<p>Hi CCers,</p>
<p>I'm planning to take the AP BIo exam next year and i think self-studying with barrons + PR is good enough for most of the Multiple Choice questions, since its just memorzing the facts. </p>
<p>But when i take a look at the free response questions on APCentral, its just soo hard. I mean, i don't think memorizng all of Barrons and PR would help me get good scores on the free-response.</p>
<p>How did you guys prepare for the free-response questions?</p>
<p>thanks a lot.</p>
<p>Ace the SAT II through massive studying, then self study the AP a year later.</p>
<p>I didn't practice free response questions at all. I think really didn't need to, though, because they were pretty easy to answer within the time limit.</p>
<p>It's really easy to BS the free response questions. If you post some here or PM me I can give you more info.</p>
<p>Yeah, check out some of the student responses. The grading on FR seems fairly lenient as well. However, I highly recommend cliffnotes AP bio for AP bio.</p>
<p>okay, thanks for the advice
so memorzing all of Barrons AP BIO + PR AP BIO book, would get me good scores on the free response?</p>
<p>I wouldn't call it JUST memorizing. It's a lot of understanding, too. Like just understand the association between different terms. Crop, gizzard, stomach - all have similar functions within various organisms.</p>
<p>Basically, don't memorize in isolation. Learn things in groups - then it's less memorization and more association.</p>
<p>I would recommend actually getting a textbook if you're self-studying for AP Bio. You might want to read through this</a> thread</p>