<p>I have the Princeton Review book currently, but would CliffNotes work better?</p>
<p>CliffsNotes > Barrons. Seriously, I’m only using CliffsNotes and I’m doing fine, but I have the other books for practice tests. :P</p>
<p>@ Leyla16</p>
<p>Keep the PR book for practice tests, but I’d totally recommend getting the CliffsNotes
(possibly out of the library) for review because there are certain things it covers that PR doesn’t. But PR is said to be most accurate for practice tests.</p>
<p>@ liveforscience
thanks! I’ll try to get my hands on a copy of cliffnotes. Considering its getting pretty close to the test, how long do you think it would take to get through the book? I know somebody posted that they read that book in an entire weekend.</p>
<p>I LOVE Khan Academy!</p>
<p>Finished, so far, with:
Mitosis, Meiosis, Genetics, Bacteria, Viruses, ATP, Embryonic Stem Cells, Evolution, and Cellular Respiration to the point where I’m confident of a 8+ on any FRQs and any MCs.</p>
<p>Why can’t school be like this?</p>
<p>I agree, Khan Academy is awesome!</p>
<p>I’ll totally have to check out Khan Academy! I’ve obviously seen so much about it on here, but haven’t yet looked it up.</p>
<p>@Leyla16
I’m trying to read it slowly because in self-study I have to teach myself, but I’d say that considering the chapters and if you did about 2-3 chapters per night and REALLY reviewed with Cliffsnotes then it is manageable (with homework!) in a week. If you do flashcards while reading, it’ll take longer, but… if it’s just notes, most of the chapters aren’t so long. I’d say the longest is about 17 pages.</p>
<p>In my Honors Bio class we had essentially covered the exact same information for the Biochemistry (Chemistry of Life), Heredity, Photosynthesis, and Cellular Respiration units. Even if some of those aren’t generally on the test in high percentages, it made reviewing them MUCH faster because I just skimmed those chapters. Therefore, if you had a good Honors Bio class (if you’re self-studying) or AP class, then this will probably apply to you.</p>
<p>Haha…here’s how my Honors Bio class taught me Cellular Respiration:</p>
<p>NOT photosynthesis.
Way to make energy.
38 ATPs max.
Breaks down glucose.</p>
<p>We did that in combination with photosynthesis (“absorb sunlight to make energy. Plants. Chloroplasts and chlorophyll.”). It took 4 weeks.</p>
<p>Well I mean all of that information is true. :)</p>
<p>But Khan Academy doesn’t have anything on ecology, so you might want to go on Youtube for that. If you’re a video/interactive kind of learner (I know I am) then search “AP Biology Ecology” and you should find a video of this person called “Mr. Anderson” (the username is something like bozeman…?) and he explains ecology perfectly, and he also goes over all the labs, which are on the AP exam. </p>
<p>Good luck! As of right now, I’m hoping the curve is generous, but I’m worried about the new no guessing penalty thing… :(</p>
<p>How accurate are the CliffsNotes ap bio tests? I got a 86/100 on the MC with 32 on the frq which turns out to be a 5. Would the curve change that by much this year?</p>
<p>Bozeman Biology on Youtube is also pretty good!</p>
<p>Has anyone analyszed the frequency of each letter being the correct answer on MC?</p>
<p>I’ve been told that, for a test that has even distribution of answer frequency such as ACT, when taking wild guesses one should pick one letter and use it for all. That way you should get 1/4 of your wild guesses correct.</p>
<p>If you can eliminate some choices, that is not the way to go. I’m just talking about wild guesses.</p>
<p>Should be 1/5 - my bad.</p>
<p>11 days till the test. Do you guys ever get a little stumped when wording FRQ essays? I mean, I took a rather cursory glance through previous tests. I know that I’m given 90 minutes + 10 minutes of planning, but it seems that I’m likely to miss a lot of material.</p>
<p>So… would they not give you points if you write something that’s not listed on the scoring guidelines but is completely relevant to the question?</p>
<p>I know that on some of the scoring guidelines the College Board makes a note that the list is not inclusive. If that doesn’t answer your question, my guess is that they would accept your answer as long as it’s valid and it answers the question.</p>
<p>@cichildkeeper.
Well if you are completely taking a wild guess, you should probably pick one letter, and usually your best bet is something besides C. But since there’s no guessing penalty, every bubble should be filled in this year when you answer. </p>
<p>Also, on each test, naturally, there’s a 1/5 chance that a certain letter, say A for example, has more of a probability of coming up than the other letters. That means if you randomly guess one consistent letter, you’re going to have a 1/5 chance of guessing correctly, but then also a 1/5 chance on the entire test of picking that certain letter. So, if you do guess consistently one letter, your average score will be a little more than 20%, but it’s either a hit or miss. </p>
<p>Just something cool to think about for the people who are really not feeling safe about this test (like myself) :P</p>
<p>Anyone have any frq predictions? I say definitely one evolution, probably one plant, probably one of the systems, probably one biotech thing (transformation).</p>
<p>I haven’t checked in here for a while. My teacher has been horrible. Although I’ve been self studying for a while, I’m really nervous.</p>
<p>Has anybody entered freak out mode yet? I’ll probably hit that wall Wednesday . . .</p>
<p>If the exam is the 9th, I’ll probably freak out by at least Wednesday or Thursday…x(</p>