#ap comp gov

[sweethanmochi]

how to study for social studies subjects

I’d like to think that one of my strongest focuses is social studies. I love learning about history, economics, government, e.t.c. and I do well on tests! I thought that most people had it easy when it came to these subjects, but throughout working with peers and friends, I realized that wasn’t true, so here are some tips to get through those subjects: 

Memorizing will be your friend: This is one of my biggest tips that I still use for my social studies subjects. Memorize, memorize, memorize! Of course, you should first understand a concept or term before memorizing it, but it helps so much to know words. I use quizlet and knowt.io to help me memorize, but you can use a variety of ways to remember. This is especially helpful for tests, as you can help fill in the blank when reading through questions and other readings.

Trick your brain: One of the reasons I was so good at social studies subjects was because I was interested in politics and government. I’m really interested in the controversial aspect of politics, which helped me understand forms and branches of government, how the economy works, e.t.c. I’ve recently heard this tip on the internet, where people trick their brain into thinking that the subject they are learning is like lore for a tv show or novel, and it worked. Your brain will probably be more likely to learn if you make it enjoyable.

Use a variety of resources: A lot of social studies subjects will have more interesting and engaging resources to use, rather than like physics with a boring textbook and some reference videos. Topics like politics will have a wide variety of books, articles, news reports, movies, and even TV shows covering them. After understanding the concepts and things you may need to know, watching a political TV show can be a form of studying! You can learn to apply, discuss, and critique different forms and resources to apply to the thing you are studying. 

Find ways to connect to the modern world: Social studies subjects are one of the easiest to connect to the media and the news; you will often find articles and reporters speaking about the economy, what's going on in the supreme court, and who is voting or pushing for what agenda. If you ever need to find examples to help you learn and study, just watch the news! It’s a great resource, and can help you apply what you are learning to the real world. Oftentimes, test-makers will give a question set in a scenario, where a country is going into a recession and you may have to explain ways to solve or help it e.t.c. so the news is a great resource to see it real time.

[bartholomewthestudyduck]

Day 27/50

Things I accomplished

Cleaned dresser

Studied for ap gov exam

Learned how to write argumentive essay for ap gov

Stuff for tomorrow

Do well on ap gov exam! (I'm thinking a 3)

Study for econ exam

Study for comp sci exam

Study for calc exam

Other

I've been studying the last few hours for the ap gov exam, and my brain feels like the Mario Kart final round panic music. So that's what I listened to while going over the required cases. Good luck to anyone taking the ap gov exam tomorrow!

May 5 2024

[boomiyah]

harry potter characters in a filipino high school edition (in taglish) (not everyone) PT 1

GOLDEN ERA STUDENTS:

Harry

the palaging absent athlete

tries in some subjects he likes but ghosts the others

people have mixed opinions bc he's pabigat in groupings

medjo awkward but he's not a threat

played ibong adarna and crisostomo in filipino class

he always gets put in jail booths

its literally so funny whenever he gets taken away too it was a meme for a while

probably prays hes not cooked before every exam

favorite subject: recess kung kasama si ron

Ron

best tulogerist sa likod ng classroom

always pinagalitan ni maam minnie (McGonagall) and/or sir sev (severus😭)

biktima ng "BOYS AT THE BACK🤬❗" kahit wala namang ginawa

bro is a sari-sari store pag may field trip o event at least may discount snacks niya😭

speaking of events bro signs his name on the attendance then dips immediately

him 🤝 harry are canteen bros

sali sa chess club ng school, top player din (is chess a varsity sport or smth cus then he would've gone to national chess comps)

i know his ass paid to be put in the wedding booth with hermione but he ended up in the jail booth because of harry

late magbabayad ng tuition always (its not his fault....)

