<p>How is everyone preparing?
I’m just doing Cliff’s and maybe Barron’s and about 10-15 practice tests.</p>
<p>I think that should be enough to get a 5 - right?</p>
<p>@jollybolly Yeah I definitely think that’s enough. </p>
<p>Also, how do you study off your practice tests? I usually just make flash cards on every question I get wrong, but does anybody have a more efficient way to study?</p>
<p>WOW. I just came across this thread for the second time in a while and read across every post. Found some useful links! Thanks guys! Bought Barrons and kinda regretting it after reading through this thread, but a lot of people said that they got a 5 with Barrons and practically everyone in my class has it. </p>
<p>We took a released practice exam last week, and I got a THREE. I was expecting at least a 4 or a 5. I was pretty shocked… This is my first AP, but I have a good grade in the class. I guess takin the released exams would be a good idea. </p>
<p>Also, discovered Bozemanbiology on YouTube yesterday and really recommend it for quick review.</p>
<p>is Bozemanbiology’s videos about the Labs enough? I’m self-studying so what should I do for the labs? Do i need to know all the procedures, or what should I focus on? Thanks!</p>
<p>Bozeman has good reviews of all 12 labs.</p>
<p>I’ve already hit panic mode… as a self-studier, I know there are those sections I haven’t really covered yet. I also don’t know how much homework I’m going to have. I hope teachers are a bit more lenient this week, and that I can study with my friends in the mornings.</p>
<p>I’ve “hit panic mode” as well…we have literally covered NO anatomy/physiology topics, and we apparently are going to spend half a day on each system…this wasnt really scaring me becasue my teacher said there is not too much tested on these topics, but looking at past frqs there were surprisingly a LOT on them I thought. If only I didnt have to relearn everythign in euro history after the French Rev. I might actually have time to thoroughly learn them! Lol.</p>
<p>Guys, my teacher didn’t go over ANY of the 12 labs, and didn’t even tell us that there was a frq about them. We also haven’t done biotech yet and we pretty much skipped learning about hormones. My bio class is effectively self-study at this point.</p>
<p>is there no guessing penalty on this years test? That’s what one of the posts said but I didn’t know college board made that change</p>
<p>@mmafanatic9 Correct, no guessing penalty this year, which probably means we can expect a much harsher corve. Any predictions as to the curve for a 5 this year? I’m guessing around 70% or more.</p>
<p>According to this AP Calculator thing I found, it’s around 64%…what has it been in past years? I’m not sure how accurate this thing is, although it claims it is what the new curves (without the guessing penalty) will be around…I hope it’s 64, because that just seems so much more friendlier than 70%!</p>
<p>Apparently, colleges are getting ****ed with college board, so the curves are getting harder and harder</p>
<p>My teacher for our final gave us the AP Exam from an earlier year (somehow he can get them being a teacher), it had the 100 multiple choice and the 4 essay questions and we took it over the course of three days. I got a 5 on it which equated to a 100% on the final which I was pretty happy with since I didn’t study a lot and thought I was going to do bad on the Circulatory System, Immune System, DNA Replication, Cell Replication and Photosynthesis since I hadn’t studied for them since I we were tested on them earlier in the year. Do you think this will correlate with the exam this year? (this exam since it was old had the guessing penalty factored into it but I answered every question even if I didn’t think I had it.</p>
<p>Hello.
I am currently taking AP Bio class; the official exam will be on next monday. Because I am sophomore right now and have two more years to go (which mean I will forget majority of Information I learned during AP Bio class), I am planning to self-study during these two years until go to college to keep my memory intact. I am thinking of buying used Campbell Biology textbook and read it through two years or reading my lecture notes and study guides & prep books like Cliffs. What kind of studying should I do to keep my memory intact?</p>
<p>Also is there any Biology study guide (other than textbook) book which is more detailed than AP Bio prep books like Barrons but less detailed than textbooks?</p>
<p>Good luck and let us get 5!!!</p>
<p>I only have a couple more units to cover (Animal Reproduction, Structure, and Behavior, and Ecology) and I’m done! Then hopefully around Wednesday I will start my epic review.</p>
<p>Same… Except I’m mostly done with Animal Structure, and instead have to focus on Plants. And it’s just lovely that all my teachers are giving more work…</p>
<p>The only bright side is that I’ve been working on two essays for Bio due tomorrow that aren’t bad for evolution review (even if they’re done for an Honors class).</p>
<p>I’m so scared about this exam. I’ve done pretty much everything except some body systems.</p>
<p>Why don’t we help each other to review? Just post the information that you feel is important to know for this exam. You might say why don’t we just read the book on our own instead of retyping the stuff in the book on here. Well, first of all as you’ll type it at the same time you’ll reiterate for your self and you’ll remember it better. And second of all, I feel like it’s more interesting to read from cc than from any of your review book. Lol so, I’ll get it started. </p>
<p>Relationship of structure to functions is very important concept to understand for this exam (according to my teacher, at least) </p>
<p>Examples:
*the behavior of an element is determined by its atomic structure; difference in the number of neutrons of an atom accoynts for different behaviors;</p>
<p>*the bio fulnction of a molecule is directly related to its shape</p>
<p>*carbon’s structure unables it to form 4 cov.bonds in variety of shapes and this adds strength and support to large organic macromolecules.</p>
<p>*the structure of the endoplasmic reticulum directly relates to its function. If the ER. Is covered with ribosomes, it is considered to be rough e.r. This organelle functions in the synthesis of secretory proteins. </p>
<p>If e.r. is not covered with ribosomes, it is smooth er. This organelle functions in many metabolic processes (such as detoxification of drugs, synthesis of hormones and lipids)</p>
<p>Golgi apparatus is a polar structure and this allowes both the shipping and receiving to take place at one organelle.</p>