You can register for the exam by contacting your guidance counselor or AP coordinator. If your school doesn’t administer the exam, contact the Advanced Placement Program for a list of schools in your area that do. Keep in mind that College Board’s deadlines for registration are often at least two months before the actual exam.
There is a fee for taking AP exams, and the current cost can be found at the official exam website listed below. For students with acute financial need, the College Board offers a fee reduction that is usually equal to about one-third of the cost of the exam. In addition, most states offer exam subsidies to cover all or part of the remaining cost for eligible students.
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Take a full-length practice exam under timed conditions. Use the techniques and strategies you’ve learned in this book. Approach the exam strategically, actively, and confidently.
Review the results of your practice exam. Don’t worry too much about your score or agonize over whether you got a particular question right or wrong. The practice exam doesn’t count; what’s important is reviewing your performance with an eye for how you might get through each section faster and better on the exam to come.
DO NOT STUDY. Gather together an “AP World History Exam Kit” containing the following items:
Know exactly where you’re going, how you’re getting there, and how long it takes to get there. It’s probably a good idea to visit your test center sometime before the day of the exam so that you know what the rooms are like, how the desks are set up, and so on.
Relax the night before the exam: read a book, take a hot shower, watch something you enjoy. Go to bed early to get a good night’s sleep, and leave yourself extra time in the morning.
First, wake up on time. After that:
Don’t be shaken. If you find your confidence slipping, remind yourself how well you’ve prepared. You know the structure of the exam; you know the instructions; and you’ve had practice with—and have learned strategies for—every question type.
If something goes really wrong, don’t panic. If you accidentally misgrid your answer page or put the answers in the wrong section, raise your hand and tell the proctor. He or she may be able to arrange for you to regrid your test after it’s over when it won’t cost you any time.
You might walk out of the AP World History exam thinking that you blew it. This is a normal reaction. Lots of people—even the highest scorers—feel that way. You tend to remember the questions that stumped you, not the ones that you knew. We’re positive that you will have performed well and scored your best on the exam because you followed the Kaplan strategies. Be confident in your preparation, and celebrate the fact that the AP World History exam is soon to be a distant memory.