<p>@Celtics, it’s my pleasure. I do have a passion for the sciences, but not for crappy teachers. lol</p>
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- Many AP Bio teachers have them and use them in class as practice. You can ask your teacher if you can borrow a copy.
- You can buy them from the CollegeBoard website. For example, here is the 2008 exam: [2008</a> AP® Biology Released Exam](<a href=“Store App”>Store App)
- They are floating around online, you can ask around and some people might have them. PM me.</p>
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The labs really aren’t that crucial. For the one lab FRQ question, unless it is a design your own experiment question, you simply pretty much use the info given and your AP Bio knowledge to answer it.</p>
<p>Knowing the labs won’t help, but it’s not exactly a top priority.</p>
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[AP:</a> Biology](<a href=“AP Biology Exam – AP Students | College Board”>AP Biology Exam – AP Students | College Board)</p>
<p>What I did is picked a random set from a random previous year, and went through them like it was the REAL thing. I sat down, set a timer, and answered the questions with whatever knowledge I had. Then I used the scoring guidelines (included in the link above) to grade my responses. This was truly helpful because it showed me that including random little things can often score points. It also illustrated what kinds of things I need to include in my responses. I was very surprised on how well I did on the FRQs because some of them I didn’t have a single clue how to answer.</p>
<p>I hope these tips help you all as much as they helped me! The key is to not stress, pace yourself, and simulate the real thing as much as possible. Being calm, cool, and confident is a great way to increase your chances of doing fantastically!</p>
<p>Thanks^ this is helpful information.</p>
<p>I’ll be taking AP Biology this coming year too. I’m kind of nervous but I think I’ll do fine as long as I commit to studying. This thread will be a big help as well :)</p>
<p>It sounds like lotsa ppl on here already got their textbook…?</p>
<p>I heard that my teacher stopped giving out summer work for ap bio… (which of course is awesome, seeing as i gotta read about 2,000+ pages and write a single spaced 17 pg report for ap lang lol) but i’d kinda like to be able to flip through the textbook…</p>
<p>has anyone used princeton review? i bought that one, cliffs w/cd, and 5 steps to a 5 (haha went kinda crazy XD)</p>
<p>As of now, I will also be self-studying AP Bio this year in addition to AP Chem and Honors Physics (might take the AP Physics B Exam).
Will the 7 released exams since 1986 be sufficient or do I need more? ;)</p>
<p>@girlofpurple, yes I checked out my book the last day of school so I could flip through. I bought the Princeton Review, probably will buy Cliff’s, maybe REA. </p>
<p>@Lightsource: Where did you find the 7 exams?</p>
<p>^A variety of places. There was this one website: Testfrenzy (I can post the name now since the AP Exams on the site were taken down) that had a BUNCH of old AP Exams. Unfortunately, all the AP Exams were taken down due to legal issues. I also “traded” with people on the Internet to fill up my collection.</p>
<p>Do you think you could share a couple of exams with us?</p>
<p>^You’re going to have to ask SeekingUni; I got in trouble for sharing already. :(</p>
<p>Who did you get into trouble with?</p>
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CC. 10char</p>
<p>^You posted something publicly?</p>
<p>^I’m not going to go into detail here; but, if you really are starting to study for Bio now, on top of having a class, I’m sure the 2 released exams you can buy from CB will be more than sufficient.</p>
<p>It’s alright I guess. I have heard the multiple choice isn’t that hard, but in my prepbook I looked at some of the questions and they blew my mind. I guess that’s normal since I haven’t started studying really. </p>
<p>And the CB’s released exams are seriously a rip-off. 25 for one exam? seriously? that’s almost half the cost of the actual exam.</p>
<p>My advice on how to study would be to read and reread.</p>
<p>I think its helpful to have an easy book and a in depth one, and you read the same concept twice, once for the main idea, and once for the details. Thats what helped me the most, is doing it in layers. its easier that way. You will learn faster because youll have a framework to put the details in.</p>
<p>And just do a little bit at a time when you can if youre going to self study. Then get a review book a couple months before the AP test, and study it. Anything that you have trouble with, go back to the detailed text and brush up.</p>
<p>Thats how i studied (though i did take the class) and it worked great,</p>
<p>@silverprints, do you remember what review book you used?</p>
<p>^Almost all of them used Cliff’s.</p>
<p>I used barrons, but in all honest I dont think it matters which one you use, they all say pretty much the same thing. And if you use them correctly, you arent actually learning from it, just remembering what you learned from the text, so just get your favorite.</p>
<p>I used barrons because I trust them, and because I like the layout of their books.</p>
<p>Thank you :)</p>