AP U.S. History For Dummies
Chapter One
Acing the Test for a College
Credit Payday
In This Chapter
* Checking out the College Board
* Putting together a game plan for success
* Decoding your score (and what it can do for you)
U.S. History may be a grand pageant of determination and growth, but chances are
good that right now you just want to make sure you score some college credit for that
long year you spent busting your butt in AP History. You're not alone; some 350,000 AP students
have this same U.S. History exam looming over them right now.
Of all the AP exams, U.S. History is the most often taken Advanced Placement test in the
entire fiendish College Board repertoire. You could call it the most popular, if popular is the
right word for a national test that makes you sweat for three hours to try to earn college
credit for something you've already been tested on too many times in high school. It's tough,
but if you don't pass the AP, you don't get paid that college credit. This book is designed to
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