My teacher has been giving us a ton of practice (MCs and FRQs) but hasn’t handed any of them back, so I have no idea how prepared I actually am. Does anyone have any suggestions on a review book I could use that would prepare me within a month?
I’m aiming for a 5, by the way.
@ellipticmodulo Litvin’s is the most concise review book. Barron’s is good, but it has a lot of excess material. Is that a common theme with all of their books? Lol. I have both and I find Litvin’s easier to understand and more manageable for someone wanting to study in small chunks. Barron’s MC’s are really tricky though. The point of the questions are to help you be aware of common mistakes, not to get them right the first time. Use Barron’s only if you REALLY don’t understand a concept.
Is it too late to sign up for the exam?? Due to certain reasons, I was not able to sign up earlier
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I got a quick question, I find the Barrons practice tests to be pretty difficult. With less than a month before the exam, I want to know whether the Barrons practice test is accurate in terms of difficulty to the real thing?
^wondering the same thing
@Batmoose My problem with Barron’s is that their multiple choice questions don’t really represent the ones on the AP exam. Litvin’s is closer, but its problems are a little bit harder than what we’ll actually see. At this point, I’d start taking actual exams from previous years to get a feel for the test. The exam is way easier than what the prep books give you!
Thanks!
Also, this might be too late but how do I do the AP comp sci labs if I’m self studying.
I don’t think you can get access to the labs if you’re self-studying. But that’s okay; the labs aren’t on the exam.
@Batmoose The labs are available for anyone who wants to use them. Just do a quick search.
Anyone have any go to websites for studying? Mine are interactivepython.org (java section buried somewhere) and edhesive.com by far.
anyone have any access to released multiple choices or released practice exams? If so, can they PM me?
The only ones out are the 2008 and 2009
My teacher has access to all the past multiple choice tests like 2015,14,13,12 all apcs teachers have it. Tomorrow we will be taking a practice exam in the class. We have 3 hours of class tomorrow thats why
Anyone know if late version of exam is harder?
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@trynagetthere CB says they should be equal in difficulty.
Does anyone know a safe MC score goal for a 5? I keep getting around a 30/40 and that doesn’t give me a lot of room to mess up on the FRQs. I usually make 3 or 4 points below the cutoff score (out of 80) for a 5. Any tips for bumping my MC score up a few questions?
Yes, the “late exam” should be comparable in difficulty to the regular exam. It’s designed with that in mind.
@Hamlon same here, I keep getting around 30 on the Multiple choice, and there’s always a few things I miss in the FRQs. I average around 55 right now, one more practice test to go.
@Batmoose What practice tests are you using? My teacher is only giving our class Barron’s and the 2015 released exam. The catch is that we can’t take the released exam home to study with because my teacher is worried we’re going to post everything on the internet. I low-key wished they kept Grid World, so I could take the past released exams and still accurately know where I am score-wise instead of having to skip the 10 Grid World questions.
wait so labs aren’t on the exam? are they just for showing students the application of different methods?
@dango98 Yes.