The normal AP U.S. History course should prepare students to think about very specific details in U.S. History, such as how many ladies Christopher Columbus picked up or what kind of sex Bill Clinton had under his bed. The national AP US History exam, however, also includes bigger-picture ideas which require students to have four assets: 1) good critical thinkers, 2) powerful problem solvers, 3) try-hards who think that AP classes are the key and only to Stanford University, and 4) Asian. These bigger picture ideas are tested in multiple choice questions, document-based question essays, and staring contests with college admissions officers.