<p>Since a lot of us took AP's just a few months ago, I think it would be nice if we put out a lot of resources, advice, and studying tips for the AP's they just took. Things like helpful videos, recommended study guides, things to prepare for on the exams, and advice on how to study and organize information for the class. I think it would be really helpful for people who are taking classes they seem worried about and people who are going to take their first AP class(es) next year. Just try to list some stuff if you want, it could be small little tips or a lot of resources you have piled up that will help.</p>
<p>Personally I found that the youtube channel Crash Course was a great way to review material when I took APUSH and APWH. While some people can’t stand listening to John Green for an extended amount of time, I think the videos are entertaining. His brother has a chemistry/biology series, too, but I don’t know how helpful they are.
For any AP test I would recommend taking at least 1 practice test (and then study the questions you got wrong) and practicing with actual released FRQs.</p>
<p>Single-variable calculus video lectures:
[Khan</a> Academy](<a href=“https://www.khanacademy.org/math/differential-calculus]Khan”>Differential Calculus | Khan Academy)
[Massachusetts</a> Institute of Technology](<a href=“http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathematics/18-01-single-variable-calculus-fall-2006/video-lectures/]Massachusetts”>http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathematics/18-01-single-variable-calculus-fall-2006/video-lectures/)
[New</a> York University](<a href=“http://www.nyu.edu/academics/open-education/coursesnew/calculus-I.html]New”>http://www.nyu.edu/academics/open-education/coursesnew/calculus-I.html)
[Louisiana</a> Tech University](<a href=“http://www2.latech.edu/~schroder/SVC_videos.htm]Louisiana”>http://www2.latech.edu/~schroder/SVC_videos.htm)
[University</a> of Houston](<a href=“http://online.math.uh.edu/HoustonACT/videocalculus/]University”>Calculus Videos)</p>
<p>[Bozeman</a> Science](<a href=“http://www.bozemanscience.com/]Bozeman”>http://www.bozemanscience.com/) might be useful for AP Biology and AP Chemistry. </p>
<p>If you have a Study Island account from school, they have practice quizzes for a lot of AP subjects.</p>
<p>I think practice tests are the number one way to assess yourself. When it comes time to review and you’ve finished the curriculum, a practice test is the best way to assess what you do and don’t need to study heavily. Making sure to continually take them (and do FRQs) is vital to making sure your studying is on track and you’ll be able to finish the real test within the time limit. Keep in mind that practice tests are great for assessing the topics you need to study, not to actually study from.</p>
<p>For example, if I’m taking AP Baking and I just took a practice test in which I did well on questions relating to cake, but failed the cookies section, then I need to review cookies not just look at my wrong answers. This may seem obvious but a lot of people only check their answers, which is only helpful is you just got a couple of questions wrong in that topic area.</p>
<p>To make your studying at the end of the year easier, it’s best to make sure you fully understand the material as it’s presented. You wouldn’t believe how many people will fail a quiz, and then not go back and make sure they understand the material. If you fail a quiz on the proper use of yeast, don’t wait until the end of the year to relearn the material! It would take a lot less time to correct you misunderstanding on yeast right after you took the quiz than three months later. Additionally, many courses build on each other. If you never truly understood yeast, you won’t truly understand croissants. Now the exam is a couple weeks away and you have to relearn yest and croissants. By not fully understanding material as it’s presented you’re just digging yourself into a hole.</p>
<p>In terms of resources, I like the site GetAFive. They only have stuff for a couple of exams, but their videos are really helpful and the site is great to use throughout the year if find yourself getting lost. </p>
<p>What’s the best review book for AP Chemistry and APUSH?</p>
<p>@ laura280 crash course is the best for APUSH.
barron is a lot harder than the ap exam for ap chem. </p>
<p>Crash Course is great for AP Chem. Just make sure to get the newest edition because the exam changed last year. </p>
<p>Okay so I took Biology H freshmen year and passed with a solid B and I want to take an Ap science class senior year (currently a junior) would you recommend me to take Ap biology senior year or should I take something else?</p>
<p>Crash Course really helps to clarify things that you may not understand or do not understand thoroughly enough! (:</p>
<p>The old AMSCO pdf for APUSH is available online, and I think the revised version can be purchased.</p>
<p>@Laura280 AMSCO is the best for APUSH</p>
<p>My advice is really to take notes, even if you don’t think that you’ll need them. I was one of maybe 2 people that reguarly took notes on my teacher’s lectures in class, and when it got close to the AP exam, I was 1 of maybe 4 or 5. Taking notes helps you to remember stuff, and even if you think that you already know it, it really doesn’t hurt to write it again. Also, my teacher hosted after school review session starting about 2 months before the exam, and I went to every single one. What, 45 minutes after school to get a better score is going to kill you? And one night in April, my school hosted an AP Review Night, which went from 3-8:30. My teacher went over all of the stuff that we likely wouldn’t have time to cover in class, in depth. By the end of the night, maybe 7 people were there?
I took AP US Gov’t, and got a 4 on the exam, and I took AP US History and got a 5 (which is the class I’m talking about above), as well as a 750 on the Subject Test. If you have any questions, feel free to message me!</p>
<p>Bozeman biology was helpful for AP bio</p>
<p>For AP Compsci, I just self studied barrons and did fine </p>
<p>What’re the best resources for AP European History/ any crucial tips while reading and note taking?</p>
<p>For our AP Euro class our teacher made us do flashcards before every test. There were around 30-50 for every chapter and we had to write down the definition of each term and then the significance of the term. I didn’t have to use any resources, shmoop.com is a pretty good website at organizing trends but their tests weren’t really good, it was mostly definition multiple choice questions. For notes, a good idea would be to group trends, it really helps in art and stuff like that.</p>
<p>For note taking say there’s a Chapter on Absolutism, a good thing to do would be to put all the absolutist kings in a sort of group thing, then list common things they did and what acts they did to perform them. For example, absolutist kings wanted to have the nobility in their control, Louis XVI used his palace of Versailles would do favors for Nobles, give them titles if the Nobility stayed loyal to him, and they all wen’t to the Palace of Versailles to gain his favor, where he spied on Nobles and other things. Same for Ivan the Terrible of Russia, he forced the nobles of his country to say the land wasn’t theirs, they rented it from Ivan, and he killed many nobles he did not like. This is just an example, I’m not sure if all the info I just said was true. But kinda like that. </p>
<p>Trends especially help in Art, when you are able to group artists and their artwork, you know the techniques and looks of the art, so when the AP test comes up, you might see an artwork you don’t know, but you will recognize the look and have a better chance on answering the question. Usually most trends can be noted in a Chapter, but some trends expand over long periods of time, such as the life of the poor, gender roles, and social classes. A good thing to also take note on is reasons of doing thing</p>
<p>AP Spanish Lang and AP Statistics tips, anyone?</p>