<p>I'm taking my first AP (Bio) on monday. I'm really nervous. </p>
<p>What should I do/bring..etc? Do we get breaks in between? </p>
<p>Is it true you have to write the essays in pen? (no, our teacher never actually went over that with us..)</p>
<p>cool good luck im taking ap bio as well but this is like my 5th ap test.
no need to panic! bring some snacks, a drink something to not get u hungry or make u want to use the bathroom during the test. </p>
<p>Do not bring any calculators.</p>
<p>Number 2 pencils are used for MC and it is scantron based.
For the Free response u use a pen, but dont worry about any of these...the proctor makes u read the directions before u open any seals. </p>
<p>For AP biology, the break will be after 100 multiple choice questions...most likely a 10minute break.</p>
<p>LAST MINUTE AP BIO questions:</p>
<p>so how many out of 100 MC q's should be correct to get AT LEAST a 4 or 5 and lets say bomb essays or do fairly well ???</p>
<p><em>I'm thinking about leaving 10-20 confusing ones blank...is that a good idea?</em></p>
<p>and how well do you need to do on the essays, i know each is 10 points, but surely you can't get 5 on each and still get a 4, is that a 3??? (what are the national averages, do they curve essays?)</p>
<p><strong><em>SORRY I posted 3 times, but I want a reasonable answer in order to prepare correctly...test efficiently</em></strong></p>
<p>I think you have to get around 80-85% correct (and 10 wrong). Seriously, I don't think leaving things blank are good ideas, unless you really have no answers eliminated.</p>
<p>If you can get such result, you can get 4's on your essays, and probably get a 4.
I based this on the 2002 test. I think that what they do is that if you get 100% correct on the MC, you can't get a 5 regardless.</p>
<p>aren't there 120 questions?</p>
<p>spazattack, No, it's 100. I think that it used to be 120, then 110, and now it's 100.</p>
<p>AP:</a> Biology</p>
<p>Do we need to know cell signaling? like G-protein linked receptors and tyrosine kinase? I don't see it on the biology outline on the CB website, but I just want to make sure.</p>
<p>I see that it is 60% mc and 40% frq, but what are the multiplies for each raw score since mc is out of 100 and frq is out of 40? Is it .6 for the MC and 1 for the FRQ, making the total possible points = 100pts?</p>
<p>im worried im not gonna do well i need your guys opinon..... okay so as a class we took 3 practice exams from barrons test prep and one from 5 steps to a 5 and did very well........ but then the other day we took one off the college board and lots of ppl did bad...... this a bad sign or wat?</p>
<p>kinda, since the college board questions are the BEST type of questions, I suggest you take practice 2002/1999 test for more help, I find PR, Barron's, company questions try and make it similar BUT never exact and Barron's is known for hard Q's, so just study crazy and you'll be fine</p>
<p>this yr's new edition of questions (predicted, not from an actual test) are from CB right?</p>
<p>to calculate your predicted score plug in the equation in your calculator</p>
<p>y = -0.75x + 72.333 <-- for a 5
y = -0.75x + 59 <-- for a 4
y = -0.75x + 47 <-- for a 3</p>
<p>this is simplified from:
.9[x - 0.25(100-x)] + 1.5y = 86 <-- for a 5
.9[x - 0.25(100-x)] + 1.5y = 66 <-- for a 4
.9[x - 0.25(100-x)] + 1.5y = 48 <-- for a 3</p>
<p>Where x = number correct on MC
y = points earned on FRQ</p>
<p>Assuming that you didn't skip any questions, answered all.</p>
<p>This is a general guideline because the 5,4,3, cutoffs vary each year.
I'm using what the my Sparknotes book says: 86 for 5, 66 for 4, 48 for 3.
This is also on the 150 point system, but I think they changed it this year.</p>
<p>Credits to me, I came up with this formula. Hehe :)</p>
<p>Thanks, happy calculating.</p>
<p>lol i think your going overboard-this isn't a math test! but good job einstein</p>
<p>anyways, FOR THE 2008 BIO AUDIT EXAM PRACTICE FREE RESPONSE, are these questions/topics LIKELY ON MONDAY'S AP EXAM, OR JUST FOR PRACTICE? let me know, thanks</p>
<p>What are some Heredity/genetic topics to study for free response? (since I don't think they will put something like molecular genetics and recombinant DNA using plasmids as it was used last year)</p>