<p>^She needed a job, but next year is her last year teaching. She’s going to med school.</p>
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Okay, that’s still quite weird.</p>
<p>Hi, I’ve been read posts here for awhile but i finally decided to join (:</p>
<p>I’ll be taking AP Bio this yr as one of my APs (I’ll be a junior in the fall)</p>
<p>@082349 well, my school is in the Texas countryside, we have a serious lack of good teachers. They’ll hire anyone with a Bachelor’s in any field to teach any subject.</p>
<p>@girlofpurple: Welcome to College Confidential, good luck.</p>
<p>Hello there, I plan on self-studying and I have a question or two.
- does it overlap a lot w/ the subject test? Does the AP exam go into detail.
- for the frqs, any advice?
- will cliffs be enough on its own or will I need to buy campbell.</p>
<p>I haven’t taken the AP Bio test or the Bio subject test so no idea. I have heard that the exam is in general very simplified.</p>
<p>The FRQs seem easy enough.</p>
<p>To be on the safe side buy Campbell’s 6th edition on Amazon, the used is less than $10</p>
<p>@dylandlima how would you recomend me to go about reading it should I focus on the details or should I strive for comprehension and understand the large concepts.</p>
<p>The large concepts all the way. No question.
Stuff like:
Repiration
Evolution
etc.</p>
<p>I think you’re on a roll, dylandlima; you should have no problem. I took it last year, and had a little bit of trouble with it, but then again I’m not a science-y person. IMO 5 Steps to a 5 was very helpful, as well as the 8th AP Edition Biology textbook by Neil Campbell.</p>
<p>I have the sixth edition, that’s all my school has I’m afraid. What did you end up making on the exam? My only problem is that my teacher is less than stellar.</p>
<p>I had a terrible Biology teacher and all I did was read the entire Barrons book starting at the beginning of April.</p>
<p>I got a 5. It all depends on your studying style, I am good at first time reading memorization.</p>
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Spew out as much information as you can. If you think something is even remotely related to the question being asked, write it down. Don’t stop writing until time is called… you will always be able to think of something else to add.</p>
<p>I’m taking AP Bio next year too, along with 5 others ): I’m not the average CC kid, so I’m pretty freaked out right now, especially because a few are heavy on reading and memorization (Euro History, Bio, US History). I’m “starting to study” this summer, although it’s honestly just going to be reading through my Cliffs book that I bought yesterday (yes, my fourth of July afternoon was spent going to Barnes and Noble) and possibly starting reading through/skimming my Campbells textbook so life will be easier on me once school starts up.</p>
<p>@bethechange: I’m not a super genius (AKA “the average CC kid”) either, and I got a 5. If you’re taking the class in school, just keep up with your assignments, read Campbell’s throughout the year (work at a pace comfortable for you; even if you don’t finish the text book, you can still review from Cliff’s and get a fair understanding of the last bit of content), and be sure to review with Cliff’s before the exam, from front-to-back.</p>
<p>The one thing that I swear by, and what I think made me so comfortable during the test, is taking released exams from previous years. I didn’t take any of the practice exams from the Cliff’s book or anything; I just took released exams and they help so much. Once you get through one of them, you realize that the test isn’t really that hard. ;)</p>
<p>Thank you for the tips! I’ve generally heard the same things around here. The hard part is getting down to business and applying myself. </p>
<p>As for prepping by taking the released exams, the idea of course is wonderful and guarenteed to help relax and prepare you, but where can I get them? Is it from the college board website (and if so, do I have to pay?) or are they floating around online or something else?</p>
<p>Im taking AP Biology next year and the teacher is suppost to be real good teacher although only 2 people got an A in her class so I’ll start to study Cliff notes or Barrons (not sure yet) beginning in the next couple of weeks</p>
<p>Question about the curriculum: How much human anatomy is on the curriculum or AP exam? Is it enough to be worth taking an anatomy class? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.</p>
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<p>What you learn in your biology course (which is simply major parts and functions) should be enough. Also, keep in mind that biology also looks at the variations of systems in non-human animals as well.</p>
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<p>The subject test is just about on the same level as the AP multiple choice section. If you know the material you should do fine. Typically, people who take the subject test use a good review book (alone if taking the test before June) as well as some stuff from their textbook.</p>
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<p>Look at the free-response sections of past exams. A review book might not always be useful since you may need a significant amount of detail for a question. A textbook is best here.</p>
<p>I hate the AP Biology exam with every fiber of my being!
My advice?
1)Pay attention.
2)Labs are crucial! If your teacher doesn’t do all the labs use the Pearson Lab Bench. They have virtual labs for all 12 of the AP Labs.
3) Study! Biology is a lot of memorization.
4) Review and refresh yourself on old material often.</p>
<p>Wow. Thanks to all that contributed. Once school starts I will start putting up practice FRQ’s that we can try to answer. I don’t know where I’ll get them from. We can start doing some practice MC once school starts as well.</p>
<p>@ dylandlima, thanks for everything you are doing, you seem very dedicated and it will serve you well in life if you have this much of a passion for the sciences like myself. Its got to be hard to be motivated with such a crappy teacher, kind of like my physics teacher ( has a degree in biology) and can’t teach physics.</p>