<p>@HockeyFan</p>
<p>Not to burst your bubble, but HTML and Java are not similar at all if that is the experience you have. If you are talking like C++, Python, etc then you would have no problem learning Java real fast.</p>
<p>I understand that they are very different syntaxes (though they can be integrated). I am also familiar with Javascript and CSS, I just like the interface that Dave’s Site has.</p>
<p>Or if anyone knows of a good quick reference document/site with a list of common Java operators and rules of thumb.</p>
<p>There approximately 5 people (out of 30) in my class who know what a method or class is…</p>
<p>I guess my class is on the opposite end of the spectrum to some people’s. The top kids of my sister’s graduating class are in this class, most of them want to go into the computer science field, and they blow me and my sister out of the water.</p>
<p>how is everyone preparing?</p>
<p>I have officially given up. My teacher is absolutely horrible and I have no hope for a 5 on the AP test.</p>
<p>It’s okay! You don’t need a teacher! get a review book and you’ll be fine</p>
<p>Here’s a free practice test
<a href=“http://mrmcelrea.com/APComputerScience/AP%20Test%20Material/c21d35bb6d88776d3ddb3216dedfd6f6.pdf[/url]”>http://mrmcelrea.com/APComputerScience/AP%20Test%20Material/c21d35bb6d88776d3ddb3216dedfd6f6.pdf</a></p>
<p>Yea I’m beginning to give up as well. Barrons is the only thing that’s gonna help me pass. We just finished going over arrays! </p>
<p>Sent from my PH44100 using CC</p>
<p>It seems I have a lot of difficulty with the free response. Does anyone have any tips for these?</p>
<p>Practice writing code really is the easiest route. It doesn’t need to be a complex program and most free response problems involve simple logic along with most I’ve done can be done in under 10 lines per part so a lot of medium short problems are one way to practice. One site that’s useful for that and fairly straight to the point in practice is codingbat.</p>
<p>If there’s a specific type of free response problem you have trouble with then mention it and I’ll try to help. Problems from various years tend to be very similar so just knowing how to do different kinds can make it a lot easier.</p>
<p>How hard is the free-response section on the ap exam?</p>
<p>Look at old free-response questions on the AP Central website; if you look at the questions from the last few years, you’ll get a sense as to how hard the problems might be.</p>
<p>I haven’t done many FRQs, but from what I have done: They look really intimidating but are actually surprisingly easy.</p>
<p>If anyone could help me, how much does one need to know about GridWorld?</p>
<p>I’m self-studying for this exam, the only things I might trip on are GridWorld (because I’ve never heard of it outside of this course) and the algorithms.
I’m assured for the programming part of it, but I have no clue about what to know for GridWorld… just what the classes do? What methods each one has?</p>
<p>There will be several questions on the multiple choice on GridWorld. Also, one of the four free response questions will be about GridWorld. Yes, GridWorld is only for the APCS exam; it was developed specifically as a tool to help students learn more about writing larger-type programs.</p>
<p>Only 5 questions are about GridWorld and then 1 free response</p>
<p>GridWorld is really important because its 25% of the test (according to Barron). I recommend reading the quick reference guide and looking at the past AP FRQs on GW</p>
<p>Its 25% of the free response not the whole test.</p>
<p>So, since the quick reference guide has the implementation of all the bugs/critters (and is provided during the test), one really only needs to know how they work in order to override/overload their methods while inheriting properly, right?</p>
<p>This will be a fun two weeks to cram for GridWorld.</p>