I’m in AP Bio right now, but my teacher’s lectures are unbelievably boring. I cannot bring myself to read that gigantic Campbell textbook, so I rely on Barron’s to give me the essential information for the AP exam. Some of the labs we do feel pointless since we’re just going to grab the information we need to study and understand for the AP exam.
AP Bio is a college level course. You should learn to “read that gigantic Campbell textbook” and absorb information from lectures or else college is going to be very difficult. Build these skills now…
Unless your AP exam score is a major part of your grade, you might want to focus more on your class grades than your exam score since that is going to be more important for college admissions.