<p>Hey, I am taking 8 APs this year.. 4 I am taking in school, 3 are self study, and 1 is a retake.</p>
<p>To give a little background I would consider myself an expert procrastinator who can do things in a night that my peers spend months ahead of time working on (such as a 20 page in-depth research project for my APUSH class... Also, my teacher for that class isn't exactly the "easiest" grader ever [aka she is extremely harsh in terms of grading]).</p>
<p>I took the AP Environmental Science Exam today which I <em>started</em> studying for on Saturday. This was a self-study exam, and I am confident that I got either a 5 or a 4 (probably a 5), and I also knew many of the questions that other people who actually took the class had no idea about. I began studying for AB Calc actually months ago, but have been extremely busy the past few weeks and have not been able to study any more. The exam is obviously in just 2 days (well, really 1.5) and I am beginning to really get a little nervous.</p>
<p>Right now, I know nearly everything UP TO integrals, but I'll need to look over it a bit to refresh my memory. Everything involving integrals and any subsequent material, I will need to learn. Exactly how hard will this be to do?</p>
<p>I know I am going to get crap from people who took the course, but it is what it is. Also, is the Princeton Review book the best/most efficient way to study? I want a 4 on the exam, so another strategy could be to possibly just not go over any extremely difficult info that is only tested sporadically (the kind of stuff that separates 4s from 5s). </p>
<p>Lastly, I WILL be staying up all night, so I'll have about 13 hours to study. This is something that I probably do way more often than I should, so my body is fairly used to it and I can still function almost as well the next day as I can when I get a full nights rest. I have 50% extended time too which will help make up for any sluggishness due to a lack of sleep and it will hopefully help me out a bit on the exam by not being as rushed.</p>
<p>Get U-Substitution down, as well as simply memorizing the anti derivative formulas. Realize how to move back and forth between velocity/acceleration and position. Area under a curve. Washer and Disc Method are probably pretty important too. </p>
<p>I’ve been preparing for awhile and still feel like I don’t have a GREAT grasp on it all… hoping for a 5 though! </p>
<p>Best of luck to you.</p>
<p>I hate people like you that cheat the system. On top of that you’re probably claiming some BS adhd.</p>
<p>Thanks for the serious reply! I’m thinking about skipping almost all of the integral stuff and just mastering all of the derivative problems. Basically, if I got just knew 40% of the questions, I would get about 52% right by random chance on the other ones (for the MC) which is enough for a low 4… thoughts?</p>
<p>I think it’s doable (especially since you’ve learned up to integrals). Most of calc is just doing stuff based on derivatives. </p>
<p>I too hate people like you who cheat the system, but here: <a href=“http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/pdf/Calculus_Cheat_Sheet_All.pdf[/url]”>http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/pdf/Calculus_Cheat_Sheet_All.pdf</a></p>
<p>I hope you fail</p>
<p>1st, I don’t cheat the system. I have been separately diagnosed by two independent medical professionals and have testing to back it up. Also, extra time is not giving us an advantage, it is simply putting us on an equal playing field as everyone else since our brains function a little slower (it has nothing to do with intellect). I have been at a disadvantage my entire life because of this until recently. Would giving a person born with only one arm an artificial arm be “unfair” since he or she was born with a condition that they can’t control? Sure, it would help THEM out tremendously, but it is not helping them more than it is anyone else.</p>
<p>Anyways, I want to get back on topic. Thanks jesskidding for the link. That will be helpful to look over once I have studied a little bit more.</p>
<p>YOU CAN DO IT!!! I’m almost in the same boat but will not be studying all night. GOOD LUCK!!</p>
<p>How’s he cheating the system? The ‘system’ is to be prepared for the exam. Doesn’t matter how long you have been doing that.</p>
<p>Anyway, learn the MVT, IVT, and EVTs.</p>
<p>Cheating the system: Using 50% extended time to get 4s and 5s.</p>
<p>Good luck man! Hope you did well</p>
<p>I would just like to say, despite the fact that I have ADHD, I successfully taught myself the entirety of Calculus yesterday! I even think I got a 4 or a 5 without extended time :)</p>
<p>/patmyselfontheback</p>
<p>How the hell are you guys teaching yourself calculus in one day? I don’t get it…</p>
<p>I thought the first mc was sorta hard but the rest wasn’t too bad. Honestly I didn’t even use calculus for 2/3 of it… Just some weird way that I can figure out reasonable answers in my head and use POE to find the right answer. First mc messed me up but I think I <em>might</em> have gotten a four…</p>