<p>Has anyone ever self-studied for the AP Biology exam in only one month? Is it POSSIBLE?</p>
<p>If so, how did you do it? and what resources did you use?</p>
<p>Please give some advice!
Thanks a bunch!</p>
<p>Haha I’m sorry but no. I mean, if you had no other classes, you could spend about 6 hours a day going through everything and you would probably get a 3-4. However, that’s ridiculous. It takes many students a week to fully understand the signal transduction pathway and its many ion transport channels alone. Not to mention genetics (trihybrids and Hardy-Weingberg equilibrium) and cellular respiration (glycolysis, Krebs cycle, phosphorylative oxidation) both of which take a few weeks each for most students to grasp all the content.</p>
<p>However, no ones stopping you. So go ahead and try :)</p>
<p>There’s a senior at my school who read a 1,600 textbook in 5 days and got a 5 on the old AP Biology exam as a freshman. He apparently didn’t pay attention all year long. He however later became a NMF, the only person in recent memory to get a 5 on the AP Computer Science A exam, self-studied Physics C (taking exam next month), only person in recent memory to get past the first round the USNCO qualifying exams, and also took AP Physics B, AP Chemistry, AP Computer Science A, AP U.S. History, AP Calculus BC, and AP English Language & Composition all in junior year (5s on all of them).</p>
<p>It’s all dedication. You’re going to have to suck it up when things get tough. I’ve never taken Bio but I’m taking 9 tests this year and it can suck. I’m on spring break and on Sunday I spent around 10 hours studying alone. If you’re not dedicated, you’re wasting your time.</p>
<p>I mean, I’m self studying AP Biology this year, but the thing is, I’ve been at it since September. Would it be possible to do in a month? Yeah, it would. Would it require huge dedication and time? You bet.
The main problem you’d be facing with only one month is retention. If you do what I’ve been doing and outline an entire review book while supplementing this with a textbook, you’re going to have a huge problem in retaining all that information. Even while hand-writing it all out, the sheer amount of information and facts you are expected to know can render a six hour study block about as useful as two hours of pure memorization. If you need to work efficiently, I would recommend splitting up your study sessions with a couple hours in between. For example, a one hour session before school, a one and a half hour right after school, then another hour and a half after dinner/before sleeping. This would let you have a large amount of study time while still keeping your brain alert.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>I just started self-studying Calculus AB one month ago when I realized I need a 4 or 5 to place out in college. Looks like we are on the same boat.</p>
<p>I would suggest downloading some “Khan Academy” or “Bozeman Biology” videos so you can watch it during your free time at school. </p>
<p>I’m going to take my first practice test now, and I would also recommend you take one ASAP. Then you can concentrate on the places that are hard, and get good at the questions that are easy.</p>