP

Both laughing and crying while reading U Chicago's essay prompts from past years

NEED MORE EXTRACURRICULARS

Crying over a sad, sad resume

VOLUNTEER HOURS

"How the fuck is it August already ?!"

#i'm kind of dying if you couldn't tell #fuck college board #tw: swearing #tw: college board #college board #collegeboard #high school #apush #ap euro #a2c #why the fuck are people such fucking overachievers

[keyboardnonsense]

I made this for extra Credit in my AP Euro class, easiest 10points I made in my life.

#my art #artists on tumblr #digital art #artwork #made in ibis paint #digital painting #ap euro #history #art history #virgin mary #baby jesus

[borealisthegreat]

ap group notes be like

#two isms sitting in a hot tub #ap euro #study notes