Any Advice? Taking Bio, Chem, Psych and English Lang

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<p>So....I'm just wondering if someone has any advice for me. </p>

<p>Here's my situation. I'm signed up for AP Biology, Chemistry, Psychology and English Language.</p>

<p>Biology is a self studied course, but I haven't been doing much studying (in fact, I really started this weekend)</p>

<p>Chemistry, I'm actually taking the class and getting an A, but it's a joke. The teacher passes out answers for hw and all the class does is copy them, and never had any hands on exp doing chem problems. I just got a practice test back and got like 10% on it <.< Tests have ridiculously low curves, like 10/24 = 100%</p>

<p>Psychology, the teacher also fails. I don't believe I've learned anything significant, besides the stuff EVERYONE knows, like classical conditioning has to do with Pavlov and stuff.</p>

<p>English, I'm not to worried, my teacher was crazy and gave us like a ton of work. Which is why I have a B- in the class, but relatively confident for the AP English Language Exam. </p>

<p>If anyone doesn't know, the Bio exam is tomorrow, Chem and Psych Tues, and Eng Lang Weds.</p>

<p>So my question is, is there any advice as to what I should do now? I spent most of my time yesterday reading Bio, got up to photosynthesis. I was originally going to study Psych Sat, Bio all today, Chem tomorrow, and English Tues, but that plan seems shot to hell now.</p>

<p>What should I do with my remaining time Sunday, if I don't sleep? Study psych, because I know I won't have time to do so tomorrow because I'll be cramming Chem, at the risk of doing bad on Bio, or just give up on Psych/Chem, study them tomorrow and study Bio all day today?</p>

<p>Any advice is appreciated, I know I'm screwed over already =)</p>

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<p>wow, I pity you. I would stuy for biotoday and chem tommorow, as it is not that hard to pass psych. then english lang cause you can't really study for it,</p>

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<p>Well, it's partially my fault. I really should've started studying earlier...T_T</p>

<p>I'm also hating my AP Chem and Psych teachers now though. Easy A's, but fail APs. Makes me happy I got the good AP Lang teacher at my school..bad grade but good to go for APs. </p>

<p>You said that AP Psych was easy...how easy? I really don't know much about psych, besides the really basic stuff.</p>

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<p>Jeez. That really really sucks.</p>

<p>All I can say is try to be optimistic, and if all else fails, cancel scores.</p>

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<p>i agree with az.
i'm studying for psych right now, but its not that hard. idk about you, but the hardest stuff for me is the bio stuff and the names (the stuff you have to actually MEMORIZE) so I guess you should review those and skip the rest if you really dont have time..</p>

<p>study chem tomorrow.
study bio all today. good luck tomorrow!
as for eng, just do some practice comp. you can do that Tues. night.</p>

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<p>get the barron's book for psych and look through the practice tests. The MC questions are basically the same as the actual one so it was psych was a breeze. I had chem on the same day last year as well, and I skimmed over the PR book the night before and reviewed some concepts on this website:
Chemistry</a> : Site Map</p>

<p>So, in one night, I skimmed PR, read Barron's somewhat in depth and took its practice tests, and looked over tutorials online for chem. I scored a 5 on both exams.</p>

<p>Lang, there's really no substitute for a good teacher; you can't cram for that one. Luckily you had a good teacher so don't worry. Just look over some of the lit terms the night before and make sure you know them. I looked over the stuff in Cliffs and then chilled out the rest of the night. Got a 5 on that one too.</p>

<p>Now, Bio. AP Bio basically equals botany and labs. I'm taking Bio this year so I can't tell you if my study plan worked but I've basically done jack squat. I may start studying in a few hours or so. Depends on the mood. :)</p>

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<p>Thanks, everyone. Well, on the psych, the stuff I'm more worried is about is the names, and what they all did. Like, give me B.F. Skinner, and I'll go "Hmm....heard of him before. No idea what he did though" and all the concepts.</p>

<p>The biology based portions, I'm more confident since I'm taking bio and what parts of the brain does what is included in bio.</p>

<p>And wow, you must be a genius, db123 XD 5 on everything after 1 night of studying But you did probably have more chem practice than I did, right? besides the website (thanks for that one, btw) </p>

<p>Bio, it's the labs I'm worried about a lot (besides memorizing all these obscure terms). PR spent like 1 paragraph on each, which I don't think is enough. I found a link on here to the phschool virtual labs, so hopefully that'll help because not being in the class means I couldn't have actually done the labs</p>

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<p>Well, if it makes you feel better, I really don't remember what skinner did either...</p>

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<p>@ithebigc: almost in the exact same situation as you, only worse. Taking those four PLUS I took Stat last Tuesday.</p>

<p>I'm feeling OK about the Bio MC but not sure about the FR. Just been reading my Cliffs book over and over again...</p>

<p>Chem for me is going to be easy cause the teacher is good</p>

<p>Psych is like the easiest AP, so don't worry too much about it. Our class hasn't even been doing much</p>

<p>English Lang: all I can say is, know your rhetorical terms and if you're a good BSer you'll do OK on the essays.</p>

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<p>Nah, you're better than me...the hardest one, chem at least you get. That's the one that's worrying me the most. </p>

<p>Bio, if I study the rest of the day, I might feel OK about it...but that means screwing over psych or chem.</p>

<p>Psych, I was reading the beginning chapters of PR, and I was like...hmm..the humanistic approach ._. What's that?</p>

<p>And yeah, English is my most confident one. After chem and psych are done Tues, I'll just go home and start reviewing my AP terms and my PR book, and I should do ok. Looking for a 4, maybe that elusive 5, if I don't do complete crap on MC.</p>

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<p>Wow compared to your chem teacher, my teacher is way better. We've done so many problems on the board and just practiced over and over a lot. I am also pretty confident about the Chem exam if I just tighten the screws on chemical bonding conceptual stuff and equilibria/kinetic problems. Which I am doing right now...</p>