<p>So, do y’all think two months will be enough time to make up for a pretty bad AP Biology class? More than half the class took it because they knew the teacher wouldn’t fail them. People just walk in and out as they please. It was just horrible. I always set the curve on tests with like 70s and 80s; I kind of absorbed the general attitude of the class.</p>
<p>hi AP Expert
My daughter is taking AP Bio this year and in her school they just finished taking the third 9 week exams. She likes the subject a lot and has an A. She goes to an IB program and the teacher is supposed to be good. But so far they have only done the first 20 chapters in Campbell Reece and probably half the labs. She has also been using Barrons. Should she hurry up and get Cliffs notes and start studying on her own starting this spring break and not expect her teacher to complete everything for the exam. Please advise. thank you very much.</p>
If your daughter has only done the first 20 chapters in the Campbell textbook then I would say she is behind and she needs to study on her own by reading the textbook and doing some review book problems. I remember by this time of the year, we would be finished with Chapter 43(Immune systems) and started on the Plant form and functions unit in the textbook. I would say that if you have the textbook and one review book, that is enough and getting Cliff notes would be a waste of money since she is doing well. Another resource you could use is the Powerpoint version of that textbook found [url=<a href=“http://web.stillwater.k12.mn.us/~weavera/download/APBio/Campbell%20AP%20Biology%20Lectures.htm]here[/url”>http://web.stillwater.k12.mn.us/~weavera/download/APBio/Campbell%20AP%20Biology%20Lectures.htm]here[/url</a>]. This was something I used in lieu of the textbook when I was too lazy to read.</p>
<p>That’s reassuring, horus, because I’m on Chapter 43 of self-study right now and I’ve already finished Plants.</p>
<p>But as for your daughter, I would definitely recommend self-studying at this point. Be sure to check out [Khan</a> Academy](<a href=“http://www.khanacademy.org%5DKhan”>http://www.khanacademy.org) for awesome Bio videos.</p>
Yeah you seem to be in good standing now. When you finish studying, just review and take a lot of practice tests. If you need help finding some exams, PM me and I can help you out.</p>
<p>I’m just missing the Animal Form and Function (which is like ten chapters), and then I’ll be done with the book. I feel really confident about this exam! Hope everyone is staying strong!</p>
Is that the only lab you’ve done from the 12 labs in the AP Bio Lab book? Although it may put you at a disadvantage at remember those for the written, I don’t think you need to actually do them in order to learn what you need to learn for that written section. You can easily use a review book (PR is the best) to review and that should do the job. I wouldn’t fret too much about that.</p>
<p>I’m using the most recent edition of the Princeton Review AP Biology 2012 review book to study for the AP exam. While reading, I noticed a questionable paragraph that I am a little mislead by.
On page 9 of the book in the Orientation chapter, it is stated that students will be deducted one quarter of a point for selecting the wrong answer choice in the multiple-choice section of the AP Biology exam.
However, as far as my knowledge goes, this rule was taken away at the time of the 2011 exams. Reading this portion of the review book confused me- is the deduction rule still present for the 2012 AP Bio exam?</p>
Orientation chapter is useless unless you teacher is really that bad and doesn’t tell you anything about the exam… At any rate, you are correct. They do not deduct .25 for a wrong answer.</p>
<p>Hello everyone, I was wondering how hard you feel AP Bio is on a scale of 1-10?
I will have this class next year but, at my school classes are 90 minutes and AP’s are yearlong and you go to them everyday. So it is pretty much twice the instruction.</p>
<p>I would rate it a 6 or 7. In my class, the teacher wasn’t very good, but he gave college level questions for the tests, so we really had to study for them. In the end though, the test was very easy compared to the class. I took it without having any biology experience beforehand, and concurrently with honors chem, and I got a 4 on it. I was behind most of the time, and I didn’t even do most of the photosynthesis stuff. I don’t suggest treating it that way, but it is not as daunting as it seems.</p>
<p>I would say its a 2. AP Bio is just a bunch of memorizing a bunch of facts after reading the textbook. If you can just sit and read and soak in the info it should be an easy class for you.</p>
<p>^Yeah, I’d prob start self-studying if you haven’t already. Luckily evolution and physiology is pretty basic. But yeah we did genetics like three months ago, so I would start working on your own.</p>