Ok, seriously are y'all just lying, exaggerating, or actually telling the truth?

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<p>Hey so I was doing some research onto self studying and well I keep coming up with ppl saying.... for example/instance...</p>

<p>Oh AP Envi Sci was SOOO easy, I just studied it for 2 hours and got a 4</p>

<p>or yeah I studied Envi Sci for two weeks, got a 5, </p>

<p>or omg ap pysch was SOOOO easy, got a 5, crammed 3 days before the test....</p>

<p>o.o</p>

<p>Really now?</p>

<p>Are there seriously that many people that can cram prep books like that and is it actually as easy as these people make it sound?</p>

<p>What about for normal people then... like me?</p>

<p>How long did it take you guys to self study? o.O</p>

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<p>I made a 5 on AP Lit without cracking open any prep book at all. AP tests range in difficulty, but many of them aren’t really that hard.</p>

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<p>I am pretty sure that some people lied/exagerated, but I believe that there are some people here did study for couple days and received a 4/5. And also, people may have modified some parts of their memories over time, so what they recalled may not be exactly how they actually did it. </p>

<p>But as Hookem said, some AP tests are easier than others. You don’t see many people here saying that they self-studied for Physics C for 2 days and received a 5. :)</p>

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<p>It sounds pretty possible to me. I looked at past collegeboard exams for things like Human Geo and Psychology and a lot of it can be gotten right just through common sense. And I haven’t even cracked open my books yet. ;P</p>

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<p>Some tests are easy, some tests are hard… </p>

<p>AP Calc requires years of mathematics foundations and knowledge of numerous key concepts… AP Psych/AP Environ is in a large part tests of common sense. </p>

<p>It’s simple enough if you know the trick of memorizing large volumes of data in a short period of time, along with good testing skills, and knowing that the curve is always on your side.</p>

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<p>I know what you mean. I know it’s possible to cram for an AP test a month before it (you will not feel confident after you take it but if you studied hard you will get a good score.) But studying for 2 hrs to get a 4 does not seem plausible.</p>

<p>Everyone says AP Psych is SO easy so the other day I went on Sparknotes and took a practice test. (Note that I am not taking that class and have no previous experience with the material.) I got 21 questions right, 29 wrong, and a 1 out of 5 on the AP rubric. </p>

<p>The moral of the story? Don’t trust such claims. Good luck.</p>

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<p>I self-studied AP Environmental starting from two weeks prior to the test, and got a 5.
But,

  1. I already knew some of the material b/c I read a lot of environment related books when I was young, and
  2. I pretty much crammed in the entire textbook, skimming about 50 pages per night.</p>

<p>Down to Earth and honest here.</p>

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Those two things are really the key.</p>

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<p>It also helps to have an incredibly strong AP class for the whole year. I think two weeks to a month is doable, but definitely not two days.</p>

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<p>“I made a 5 on AP Lit without cracking open any prep book at all. AP tests range in difficulty, but many of them aren’t really that hard.”</p>

<p>I nominate hookem for worst poster on CC.</p>

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<p>most people agree there are different “leagues” of AP tests
for instance
no one is going to claim getting a 5 on the AP Chem, Physics C, Calc BC by cramming for a few days before the exam. and if they do then they probably spent a few ENTIRE days preparing for the exam</p>

<p>but there are a few AP courses that do rely on common knowledge or sometimes fit a certain’s individuals “niche” for me that would be human geo. i just had to memorize the specific terms that they were looking for</p>

<p>are ap tests easy? yes and no
aside from the language tests i dont see how you can’t atleast pass having dedicated over 30 hours over the a large span of time to prepare for any AP test.</p>

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<p>yankeedoodle wrote “I got 21 questions right, 29 wrong, and a 1 out of 5 on the AP rubric”</p>

<p>Ok. You got about 40% of the questions right without any prior knowledge. I don’t think you can do that with any other AP test (except maybe AP Lang or Lit, because those don’t require knowledge, just reasoning). The AP Psych exam IS easy.</p>

<p>hookem is just one of those smart verbal people. He probably got a 800 on the CR section of the SAT. He makes all of us jealous. =]</p>

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<p>I walked into the AP Physics B exam with maybe an hour of study under my belt (skimming through a review book the morning of). I pulled off a 5.</p>

<p>I did the same thing with the AP Chem test (took it the same year as physics). Actually, I probably didn’t study at all for chem, and I walked out 110% confident that I had gotten a 5 (and I did), so that one was no surprise.</p>

<p>Why? Because both my Physics teacher and my Chem teacher gave tests that would make you cry, vomit, and hyperventilate at the same time. The AP test was the easiest test that we took all year, it was a freaking cakewalk compared to our biweekly unit tests.</p>

<p>I took the AP Eng Lang test that year too, and I only got a 4 despite my best preparation efforts because my teacher was retiring and we did absolutely nothing all year.</p>

<p>Long story short, it’s the teacher.</p>

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<p>The language and literature tests would probably be the easiest to do well on without studying. The classes pretty much serves to become acquainted with the format of the exam and to do practice questions and essays, so yeah… no real, specific studying. It’s just your reading and writing skills against the test and if they are already good to begin with, you win.</p>

<p>Human Geo was a very easy exam. I have no experience with environmental science but many people have said it is extremely easy as well, so I suppose success stories with these two exams are pretty believable.</p>

<p>A 5 on psychology with just 3 days of cramming before the test, though? No, I think that’s just too much, unless you have photographic memory and a good psychology background and spend the entire 3 days reading the prep book.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I just tried to do AP World History and got a scaled 2 =)</p>

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<p>You won’t see anyone claiming to have studied for an AP foreign language exam (especially literature) for a day or two and having passed it–it’s impossible. All AP exams range in difficulty and it all depends on how you can work towards learning the material. Only you know how you soak in information, so it just depends on what kind of learner you are.</p>

<p>P.S. Trust me and please NEVER feel discouraged in comparison to people on here. It’s not worth it :)</p>

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<p>zapakovex, what part of what they’re trying to say u dont understand? they’re arguing about lil, or barely any studying/prepping for the exams at all. u got 5s in phy B and chem(gratz by the way), cuz u took the course and did hw,aka studying, that’s normal.</p>

<p>o.o did i sound too critical? oops…</p>

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<p>Well, that’s not really self studying, is it?</p>

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<p>Okay, honestly, a lot of people on here have a lot of time on their hands to spend slaving over prep books. These are the same posters that talk about taking SAT II’s over and over in order to get an 800. For kids who have other things to do besides school, or don’t have the ability to memorize 600 textbook pages worth of information in a week, it is wisest to take the class or study for a lot longer of a period of time. I have a relatively easy time with AP exams and I went ahead and took the actual class, so I can retain the information longer than the day after the exam – enriching the mind! :)</p>

<p>I’m not knocking people who can do these crazy AP exam feats, I think it’s really amazing, but College Confidential is a very skewed sample.</p>

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<p>i’ve been self studying for APUSH for 3 months now and i still forget some things… you’re a natural. For me nothing comes easy. guessing you’re from the south because of the y’all</p>