Advanced Higher History? Anyone?

The whole topic is just one ambush/battle/treaty after another, described in the most dreary of terms by my dreary teacher. Formula: English fight Scots; English win; Scots refuse to accept win; Scots muster another army; English fight Scots..... etc etc etc until we get to 1329 when FINALLY they sign a treaty which people actually stick to... vaguely.

But I agree AH Weimar sounds dire!

That actually sounds a lot more interesting than Weimar, and that's saying something! For us there's no battles or anything like that at all; it's mostly just economics and politics. Which is as boring as it sounds!

Hehe, that is quite possibly true. Although I suppose AH is probably not meant to interest you hugely... shame as I'm going to uni to do history haha.

Haha, I took AH because I loved Higher and thought it would be interesting - how wrong I was. I'm going to uni to study history too - or history and English to be precise Where have you applied to?

Luckily my Advanced Higher class was put into their own room! We usually have our exams in the gym hall too and I don't know why but when I was in there for Art it wasn't raining outside yet I could hear water running the whole way through, really distracting :s

I dunno how long the art exam is, but if it's like the 3 hours I think with that running water i'd be sitting with my legs crossed!

Same, I loved Higher. But AH is leaving me cold... apart from anything it seems a lot easies. *scratches head* I actually applied for History & French because I couldn't decide between the two. Erm... Oxford, Durham, Edinburgh, St Andrews and Glasgow. You?

I'm guessing you'll be going for Oxford then? I've applied to Stirling (twice, I've also applied for History and English with Education), Strathclyde, Aberdeen and Dundee. I've got an offer for my top choice already, so I'm happy.

Haha no, I went for interview but then later got rejected. I was kind of relieved TBH... too much work! And the people weren't very nice. Yay! Well done you. What is your top choice? I was going to apply for History and Education at Stirling too but decided not to in case I change my mind about teaching. St Andrews is my top choice now but they are taking aaaaages to reply.

I barely know much about the topics either, although I think we only have to do one essay instead of two, thankfully. I'm dreading it.

One? No fair not that I'd even manage one, but....

I don't think I'll even manage that! I think the sources will be ok but I've no idea about the essays. It's not like you can improvise your way through an essay.

Well, I had my prelim this morning, didn't manage a single essay question :/ got an answer down for the source questions, but they were awful. I'll be lucky if my marks get into double figures

Prelim this morning. Got everything done but my essays were too short and the sources were...awful *shudder* 3 hours is too long but at the same time not long enough.

Well, I had my prelim this morning, didn't manage a single essay question :/ got an answer down for the source questions, but they were awful. I'll be lucky if my marks get into double figures

Oh no! Mine's tomorrow and I'm still unsure about the essay! I really haven't had enough practise writing them, or know what to expect. Sources I'm thinking I may be ok with, but we've had barely anything about it taught to us. I think I'll be happy if I pass, since I doubt they'd appeal for us anyway.

Good luck with it, I'm sure you won't do as badly as me!