<p>I got a 3 on the test even though I got a 35 on ACT science, so I don’t too much of a correlation between the two tests. I expected a 4 but I’ll take a 3 because I had a TERRIBLE teacher and I barely read the textbook because the mega Campbell biology book was extremely dull and unbearable.</p>
<p>OK even if you don’t think it’s like ACT science, we had to read effing long passages (like 6-7 lines) to answer ONE effing question. RIDICULOUS. I just lost my mind taking that stupid exam.</p>
<p>I’m actually really kerfuffled because I only got a 700 on BioM. Which to my parents sounded great, but yeah. It’s not.
I think it may have been because I took it last of three tests on a 90 degree day (I DO know my bio), and honestly, as I’m not applying anyplace that needs SATIIs, I think I’ll just ditch it now that I have my AP. (I only took them just in case I flunked my APs, anyway.)
I got 780 and 790 on my other two tests (English and US), but this one seems to have been a flop for whatever reason. I’m not going to bother with it again, I think.
Do you guys think that 5s are going to be more prestigious now that they’re so much more rare? Or will it be normal and judged from the other way, that there are just more people who didn’t do as well?Or is that in effect the same thing? Or not?
Oh, Lord, I’m overheated and I’m in the frickin’ Northeast.</p>
<p>Did you take the test outside? Lol</p>
<p>I got a 5 as well, but wasn’t that surprised. I got a 780 on Bio M earlier this year and maintained an A in my AP bio class. Really this year’s test came down to test taking ability. A basic understanding of Biology but a knack for taking standardized tests could get you the 4 or 5. It was very reading/ logical thinking oriented. Luckily I am good at that and learned a lot in class.</p>
<p>I took the ap exam on my own this year (junior year). My only previous experience was an advanced bio class freshman year and I skimmed the Princeton review book the morning of the exam for ~40 minutes. I had prepared for the old format and had 0 lab experience. I got a 4 on the exam, even though I thought I had bombed the MC and straight up didn’t answer 2 free response questions because I ran out of time. In all honesty, it was more comparable to the ACT science section than anything else I have done previously.</p>
<p>The new AP Biology exam, at least in my opinion, is VERY easy. You don’t get tested on just the raw material that you learn in class, that is, memorizing information. The exam is based off more of intuition, analysis, and applying what you learned in the AP class to different kinds of scenarios and situations and write analyze/find a solution to them. With all these conditions met, it doesn’t make the AP any difficult. For the multiple choice, you just need the mental focus to read calmly and with precision. For the grid-in questions, however, you just have to listen in class related discussions about them and practice problems for homework. The free response is a piece of cake. If you’re smart, you should have no problems with the free response.</p>
<p>As for me, I got a 3. I totally slacked off in 2nd semester of the class and still landed on a 3. I really had no motivation to do well, due to personal reasons, so I didn’t have that consciousness to do well. I know if I did have that “extra push” to do well, maybe I would’ve got a 4 or 5. </p>
<p>To conclude, the exam is not too difficult in my opinion. Do everything right in the class and you should have no problem. As for getting a 3 or higher, it’s easy. I should say too easy. The only reason why people gets below a 3 is because they’re lazy. Don’t get laziness grip onto you; fight to the end. This is advice for people who have not taken it.</p>
<p>Am I the only one that thinks all of this “it tests critical thinking skills now, not memorization” stuff is bee ess? I don’t remember applying skills to anything… If I knew the answer or formula, I got it.</p>
<p>I self studied for around 2 weeks. I got into the test and destroyed the multiple choice and grid in. Then I got to the free response and I didn’t answer the first question about the null hypothesis well and on the second question I somehow (I feel really dumb) forgot that the color something displays is what they reflect not what they absorb (idk what I was thinking). I did alright on the rest of the free response. I ended up with a 3, which I believe would have been a 4 if I didn’t mess up on the two free response questions that were huge points. I thought the multiple choice was extremely easy, and that a general biology course and good reading skills would prepare someone for it. Free response I got unlucky… maybe 2 weeks isn’t long enough to self study AP biology</p>
<p>Whoever asked me, public schools in my district don’t have AC. I go to private school where we do have, and it was a BIT of an adjustment :). During the breaks we were seriously fighting over the tiny little automatic fan that produced this tiny trickle of air.</p>
<p>All you uppity private school kids skwabbling about getting 4’s and 3’s. news flash, you didn’t need to actually study, just don’t be an idiot and you get a 5. Take it from a kid who self studied at an inner city public school. Who needs to study hard when you can go party and still get a 5 because you know how to read. If you got less than a 4 there is no way you will ever go to college, sorry jus tellin ya.</p>
<p>^ Way to ■■■■■…</p>
<p>Sheeeeesh…</p>
<p>got a 4, 750 on bio/m, very happy with that score considering i didn’t really apply myself that hard in this course and kinda just drifted through (esp at the end of the year, i failed the plants test and the systems test back to back) but luckily there wasn’t too much of that on there.</p>
<p>First AP class, i guess i’m pretty happy with how i did. Taking psych and lang next year, heard those are pretty easy</p>
<p>Does getting a 4 mean I’ll fail hard if I try for bio-med engineering?</p>
<p>Got a 4 and a 760 on Bio M.
I hope that’s good enough for a prospective bio major, haha.</p>
<p>Bio majors should be getting 5s. AP Bio is basically Bio 101 at a college. I got a 5 an am majoring in either economics, business, or finance.</p>
<p>Good for you!</p>
i was just wondering how u prepared for the exam
like did u memorize barrons cover to cover or did u just skim it and focus on multiple choice, previous free response, and the math
also, i heard the math was like physics and the free response have nothing to do with biology
i never took physics and i take regular math, so is there anything you would recommend for prep?
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