favorite subject: recess kung kasama si harry

Hermione:

ssg president na nasa top section palagi

with highest honors always pero humble lang

HUMSS GIRLIE RAAAGGGGHHHHH

mabait outside classroom pero galit na galit whenever she like scolds the classroom

famous line: "GUYS WAG KAYO MASYADONG MAINGAY"

always complete school supplies and shes the girl you'd be jealous of bc of her pencil case with the built in sharpener and other contraptions YK THOSE ONES THAT MAKE YOU LOOK LIKE A RICH KID I JUST KNOW SHE HAD A BARBIE OR DISNEY PRINCESS ONE

always calling out ron and the two get shipped a lot that even the teachers are in on the joke

helps tutors ppl during exam szn for free

favorite subject: science or AP, and maybe pol gov

Fred & George

the kids you hate (affectionate)

social anxiety are scared of them during reportings

they're so loud but they're so funny like you can't even be that mad

befriended every teacher so easily it's hard not to love them ngl

always tying up ppls bags or putting a big ass rock in them (main victims are percy and ron)

the boys at the back but actually do their work

they have a graham balls side hustle

unstoppable mfs in entrep they are so successful even when they were forced to separate

Draco

annoying ass mayabang na rich kid

parang playground lang yung bgc sayo teh??

also complete school supplies literally siya na yung nbs

ENGLISHERO🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

palaging mag post ng hate comments + mag start ng war sa golden trio via dump acc

kung may hogwarts freedom wall sa fb ang dami niyang entries na "crush kita potter yieee putangina mo" pero hindi pa na post

siya palagi pagalitan ni snape because friends sila sa parents niya😭😭😭 akala niyo favorite ih...

ssg vice pres na palaging inaasar si hermione

no one ships the pres and vp TYL mukhang babaero si bro kasi...

lives far away from the school pero kahit 7:30 pa yung class andyan na siya mga 6:30 edi wow sana all bat ang aga mo te

definitely transferred to benilde for SHS

[jupejumble]

soldier eating a burger

(plz & ty)

a quick gif and the original sketch from my ap comp gov notes

[golden-tomorrows]

little ponyboy doodle on my ap comp gov work

still working on his hair

[arakiincel]

pls let the rumors of this being the easiest ap year be true im too bored to actually lock in and study for comp gov tonight

[fiapartridge]

have you already posted your stats, if not what we’re they? congrats!!

i think i did but i can’t find it anymore 😭😭 so i���ll post them again here HAHAH (also thank u!!!)

gpa: 3.94 (uw), 4.25 (w) but i think ucs look at ur 10-12 weighted so i had a 4.4 w gpa

tests: i went test-optional! and then i submitted all of the ap exams that i scored a 3+ on

ap classes: i took 10 aps (ap world history, apush, ap chem, ap lang, ap comp sci, ap lit, ap bio, ap gov, ap econ, & ap stats)

awards: LITERALLY JUST HONOR ROLL LMFAOOO like that’s all i had 😭

extracurriculars: i was senior class president, junior class vice president, i founded and was the president of a women’s rights/menstrual equity club, i did competitive karate for a bunch of years, i taught karate to kids, i volunteered for spread the love (we wrote notes + letters to kids diagnosed with autism), i wrote for the school’s newspaper, and i was the team manager of my school’s badminton team

essays!! these r muchh different than the common app essays! (there’s 8 prompts and then you pick 4 essays to write! here’s what i chose!)

1. describe an example of your leadership experience in which you have positively influenced others

i wrote about how i stopped doing karate competitively after the pandemic because all of my friends stopped and how i kinda lost my love for the sport. then i started teaching & it made me love karate again

2. what would you say is your greatest talent or skill?

i talked about creative writing LOL. i (very lowkey) talked about my fics that i used to write for someone and how they blew up and i had a bunch of readers LMAO so if i ever see this person i wrote about irl ill be sure to thank them for getting me into uc berkeley haha

3. describe how you have taken advantage of a significant educational opportunity or worked to overcome an educational barrier you have faced.

i wrote about how i didn’t have teachers for a lot of my academic journey. like i had subs coming in and out of the classroom and there was never the stability of having a teacher so i had to learn how to self study and teach myself these things from a young age

4. what have you done to make your school or your community a better place?

i wrote about my women’s rights/menstrual equity club and how we put hygiene products in different classrooms around school & how we eventually got dispensers in the bathrooms

so i didn’t have the highest stats, i didn’t get straight As throughout high school (i think i got like 3 Bs), and i def wasn’t valedictorian but i still got in! schools like uc berkeley look at each person holistically so it’s really like do they see who you are thru ur essays; it’s not just grades and extracurriculars. so def try if you’re considering!!! u never know!!

college decisions is such a gamble tbh. like i got waitlisted at uc irvine but accepted to uc berkeley. like it might seem like everything is going wrong but it’ll be okay!!! it’ll all work out in the end!!!

