<p>Cram as much as possible. Obviously the best way to ace the exam is to know it. Not too much detail in one area, but know a lot about everything. With math you want to know all the common problems for free response, they're similar every year.</p>
<p>To take the test, go fairly quickly unless you draw a complete blank, and guess always if you can eliminate anything or have any weird hunch that makes you think 1 answer is right( You don't have to get all of them right like in a class exam; I think this scares a lot of people)</p>
<p>hahaha that's hilariouss. (: LOL. yeah, this guy next to me was taking up all this space so i kind of angled myself facing away from him but some proctor came and yelled at me 'cause she said i was too close to my friend on the other side. -__-</p>
<p>thanks for the advice everyone! you guys rock. <3</p>
<p>one question though, how does caffeine 'break your brain'? i knew it was bad, but yeah. before AP bio i took a starbucks double shot espresso & i wasn't sure if it was good or not or what it would do to me during the test. hm. not sure if i should try it again next year. advice about caffeine usage?</p>
<p>i would say dont take caffeine at all. the thing is being tired is a lot, psychological. you dont have to be tired if you dont want to. however, there was a study saying that those who had caffeine before tests did have better focus</p>
<p>About the bubbling, I'd say definantly don't wait to the end. It's much better to do it in sets. I say it's always good to go with the 2 page or what's infront of you rule. Answer the all the questions on the two pages infront of you in the test packet. Circle or place some symbols next to questions you are not sure of & will come back later on. Then before you turn the page for more questions fill in all the ones you are sure of from you test booklet. Continue like this until you reach the end of MC. Then go back to look at the questions you didn't answer and decide but not to slowly if you want to take a guess or leave it blank, than fill in the bubble for that right away. With this process you answer questions faster for an uninterrupted time period, than are leaving as large of a chance of running out of time. The only problem I had with this is that when i was doing the US History exam last week the procter didn't give any warnings for the end of the test so while I was going back deciding on the ones I skipped I didn't get to finish. I was so angry since I distinctly asked her during the test when she was going to give a warning & was told at ten minutes to.
I think there is much less risk from bubbling in sets, than just the pure act of skipping questions. That is when I am most likly to fill in a wrong bubble. That's why you should always be semi-aware of matching question number with which answer number you are bubbling. One could do a general doublecheck at the beginning of a set & at the end.</p>
<p>My best advice would be to guess on everything. Chances are that you can eliminate ATLEAST one, and most likely 2 or 3. If you had the class and learned well, chances are, your best guess/instinct actually has a factual basis somewhere in the back of your mind. Its a point that you would have otherwise left blank.</p>