<p>what do you mean that they're lenient on the MC?</p>
<p>You can miss some, and still get a good score. It's like that for most AP exams...</p>
<p>How should I study for this test? What sites, books, ect are helpful and what are YOU doing</p>
<p>bump c'mon guys don't let this die.</p>
<p>Personally I like to read the passage first because if I read question stems I can selectively read the passage for answers. I first read the passage, get a good meaning, and then attack the individual questions.</p>
<p>would buying a prep book be helpful for this exam? if so, which brand have you guys thought to be the best?</p>
<p>so, my ap teacher claims to be an accurate ap grader, and ive gotten 8s and 9s on pretty much every esasy this year, with the occasional 7</p>
<p>if i get like...two 8s and a 9, how many multiple choice questions can i miss to still get a 5? reading comprehension is not my thing :( i only got a 730 on the SAT after fairly intense studying</p>
<p>Dude! 8's and 9's consistently?</p>
<p>How'd you manage that? Tell me your secrets =D</p>
<p>I only got like 2 8's this whole year, mainly 7's and 6's.... =/</p>
<p>If you DO get all 8's on your essays, you'll only need like 25-35 on the mc to get a 5, depending on the curve</p>
<p>I am gonna shoot for a 4. Any advice as to number of mc and essay scores I need?</p>
<p>sadly i dont have any secrets, its one of the few things that i can naturally do fairly well</p>
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<p>After the CHem and Psych AP exams on Tues, I'll try to answer as many questions as I can, since I had a pretty good teacher. It'll help me review for the AP exam as well as help you guys. Right now, back to Bio though.</p>
<p>Thank you so much.</p>
<p>Here is my two cents on reading passages first vs. reading questions first. I ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS read passages first. I try to get a feel for the whole idea of the passage and let that drive my answers. Then when I read a question I try to form what I think the answer would be and when I read the choices I pick what's closest to my answer. It's not fool proof and of course there are questions that it doesn't work for but I always use this method and I usually do pretty well on the multiple choice (I got a 50/54 on a released AP Lang exam and between 49 and 51 on practice tests in my review book).</p>
<p>For the ones who read the entire passages, do you read it thoroughly to the last word or skim it to get the main ideas? I'm sure some of you guys could even read with extreme speed while getting all the main ideas at the same time, but I'm not like you guys.</p>
<p>I've been doing horrible in practice MC tests that my teacher offers (getting <60%). I want tips too!</p>
<p>^I skim to get the main ideas. It usually helps on the majority of the questions, and on the specific questions about certain sections of the passage I go back and look. On a whole just knowing the author's main purpose and tone helps A LOT...at least for me.</p>
<p>What if you don't know what you've just read sometimes?</p>
<p>Does that mean you're screwed?</p>
<p>My teacher always tells us that CB wants you to "Have a conversation with the documents" for the synthesis. I think it sounds funny. But it helps me to think of it like that.<br>
Plus I am hoping to get an 8 or a 9 on the synthesis cause we did so many DBQs in History. that will hopefully help</p>
<p>Anyone have an idea about the synthesis topic for the exam? I have been trying to guess ahead, and my best is maybe stem cell/bioengineering...</p>
<p>BTW zfox001-your teacher is correct. Dialogue with the test is what they look for.</p>
<p>As far as reading first/previewing questions first-best advice-practice find what works for you.</p>
<p>SilverDragon795-If you get stuck, read some of overview questions to see if they lead you to a "feeling" then reread the first and last paragraphs and look for tone/language shifts.</p>