<p>My D the eternal procrastinator, just started her self study for APES. What are the Must Know topics/themes? Is there a DBQ kinda question on the exam? She is just planning to study PR and Sparknotes.</p>
<p>There seems to be a problem on how can a family save on water, energy etc which involve calculations of some sort. Does PR cover these kind of problems?</p>
<p>What is the score out of 150 that you need to get for a 3 & 4?</p>
<p>Thanks so much for any help.</p>
<p>apes</a> review sheet</p>
<p>This is pretty durned useful.</p>
<p>There is a DBQ, and it's usually in the format of a newspaper article. It requires some background knowledge, but overall, much of the FR can be done through common sense.</p>
<p>Must-know topics...College</a> Board's topic outline with the breakdown.</p>
<p>Those calculations are more or less laid out for us; look at the units, find out the units you need, and it's more or less logical reasoning from there. There are no set formulas, as far as I know.</p>
<p>I'm gonna bomb. No exaggeration. Are most APES teachers as unorganized as mine? Haha...</p>
<p>Thanks. Will the APES review sheet be sufficient to do well on the MC. (haivng read PR also?)</p>
<p>I saw from the CB topic outline that Pollution is about 30% and Energy Resources & Consumption 15%, etc. Do the MC & FR questions stay within these guidelines?</p>
<p>Would you also have the points required on the 150 scale to get a 3 or 4?</p>
<p>THANKS SO MUCH.</p>
<p>Well, it depends on how you define doing well. I'd say that it's enough to nab at least a three, with PR, a four. Five, though, might require a bit more, whether it be foreknowledge of the subject or a bit of extra prep; only one of ten people get a five.</p>
<p>Not always. Previous ones have had soil conservation (2004), disease (2005), global warming (2006), and so forth. However, it's a safe bet that at least one, and usually two, have something to do with those topics.</p>
<p>I can't find a curve specifically, but since it's usually around 40% for a 3, meaning 60. 65% or so is a 5, 97.5.</p>
<p>Hope this helps. =)</p>
<p>LOL, my APES teacher is unorganized, but he teaches well, and gets through subjects. Sometimes, though, I have to remind him of stuff and correct him when he mixes stuff up... Like when he said the Arctic ozone hole is more prominent than the Antarctic's!</p>
<p>She would love to get a 4, but I think that is a stretch. She is planning to pull an all nighter if need be. So reading PR and reviewing the APES review sheet can she get a 4? She's very god at memorization & does well under pressure.</p>
<p>So you need a total of 40% out of 150 pts. = 60 pts to get a 3? What would you need for a 4? Must be something between 40% - 65%, is it around 50% maybe?</p>
<p>I was seeing that 10% get 5, 23% get a 4 and 17.5% get 2 & 3. BUT 30% also get a 1???? Are these the people that walked in without studying at all thinking they can wing it? </p>
<p>You have been EXTREMELY HELPFUL, thanks a lot.</p>
<p>Memorization is not as key in ES as it is in other APs; rather, it focuses also on a development of logic regarding the environment, so there's a substantial number of cause and effect style questions and so forth. But good memorization is always a plus, and it'll help her substantially in these last few hours.</p>
<p>I'd say she sounds like she can manage a four. I wouldn't necessarily recommend an all-nighter unless she's well rested now (man, I sound old...), but as much studying as possible is always a plus.</p>
<p>I'm guessing the cut-off would be around 50%, maybe a little higher.</p>
<p>30% get a one because they either are forced to take the test by their schools, or are trying to get out of taking a final (the policy my school has). Since the majority of students taking the test hear that it is very, very easy, they tend not to study much, if at all for it, resulting in a lot of bad scores. Furthermore, in my experience, a lot of the students taking the test really aren't quite ready for any kind of AP test.</p>
<p>I'm glad to have been of help! =)</p>
<p>no no your logic is right about the rest. you don't sound old, you sound wise!
she took AP Bio today and she really didn't need to be killing herself like this, but she is on a roll now. She got excited that there is overalp of about 20% of the material with Bio. </p>
<p>while i was on this board, in the past 2 hours, she has finished 2 chapters and quizzes in PR and got all the Qs right. Is the PR test in the back of the book a good replication of the AP MC questions? I can make a run to the bookstore if there is any other book that is better for MC. there are sample questions in CB's course description (not too many) but her score on that resembled her performance on the Bio MC. But she will need more practice with MC than the few samples on CB.</p>
<p>Haha, perhaps...</p>
<p>Since she has taken AP Biology, with some studying and barring anomalous circumstances, she should be capable of a four. As for MC, I don't have the PR, so I can't comment, unfortunately; I will say, however, that MCs on ES should not be too much of a difficulty - many can be deduced logically.</p>
<p>yeah we are in EST so stores are closed now, she will have to do with PR and deduce the questions from her Bio and sense of the environment she will develop with cramming.</p>
<p>She'll still probably do fine, with that background. Good luck to her! =)</p>
<p>Thanks so much for your advice and support.</p>