It’s back to normal for AP exams in May, and for AP World History, that means it’s time to start reviewing for the May 10 test.  

“We provide students a menu of resources and opportunities to review not only content but to practice writing skills and document analysis for the World History exam,” AP World History teacher Jeff Crowe said. “In addition, we will also be devoting 3-4 entire class periods for review prior to the exam date.”

Beyond in class reviews, Crowe suggests students should primarily devote a certain amount of time each day to identify their strengths and weaknesses.

“Students should focus on the units they feel most unsure about,” Crowe said. “Also, the biggest impact a student can make on their overall AP Score is from the FRQ section – so students should be very familiar with the rubrics and expectations for each type of writing. For students who feel that timing is an issue, practicing these writing skills against a stopwatch is extremely helpful to their confidence on exam day! They should make a review plan and calendarize when they are going to devote time to each topic since reviewing without a plan of study is haphazard, and not as beneficial.”

For sophomore Amish Bhatnagar, the idea of self-review is more beneficial since it allows one to focus more on what they need to study.

“I would say working alone is much more beneficial to me and lets me focus on my strengths and weaknesses versus my whole group,” Bhatnagar said. “My teacher has drafted up a whole step-by-step guide which will help us review at our own pace efficiently. I started preparing last month, but it depends on a person’s ability to learn or remember older content. I’m using my teacher’s resources and the 2021 WHAP Princeton Review book. I have also taken one practice test just, so I can figure out where I stand and what I’m not too good at.”

On the contrary, sophomore Ananya Gardas believes that reviewing as a group and receiving valuable feedback can help her study better.

“I prefer reviewing as a group because it helps me get different inputs on a specific topic,” Gardas said. “I can end up taking the feedback that I get from my teachers or peers and focus more on what that feedback says. Other than that, my teacher also grouped up every notes assignment and AMSCO topics we have done based on each unit, and it comes in handy when you have a specific topic you want to know better.”