AP courses teach students how to:
- Manage time on the exam
- Raise scores on the multiple-choice section
- Interpret essay and free-response questions
- Outline written responses
- Write organized, well-structured, and complete responses
- Craft analytical thesis statements
- Support arguments with historical evidence
- Contextualize and synthesize multiple historical sources
- Analyze historical documents
- Make historical comparisons
- Create responses that adhere to the conventions of political science
- Support arguments and claims with real and hypothetical evidence
- Write high scoring essays
- Improve course grades
- Earn high exam scores
Jack R. Merchant, a Fulbright Scholar with a Ph.D. in History and over 15 years of teaching experience, designs and instructs all AP courses at THINK. Dr. Merchant offers both tutoring for AP classes and preparation for AP exams. Tutoring courses are developed according to the specific needs of each student or small group. Test preparation courses focus on three areas: multiple-choice questions, essays, and content preparation. Dr. Merchant shows students how to interpret and answer each type of multiple-choice question they will encounter on AP history and political science exams. He also guides students through writing workshops covering the Document-Based Question, Change-over-Time Essay, Comparison Essay, Long Essay Question, Short-Answer Questions, and Free-Response Questions. In addition, students are taught how to tailor their studies to be best prepared for the content of the exam. Our AP courses provide each student elite training that fosters understanding, improved grades, and excellent exam results.
AP courses teach students how to:
- Manage time on the exam
- Raise scores on the multiple-choice section
- Interpret essay and free-response questions
- Outline written responses
- Write organized, well-structured, and complete responses
- Craft analytical thesis statements
- Support arguments with historical evidence
- Contextualize and synthesize multiple historical sources
- Analyze historical documents
- Make historical comparisons
- Create responses that adhere to the conventions of political science
- Support arguments and claims with real and hypothetical evidence
- Write high scoring essays
- Improve course grades
- Earn high exam scores