How hard is AP Euro History?

Look no further. Excelling on the AP® European History exam can be a challenge, but knowing how to study for AP® Euro can help. With only 11.7\% of test takers scoring a 5 and another 20.6\% scoring a 4 in 2019, AP® European History represents one of the most difficult Advanced Placement exams to score high on.

Is AP Euro harder than AP world history?

So, how hard is the AP Euro exam? In 2020, 94,312 students took the AP Euro exam, which seems like a lot, but it’s just a fraction of how many students took the other history exams. For World History, 302,942 students took the AP exam, and 472,697 students took the AP US History exam.

Is AP World History difficult to pass?

Only AP Research, Physics 1, 3-D Design, and Seminar had lower 5 rates. Like the pass rate, this also seems to indicate that AP World History is a difficult AP exam. Although test popularity can partially account for such a low 5 rate, this rate is so low that it points to an inherently high difficulty level.

Why do some students fail AP classes?

This often happens when an AP test is closely related to a class that many students need to take to graduate (such as world history). Sometimes students are pushed into the AP version of the class when they aren’t ready or when they have little interest in the material but have to take the class to fulfill graduation requirements.

Should I take APUSH or AP Stats?

If you plan on majoring in the humanities (or history in particular), I’d definitely recommend taking APUSH because it would actually a) save you money and b) time in college.If you plan on majoring in the sciences, taking AP Stats or APES will be helpful for the same reasons.

What’s new for AP World History in 2020?

This is actually a new, tighter scope beginning with the 2020 exam, which is now called AP World History: Modern (an AP World History: Ancient course is in development). Before, the exam dealt with thousands of years of history, so now the content will likely be much more manageable for students.