<p>I studied the entire book, self study
barrons book (1 month)</p>
<p>when i took the practice test
i only get 50%</p>
<p>some of you say that colleges see this as a joke, right? like, you can take the test and pass it without studying</p>
<p>how?? it's not all common sense. there's a lot of statistics and stuff too</p>
<p>yeah its a joke if you actually have the class and a book or whatnot. i took it last year as a soph. with NO preparation but that of AP bio. by no preparation i mean the ecology chapters of biology and thats IT. i just walked in and took it and got a 3. i did well on the FRQs but i probably like got 30 multiple choice right. its not a joke if you didnt study. 50% isnt all thyat bad on an ap test of you know where to omit actually... but yeah i mean id suggest studying even more so you can get a 4 or 5.</p>
<p>i todl someone else on another thread, it requires a lot of reading</p>
<p>i actually signed up for it thinking it was easy then simply canceled it because it couldn't fit in for me. also notice only 25% get a 4 or a 5! That's one of the lowest curves</p>
<p>If you're taking AP bio it's MUCH easier. It's not the fact that it's easy, but it's not really recognized as much, and a lot of schools don't offer it yet.</p>
<p>what is much easier if i'm taking AP bio?
AP Enviscience?
i'm taking AP Bio right now.</p>
<p>I meant if you're not doing self-study for one, sorry about that</p>
<p>I took it and got a 1 (I studied too.) There is a lot of information that goes along with it, so it's no joke.</p>
<p>... Now I'm really, really nervous for the environmental science AP test.</p>
<p>Ugh.</p>
<p>ah</p>
<p>any other ap es experiences?</p>
<p>50% isnt bad at all, based on AP curves. If you prep a bit more, you can probably raise ur raw percentage to 65% or so, which is almost always a 5.</p>
<p>I am not nervous at all about the APES test. Took AP bio last year, self-studying this year. I dont think im even gonna bother buying a prep book.</p>