<p>I'm struggling a lot with AP Biology. I just can't seem to keep up with the class and am failing every test. I just got a C and that is going to look bad for my transcript since I'm a senior tring to build up my 3.5UW. My parents don't know I have a C yet.</p>
<p>I want to drop it but now I am forced to take it to try and get an A so I get average the first grade to a B but that seems too hard right now. Jesus christ, I am so stressed out!!</p>
<p>What did you guys to do with your hard classes?</p>
<p>(This is after I cry my eyes out for claiming myself a failure in life, and then, I end up drinking bottles of soda and eating lots of candy and then, I cram for hours!) </p>
<p>It's very fun.</p>
<p>Usually, my panicking begins around 12 AM, and then, I stop at 3 AM for a couple hours of sleep. I attend school later. I panic again. I eat more candy and soda. I cram and go crazy and boost my morale by randomly yelling out technical words and then I cram. OH! And this is when I have exams for my BIO class at the CC!</p>
<p>NOW, the chaos was in the midst of several severe personal problems and conditions that really inflicted great damage to my grades, and overall, my life. I expect things to level out as I find an ideal studying plan.</p>
<p>For now, I am virtually setting myself for failure! Oh the drama!</p>
<p>haha That's me too. I'll be dying under a bridge someday after I flunk my AP classes and don't get into college. At least I'll get lots of sleep</p>
<p>It's not that BIO201 is wicked hard! I just put soooooooooo much on my plate and it everything, oh wow, just reached a climax in stress levels in all facets of my life! It was a complete mess and I'm currently recovering.</p>
<p>I thought AP bio was easy. Do you read the chapters in the book? I recommend buying the book and <em>highlighting</em>. The highlighting worked really well for me. Also, does your book have a cd in the back? Those are really really helpful, especially since they have practice tests on them. If your book doesn't have a cd, you might be able to find a textbook in the library that does have one. (I had Biology, 6th edition, by Campbell and Reece). You could also make outlines of the chapters (this helps a lot if you learn by writing), or buy the AP review book and take the mini tests at the back of each chapter. Just to let you know, if your experience is the same as mine, the AP test is a lot easier than the class itself, and the SATII is even easier.</p>
<p>what's easy for one isn't easy for another, personally, after stress at home, my grades rapidly dropped in math, my weakness, however ap bio is my strength, but I know how it feels to fail test after test</p>
<p>Look on the book publisher's website. Mine has practice tests, chapter summaries, and all manner of useful things. Do the work, read the chapters, go in for extra help if necessary. Don't get too depressed.</p>
<p>For AP Bio, I read the section in the book while the teacher is doing that section's worth of notes/lecture (I halfway listen to what she's saying) so I usually end up reading ~4 pages of the book in fragments during the period. Then, usually on a weekend or when I have free time, I read the chapter again in its entirety to sort of tie up any loose ends. Then, the day before the test I read the reviews in CliffsNotes AP Biology book to just get the big picture solid in my head. Also, I know it sounds weird, but when you read, don't just read but read and really become comfortable and knowledgeable about the material. Although it takes longer, it really helps elucidate complicated processes (like photosynthesis, respiration, etc.). </p>
<p>For the "hard" classes I have trouble with, I just do every review available to me. For example, the whole simplifying trigonometric identities in Precalc was a little iffy for me, so I did all of the review problems in the book for that section, even though the teacher only assigned a few. For me at least, it seems like it has to just "click" and then I am comfortable with the material. Sometimes this takes 1 minute and sometimes, like the identities, takes a while longer. In AP Bio especially, just take a minute after you learn something that isn't immediately clear to reread or think about it so it can "click". </p>
<p>reading the book in ap bio is super hard and i cant stand it, i learn most of it by takeing lecture notes and takeing pratice MC tests. serously you can learn more form taking a test and correcting it then by listning to a lecture (usually).</p>
<p>I skim through our text book because it is very in depth and provides more information than we need to know. I read through the study guide that accompanies my text and do the practice tests. My book also comes with a cd-rom that I use to study for tests. It works really well for me.</p>
<p>Campbell's textbook (what most AP Bio classes use) can be tricky. It's sort of like with my history textbook this year (American Pageant). It's really boring, so you have to make a game out of studying. What's most important is that you pay attention in class first, so that when you're reading, you recognize the main ideas, and build on them with the little details the teacher doesn't mention. Reading the textbook is a MUST. I realized that after the first few tests I'd done rather poorly on :)</p>
<p>I actually thought reading the bio book was interesting, lol. I'm like, the biggest nerd ever. I also thought trig functions were fun & the best part of pre-calc. I'm such a loser, and I love it :)</p>
<p>But, if you're seriously having trouble, go buy the cliffnotes AP bio book. Its written in readable english, unlike the Campbell's textbook, which sucks. Plus, its cheap, 20 dollars.</p>
<p>AP Calculus BC. I'm getting a C+ first quarter. I'm changing my college list now because there's no way I'm getting accepted into half the colleges I started applying to with that grade. <em>cries</em></p>