<p>Hello everyone,</p>
<p>I didn't see a thread for APES that wasn't specifically just for self study, so I thought I would just make one. I will be taking AP EnviroSci next year as a senior. We've all heard how APES is the easiest AP of them all (I'm guessing that's why so many people self study it), but it wouldn't hurt to have one of these threads for it, just in case someone gets stuck.
We can all use this to talk about tips, suggestions, resources, cheat codes/hacks (lol kidding), etc.</p>
<p>Let's use this to try to survive the year, and also to cry & cram the night before the test, as is customary for all these types of threads. Good luck!</p>
<p>Junior. Self-studying APES. Can’t wait to cram everything!</p>
<p>Same: Junior, gonna cram everything. How much time are you giving yourselves? I’ve never self studied before, so I’m not sure if starting from January is a good idea. </p>
<p>@GreatGatsbie @coolschool </p>
<p>Sophomore, taking a class.</p>
i haven’t seen a thread up for apes this year. I can’t believe the exam is already so close! To prepare for it, I’m reading through REA’s crash course and doing the 5 Steps to a 5 500 questions to know by test day
What are you all doing to review? Anyone have any tips for the exam, etc? 
“Easiest AP of them all”? Not quite.
Sure, the topics covered may not be extremely difficult to comprehend, but the depth and breadth of material the course explores, combined with the AP exam’s unforgiving curve (~75% correct for a 5, compared to mid 60% for AP calc and AP physics), make the course more challenging than people think it to be.
Hey guys, I’m taking the test too.
I am planning to start studying tomorrow and read through Cracking the APES exam by Princeton Review… should that be enough? Is the 5 steps to a 5 a good book to go over as well?
Do you guys recommend sitting down and doing a full practice? Is timing/format an issue?
Is Princeton Review enough to get a 5? Also, is the practice test from PR a good baseline for the actual AP exam? (I’m also going to take the practice AP exam, of course). I have the 2008; anyone else have 2003?
I’m using Barron’s. Yes, I know everybody says how it’s junk because it gives so much extra information, but I just got a 5 on my official collegeboard practice test! If I don’t understand a concept, I watch a video.
Yes definitely take a full practice test, but one that was administered by college board because they release the grading rubrics on how many points are earned on an FRQ.
Also, how much are the labs emphasized? I’m self studying this 
how are you guys spending your day? In other words, what are your study schedules?
@sjwon3789 I took a practice college board one and there were 5 questions on lab-isn questions. It had a chart and it said “what should be done to make the experiment more accurate”, “what will happen when the oxygen increases in the tube”. Basically, be aware of what BOD, turbidity, and DO are.
Using REA crash course…pretty good review. Hoping for a 4 because my teacher does not “teach to the test.” If I don’'t get that then I always have the AP USH Test coming up and the SAT Subject Test I took earlier this weekend.
I was trying to use this strategy - http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sciences/1337145-how-to-study-self-study-for-ap-environmental-science-apes.html
Seems like PR is taking forever regardless… Maybe it’ll take 10 hours in total…
Trying to finish it today ._. Hopefully I’m good because I know half of these contents from biology… Stupid regulations / Acts though 
Studying for the AP Calculus AB exam with the AP Environmental exam tomorrow. #priorities
But in all seriousness, how can I relearn the entire course in less than five hours?