<p>@noimagination.
I faced the same situation and I did the exact same thing as you and ended with the same results =]</p>
<p>For future AP Bio students, if you have a teacher who doesn’t cover the entire Campbell Biology book, don’t freak out. First, it’s a thousand pages long, not that many teachers want to kill you and force you to read the whole book. Second, as SeekingUni said, though the class is challenging, the exam is truly a piece of cake provided that you know a decent amount of material.</p>
<p>I would argue against reading the Campbell book at all. My original plan was to read a 2 chapters a week starting from winter break so i’ll be prepared. Unfortunately, my junior year was a bit more crazy than I expected, and I ended up only reading 3 chapters. >.< and by then it was already mid April, only 3 weeks before the exam. So instead, I bought barrens, princeton review, and borrowed cliffs. Many people suggests cliff, and I do too because it really is just a summary of Campbell Bio (my friend and i even checked, the subsections corresponded many times, haha). I usually prefer using barrens because I’ll feel confident on test day. However, I ended regreting using barrens. I wasted my time on that book. If you honestly remember everything you learned on princeton review, you’ll get a 5 90% of the times. And the weekend before, read over princeton review one or more times, that way you’ll consolidate what you’ve learned for the monday AP bio test. </p>
<p>As noimagination said, take only 1 ap bio MC exam. Though i took two and would recommend it if you have time, 1 is enough to get you to have the feeling of what AP bio mc expects. and once you take it, you’ll know the questions aren’t too terribly difficult (at least A LOT easier than the Campbell tests). Definitely do as many FRQ questions as possible. I also found them a lot more exciting to do. It’s a great way to review. The weekend before the test, I did all the FRQs from 2004-2009 and then did some on princeton review. </p>
<p>Don’t be intimidated.</p>