School, in general, starts to feel like a dreading task that's waiting to swallow you whole. Every year my burn-out seems to get worse and worse. Slowly, as the school year comes to an end I find myself lazy, unmotivated, and indifferent to anything school-related.

We pour our hearts into our essays. We share our deepest fears. Our lowest moments. Our greatest passions, joys, and achievements. All to garner empathy in an impersonal and random process. Some of us dedicate our lives, our very identities, to impress some person at a desk that will, more often than not, toss that identity into a shredder.

Whether you decide to further your education or jump straight into the workforce, the transition can be a bit frightening. As a recent graduate, I am here to provide any future college students with some advice to help them with the scary, yet exciting life change.

Back with another AP reading list to get you through the exam. As you make your way through the curriculum, you’ll learn that the most effective way to learn is to integrate knowledge in various manners: absorb the content in as many ways as possible, attach it to personal experiences, and, most importantly, recall, recall, recall.

Below, I will show you my tried and true method for how to study for the ACT. The ACT is one of the hardest tests to study for because it is a test on, well, everything. However, I believe I and many others who have used this method have cracked the code to a 36 (or close).

The secret of rhetoric lies underneath the flesh and organs of language. It is the femur, the joint, the tendon; the oil that greases the mechanisms of literature, orations, and all things in the between. While you’re reading the recommended texts below, remember to read like a writer; watch how the author uses imagery, syntax, and diction–you know the drill–to curate the perfect tonal atmosphere.

As an ACT veteran, I know a few tips and tricks about how to ace this test. If you want to get a good score, make sure you use every one of those 210 minutes to your advantage. These tips will show you how

Below, you’ll find an extensive list of fiction and non-fiction books (and the occasional novel that will be in the curriculum) that you can read during your time in AP European History to improve your score in May. Each book belongs to or is set in its categorized period.

You’ll find a long and diverse list of fictional (and a sprinkling of historically significant novels you will find in the curriculum) works to read during your year(s) of AP US History. These works either belong to or are reminiscent of their respective time periods.