*** Official AP Biology Thread 2012-2013 ***

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Would you say that the only good resource to practice from is the released practice exam by CB?
Because I’ve already went over that, and I don’t know what else I can use as practice. Do you know anything else we can use to practice that is similar to the revised exam? Or other methods of studying?</p>

<p>Wait so my teacher gave a hard ap test he got from college board I think. Where are those questions and answers?</p>

<p>Are the questions going to be really similar to the one College Board released? I did them and went over them, but not in great detail. Is it worth it to analyze it in greater depth?
Also, I found that the questions were mostly based on logic/analyzing with basically no memorizing, but some of them were tricky and questions were hard to understand. I thought the Free Response portion quite easy.</p>

<p>Barrons says that you need an 87% to get a 5.</p>

<p>Predictions on accuracy?</p>

<p>87% on Barron’s test? I don’t think it’s accurate because they’re still based on the old format, and usually the curve for the real AP exam is about 65% or so anyway.</p>

<p>2013 updated version, with the 63 MC + 6 grid-ins.</p>

<p>Plus, since it’s conceptual, the curve may shoot up.</p>

<p>Even though the Barron’s says it’s updated there is still a lot of old info + questions still kept in. Also, there’s also a lot of Q&A mistakes (I’ve noticed as I went through the book this week). A lot of the review books for the bio exam aren’t very accurate for the revised one because they were all rushed to be published in time.</p>

<p>This new exam format is extremely disheartening. As I sit here at 12:21 trying to think of what to study, my mind draws a blank. Ive studied a lot this year and have apparently missed the concept/abstract new format of these test questions. No logical reasoning over here. I will pray this is not my first failing AP score. Good Luck to everyone!</p>

<p>I took Cliffs, got 91%. It seemed too easy. How does it compare with the actual test?</p>

<p>any predictions on the FRQ? </p>

<p>my teacher is adamant that one of the essays will be signal transduction</p>

<p>I have no idea what to study either…
All the FRQs on the College Board were really broad ideas</p>

<p>I’ve heard Cliffs’s test is old format only. Have you seen the released practice test? Maybe you could compare the two. </p>

<p>I’m pretty sure the FRQ is just gonna be about everything ._. The practice exam seemed to touch on everything >.< I think it was mostly ecology+plants though.</p>

<p>cliffs TRIED to update, but like other books they rushed it. cant blame them, though. i too cannot seem to get the whole “big idea” picture in my head…im going to finish more bozeman tonight and read and take the practice test</p>

<p>on the practice test, free response, question 2-why does the transpiration rate level off after a certain point? Is it because if the cell allows all the water to leave through all the open stomata it will dehydrate and die?</p>

<p>@spuding102 is that really an FRQ? Thats pretty intense… I disn’t even know that transpiration does level off at a certain point. I guess it would make sense that the plants have to limit the amount if time that their stomata can be opened there would be too high a depletion of water, but it seems like theres a more definite answer than that.</p>

<p>Does anyone know if animal development, plant structure/transport, and classification will be covered a lot in the exam?</p>

<p>@ttran513- probably plant structure/transport more than animal development and classification</p>

<p>@spuding102- the answer key says its limited by humidity at that point…or just a “the movement of water is now limiting” will be the same. i thought that one was weird</p>

<p>Ok, so I printed out the collegeboard practice test and did the multiple choice. Finished with about 30 minutes left and got 80% correct. Will this likely be enough for a 5? I didn’t take a bio class, btw.</p>

<p>@biovball multiple choice only counts for 50%, so its all up to the FRQ</p>