[gingerrwrite]

Studyblr.

Hi hi. I'm Ginger and I'm a HS senior in the US. This is my study blog for personal accountability and logging :). Please say hi!

ap physics 2, ap english lit & comp, ap clac AB, ap econ, ap gov, spanish 5-6 H

along w/ academic decathalon and moot court + like 4 clubs LMAO

goals = straight A's and getting a 4 on every ap test, along with going to nationals for moot court/state for acadec! also getting into CWRU for college FDSHFD.

I will be posting stuff about my studying and life stuff. Recipes, etc.

Tag index below!!

ginger logs = daily log! For academic stuff only, like quiz scores and notes. ginger' notes = everything notes and organization ginger babbles = random blog updates and posts, you know how it is :)! ginger hobbs = hobby related stuff, usually piano/sax or papermaking

That's all! Ty!

[spencer-studies]

intro ii

for those of you who don’t know me, i’m spencer (you can call me spence or ennie if you like!) one can hope that by making a study blog, i’ll actually be inspired to study this year… T-T (psst: main blog here @wolfstar-being-ridikkulus)

a short about me:

they/she | american | high school senior | intj-t | student-athlete | intended psychology major

things i’ve done (and do!):

top 10% of my class | varsity cross-country | color guard/varsity winter guard captain | ngss chapter president | international thespian society chapter treasurer/historian | advanced choir | county honor band

ap classes i have taken || plan to take:

ap world | apush | ap lang | ap comp sci | ap psych || ap lit | ap gov | ap macro | ap calc bc | ap stats | ap bio (??)

tags:

#spencer’s pens - random school-related posts

#spencer studies - my actual study posts

#spencer’s odyssey - college applications

#spencer to the pantheon - athletics/arts/performances

#spencer struggles - tw: probably vents about pain, annoying school things, etc

#spencer screams - exam realated things

#spencer’s got mail - asks

no promises on being consistent due to chronic pain and sheer business, but i will try!

dividers by @saradika!

[schoenht]

The homework is for IB history but I’m taking ap lit and ap gov this year🙏🙏last year I took this absolutely hellish apush/ap lang and comp combo class thing and I didn’t sleep before 1am the whole school year except for once as a direct result of that class specifically. It was really difficult but I’m better for it, I just kind of love complaining-🧃

SORRY I WAS WORKING ON THE NEW CHAPTER why are you taking such a complicated history class. Why. God ap lit and ap lang at once sounds like hell i am so sorry

[bartholomewthestudyduck]

Day 28/50

Things I accomplished

Did pretty well on the ap gov exam (I'm thinking a 3, maybe a 4)

Studied common symbolism in literature

Studied for ap econ exam

Stuff for tomorrow

Study for ap econ

Study for ap comp sci

Study for ap lit

Other

The ap gov exam really wasn't too bad. The multiple choice was super easy, and while the first frq was a bit rough, I think I did pretty well on the others. However, I don't remember too much from Econ, so I really need to study for that, since that test is on Friday.

May 6 2024

[n3wy0rkd011]

test is in 16 hrs but I just made this 🥶🔥

[jupejumble]

yeah trolls oc, i drew him on my ap comp gov notes

[turtlesalads]

kinda stress posting on twitter rn. but remember: i am in Pain over my ap tests

[finger-chips]

FINALLY DONE WITH AP TESTS FOR THE YEAR

[erinstudiess]

okay I actually really enjoy ap comparative government so far, it’s really interesting! today we talked about recent crises in the united kingdom, iran, and brazil, and applied what we learned to those events. orchestra was also pretty good, and english was a drag. I had a migraine for most of the afternoon, and am getting a late start on my ap stat and ap physics homework aahh :(

have a wonderful day

erin

august 28 2019