<p>I am very apprehensive as this will be my first time taking the AP exams (I’m a junior). I have to study for 3 APs; APUSH, AP US Govt., and AP Lang. I’ve taken practice tests and I’m trying to study from online resources since I don’t have a book. I think I can get a 5 on APUSH and on the others I’m aiming for 4s.</p>
<p>Sophmore only taking AP bio this year and i feel very confident about it. I feel sorry for all you guys with 5 or 6+. I’m only taking 4 APs my junior year and then 4 more my senior year.</p>
<p>Taking 4 AP this year(Stat, Calc BC, Computer A, Phys. C: Mech). I’m 100% sure that I’ll get 5 on stat, calc, and physics, but I’m not sure about Computer Science since I started self-studying about 1 week ago and I have to study for USAMO now.
I feel sorry for those taking like 7 or more AP. It must be very stressful(fortunately, I started AP soon, so I take just few AP each year)</p>
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Hi! What about Chem don’t you get? :D</p>
<p>:eek: Oh no! Three weeks. :eek:</p>
<p>what!!! It’s in 3 weeks! I thought it was in late May. I should study for AP computer now and ignore math competitions. :(</p>
<p>No, it’s the first two full weeks of May.</p>
<p>@leafblade Acid/Bases. Since I sped through that part, my brain is very fuzzled. Every time I look at an Acid/Base problem, my brain just stops. For example, how many moles of NaHCOO must be added to 1 L of .1 molar HCOOH to prepare a buffer solution with pH of 3.4? (HCOOH Ka = 2x10^-4)</p>
<p>What you do for that is kinda hard to do on these forums:</p>
<p>Suppose that you start out with 1L of .1M HCOOH. Given the Ka, you can find the original [H+] by the formula for Ka. Suppose that the amount of H+=x mol:</p>
<p>HCOOH=.1-x
H+=x
HCOO-=x</p>
<p>Then, once you add NaHCOO to the solution, the common-ion effect (with HCOO-) will push H+ out of solution. You know the final concentration of H+ (from the desired pH). Does NaHCOO dissociate completely, or do you have its Ksp?</p>
<p>This is horrible I’ve only “studied” 2/3 of Macro and Micro- we have an econ class but its not AP and its only for half the year an it cover around 2/3rds of the material but besides that i haven’t self studied anything haa</p>
<p>I still haven’t started studying for any of my 8 AP tests yet.</p>
<p>go over frqs on Collegeboard and go over barrons. my teacher never taught me anything and i self -studied and crammed 3 weeks before the AP. got a 5. MAKE SURE you do the frqs. they are like free points.</p>
<p>AP tests are easy. There’s not a single AP test that you can’t ace with a single decent night’s cramming.</p>
<p>Well, that’s assuming you actually learned the material pretty well doing the school year.</p>
<p>I’m not even thinking about AP tests yet… I’ll begin studying like a week or so before they start. Luckily I only have AP Lang and Comp and AP US Govt this year though. I don’t really expect a 5 on lang and comp, but I hear US govt is easy and my teacher has an insanely high pass rate, so I’m pretty confident that I will get at least a 4 on it, I will feel extremely stupid if I don’t get a 5 though. Next year is gonna suck though with Calculus AB, Chemisty, Literature, Comparative Govt</p>
<p>I am starting to feel a little pressure for these coming up, but I’m on a solid study plan: </p>
<p>AP Calculus AB:
Every day I do a section out of PR, and on weekends I go through the FRQs from past years. There are many similar questions asked from year to year, and some problems like area and max/min problems have showed up every year. I focus on problems like this that are basically guaranteed to show up. Occasionally I will go through an old practice test or one out of PR. Overall, I need a 4, so I think it is manageable with some more hard studying up until the day of the test.</p>
<p>AP Statistics:
This is a subject I have a pretty good understanding of. The main concept to study for here is knowing which hypothesis tests to use. Everything else is analyzing graphs and probabilities, with a little bit of sampling and experimentation thrown in. All in all, not too much that going through Barron’s won’t fix. I have done several practice exams out of Barron’s and the difficult nature of the questions has really helped me prepare. I have also gone back to some of the FRQs from past years and I average around a 3 out of 4 on most of them. I need a 4, which I am positive I can get. I may even shoot for a 5 on this one.</p>
<p>AP U.S. Government and Politics:
This is one of my easier APs. I took both practice MCs out of PR and scored in the range needed to earn a 5 on both tests. I did some practice FRQs as assigned by my teacher last semester when I took the class. I will read through every page of the history review out of PR in the week before the exam to make sure I retain everything while it is fresh in my mind. My APUSH teacher overlapped some of the court cases into our studying last year, so I know those pretty well just from that class. I need at least a 3, so no worries for this one at all.</p>
<p>AP Microeconomics:
This is another one that isn’t that hard at all. I have an entire week to study solely for this exam after I have taken the other three. I don’t really plan on studying for this one much until that time, since I will have so much time I can devote to just the one exam. I have done a few FRQs from past years as assigned by my teacher, and I did ok on them. I have 5-Steps to a 5, so reading through that in the week before should secure me at least the 3 I need.</p>
<p>Overall, I know what scores I need and I’m not too worried because I don’t really need all 5s like most people. I just have to prepare well enough to be confident that I can at least get those scores and then I’m good.</p>
<p>Ooh, last year I just crammed the week leading up to AP WH and got a 5. I don’t think that’s going to work this year though, since I’m taking 4. I think I’m going to shoot for 5s on Language/Comp and US History, a 4 on Stats, and a 3 on Chem. Next year I’m taking 7!</p>
<p>i have 4 ap tests to take and all i want to do is get 3’s on all of them</p>
<p>6 AP Exams:</p>
<p>AP Calculus BC (self-study) - reviewing the chapters from the Larson textbook. All I need to review left is series and Taylor polynomials. (So many tests to review…) Afterward, PR and AP Central for review.</p>
<p>AP European History (self-study) - reading from McKay’s book and creating a vocabulary list for myself. Need to read the last 6 chapters. Afterward, AP Achiever and Crash Course.</p>
<p>AP U.S. History - rereading the American Pageant. So far, up to Chapter 19. I will eventually read AMSCO.</p>
<p>AP Physics B - need to review optics and light and then review from PR.</p>
<p>AP Stats - need to cover the t-test, chi-square test, and line regression test and then review from Barron’s.</p>
<p>AP English Language - practice MC from Cliff. So far, my class was preparing me to write rhetorical analysis essays. Now argumentative and synthesis. </p>
<p>Well, I feel like having a fun time reviewing and learning some new things, which is quite masochistic of me. However, I will feel the burden of stress during AP Exam Week. (I hate that school is interfering with my studying for the next few weeks)</p>
<p>haha wow alot of you guys are crazy…8 to 10 AP’s? is it possible to have a life and still score 5’s? </p>
<p>im taking 3</p>
<p>APUSH- read the entire textbook, now plowing through AMSCO and making timelines/charts
Bio- Reading campbell like crazy and CLiffs (occasional review on labs)
Calc AB–just doing practice tests, especially FRQ!!</p>
<p>*anyone recommend additional studying strategies/supplements for these three tests?? like should i practice DBQ’s?</p>
<p>^You should probably do that as well.</p>
<p>20 days. I feel I’m going to be screwed due to lack of time.</p>