I’m a bit bummed this isn’t here yet, and I really hope I’m making it in the right place.</p>
I’m super psyched for this class–can anyone who’s taken the test before give a basic rundown of the areas covered? I know the AP class only covers a small portion of the psychology fields. </p>
<p>Got a 5.
Long term studying: Prioritize Barron’s over your textbook when studying.
Short term studying: REA Crash course psychology PDF format is online so use that</p>
<p>Additional notes:
Lots of vocabulary so start making flashcards at the beginning of the year! Don’t wait until a month before the exam to cram.
Reading the prep book is pretty much all I did and I got a 5. My summer homework was to make flashcards for the important people and key terms so I carried that habit over untill the end of my course.</p>
<p>I’m curious how this class can effectively squeeze an overview of all of Psychology itself into one course. </p>
<p>Me too! I will be taking AP Psych this year as well, however because of my school schedule I don’t start taking it until mid-January. It’ll be interesting to see how they fit it into only a semester.</p>
<p>It’s only a semester long class in college. @PazonFire it only touches the very surface.</p>
<p>Alas, the only AP social studies class DD could fit into her schedule was AP Psych with the really bad teacher. Just a few days into the class it is incredibly obvious she will learn more about his family than any material that might show up on the test. The only benefit is placing out of the class in college - but looks like she will need a 5 for that. Should be very possible - she got 5’s on much harder tests - but she will need to self-study. @donteatacat - you mentioned Barrons and REA… will those work well in her situation and does anyone else have any other suggestions? </p>
<p>@Poohbah29
Barron’s will get her an easy 5 nothing else is really necessary except maybe some old practice multiple choice tests she can find online</p>
<p>Three chapters into Psychology as a course and it’s insanely easy so far, not to mention enjoyable.</p>
<p>I think that’s a good thing. </p>
<p>I think I’m going to self-study AP Psych this year since apparently the course at my school sucks and is harder than it should be. Thoughts?</p>
A thread was created a while back:
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/history-social-sciences/1671540-ap-psychology-2014-2015.html
I noticed that no one has created a thread for this yet. The test is in a week. How prepared are you guys and how many pts out of 150 do you will will be needed for a 5? It was 112 in 2007 and 105 in 2004, but i have heard of curves as low as in the 80s.
Wow this is so old. The last post was from november 0_0
September. But yes, always Google first.
less than a week until the test guys!
@treefiddy and everyone else: how are you reviewing for the test?
@hypebeast23 I’m using barrons and 5 steps to a 5 along with 500 questions to know b4 test day. I’m so scareddddddddd.
yeah i’m using 5 steps also. i’m pretty scared but i think we can pull 5’s.
i’ve been taking practice tests and scoring 4s and 5s. wbu?
same here. but i really really want a 5. I heard u need like an 80% MC and 30/50 FRQ?
nah that’s on a really rough curve. if you get 70% MC you should be almost guaranteed a 5, but you really need to score 60+ on MC as long as you do fairly decent on the FRQs.
R u sure??? The FRQs can be easy or hard for me depending on the question. I really wonder what this year’s is gonna be. It can make or break me 
yeah the FRQs vary a lot. sometimes hard and sometimes easy. when we finish the test, should we discuss the FRQs first? maybe list out the FRQ terms?