I'm screwed for AP Bio.

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<p>I'm probably the smartest kid in my class. I have an A in the class and am one of the only students who understands what has been taught instead of the students who memorize some facts for the chapter tests but don't actually understand any of it.</p>

<p>Still, I took half of an AP Practice Test (from 5 Steps to a 5) and I only got 18/50 correct. That was insane. Our teacher hasn't mentioned a thing from about 15-20 of those questions.</p>

<p>What should I do to actually try to teach myself before the test since apparently, my teacher has taught very little.</p>

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<p>Hey! I’m in the exact same boat as you. What I’m doing is just reading 5 Steps to a 5 and Cliffs. We could start an AP Bio study group, as was mentioned in another thread. I think that would be our best bet. Another thing that might help is writing essays. Make possible essay questions, (I use the ones from Cliffs) and answer them. This way, you see the larger picture of the chapter AND you learn specific processes that will help with the MC. I did the diagnostic test at the beginning and didnt do too well either.</p>

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<p>That reminds me, I forgot to mention that we haven’t done a single essay the entire year. My teacher hasn’t tried very hard to prepare us…</p>

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<p>lol ur not the only one, my teacher is HORRIBLE. im smarter than her…she literally graduated from high school like 7 years ago and went to a crappy state university</p>

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<p>We’re on chapter 17/56. :frowning: I mean it is our teacher’s first year teaching it but the administration is well aware that we’re not even halfway through the curriculum yet they still remain adamant that we all take the AP exam. What a waste of $86. :-\ I mean I’m trying to do it on my own (Cliffs+5 steps to a 5+ Cliffs 5 Practice Exams) but I’m still annoyed that we’re required to take the exam or we get a 65 in the class.</p>

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<p>LOL 17 wow…thought we were behind…wow.</p>

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<p>Haha, I know… :frowning: We were on Chapter 13 like 3 months ago.</p>

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<p>Wow. Chapter 17? Really? On a full-year schedule?? That’s. Woah. That teacher should have despicable things done to him/her. </p>

<p>We finished the book - all the chapters and stuff other than ecology - before we went out for Christmas break. (On the ‘Biology’ 8th edition AP edition or something. Can’t remember the author, but it’s a black book with a reddish bind to it.)</p>

<p>EDIT: CAMPBELL! How could I forget!</p>

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<p>use cliffsnotes!
and course-notes.org to learn what your class hasn’t covered yet.</p>

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<p>join the other thread, we’re making a group to study bio hurrah fun fun</p>

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<p>^still too lazy to make it?</p>

<p>i don’t have a yahoo account. otherwise i would. we can do a google doc and write down important information under different topics.</p>

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<p>or we could do aim too. i dont have yahoo either… OR we could use this site… 0___o</p>

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<p>CC would be good. i’ll start a thread.</p>

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<p>Man you guys are pretty behind, I’m on chapter 49, but I suck. Study group sounds like a good idea.</p>