<p>I am a senior and I'm taking AP Biology. I never passed a AP Biology Mulitple Choice test ever!! Never gotten a D! :(
I study the night before every test but the problem is that it doesn't stay in my head. Once I study my notes...the information slips out of my mind! I don't know..maybe it's too much information crammed into my head..because AP Biology requires a lot of remembering and it just isn't getting into my head. I have to study about 3-4 chapters for every test and that's too much! I'm so overwhelmed! Plus, I have to study for the essay questions too. What can I do to improve on the AP Biology multiple choice tests?! What are some good ways to study for subjects like AP Biology that requires remembering vast amount of information?
I really need some help cuz I'm failing the class and I need to pass every class for this second semester. Please give me some tips to improve my test scores!! thanks!</p>
<p>bump…someone please reply to my thread!</p>
<p>First things first!</p>
<p>relax</p>
<p>2nd</p>
<p>review your notes and book progressively
ask a friend for help!</p>
<p>study online via the internet</p>
<p>you’ll be fine bt don’t panick!</p>
<p>grow a brain…literally…in a vat of liquid medium</p>
<p>If you use Campbell, and your book comes with a CD…</p>
<p>… take the CD and use the “flash cards” for the chapters you’re working on…</p>
<p>… memorize all the terms…</p>
<p>… rinse and repeat.</p>
<p>My class sounds very similar to yours. I haven’t done so well on the Ap Biology test either, at least how well I would like.</p>
<p>read the outlines on course-notes.org. skip the textbook.</p>
<p>MARK UP YOUR OUTLINES LIKE CRAZY!!! write in margins, highlight key terms, etc. i feel that actively reading the outline really helps. i only read the outline once, but a pen and highlighter are always at my hand.
i usually get one or two MC questions wrong (out of 50+), and i’m sure it’s because of my active reading of the outline. there are kids in the class who use the textbook and study after they read and get 60-70s.</p>
<p>do u mean that u START studying the night before…?</p>
<p>^ best strategy ever, since the material is fresh in your head when you go to take the test…</p>
<p>another tip: study 5min before the test also so the material is even fresher</p>
<p>yes I meant that I study the night before the test…</p>
<p>lmao, mcb-i assume that’s sarcasm.</p>
<p>twilightgirl-these 3-4 chapter tests r NOT meant for night-before cramming. they’re meant to take after weeks of reading+preparing, every night, since the first night u start the new chapter. good luck : )</p>
<p>I never study in the few minutes before a test. It just crowds out useful stuff you actually know.</p>
<p>I use course notes. I don’t remember if it’s .org or .com and I’m a bit lazy atm but before I read the chapter I look at their slideshows and their outlines. Then I read the chapter and do all the practice questions. Our school also provided the Study Guide 7th Edition book for us too which has a lot of practice Questions. Yeah so I go through all that stuff, then at the end I go on the campbell’s CD and go through EVERYTHING. The activities, videos and quizzes and eventually it all sticks. I know it sounds like a lot for each indidual chapter (since you said your tests are 3-4 chapters) but it really helps.</p>
<p>^ wowwwww. where do you get all the time???</p>
<p>it’s course-notes.org
it’s the only thing that i use (see my above post). i did read the textbook in the beginning but found the outline so much more useful. i do look over diagrams and pictures though.
cramming is a great strategy. works for me every single time.</p>
<p>idk. I’m really lazy with everything else but AP Bio is the one class I don’t want to mess up in. our teacher also assigns a lot of the stuff from the CD and study guide so if i do it all at once at the beginning of the chapter, i have no hw when she assigns it :D</p>