Struggling in AP Bio?

So I just started junior year (four days in) and I realized that I hadn’t taken any preparation for AP Bio.

We’re reading Campbell & Reece’s 8th Edition and we had a test on macromolecules today. Needless to say, I bombed it—solid 60%, if anyone’s interested. Of course, most people knew beforehand since they had known that there would be a test on this chapter and studied it during summer. I didn’t because, well, I like to procrastinate, and I was busy doing AP Lang hmwk.

Anyways, it was a wake up call and I realized I need to step up my game. I went through the chapter the night before but I still couldn’t get a solid grip on the whole thing, such as the alpha and beta molecules and whatnot. I seriously don’t understand the language written in that book (?) I try, but I can’t seem to grasp it.

For anyone that’s taken AP Bio, do you guys have any study material that made it easier to understand? Kinda don’t wanna wait until I’m flunking a semester in to change it :confused: any prep books, advice for that class, etc. would be helpful.

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You could use Bozeman Science, he has an entire video program dedicated to AP Bio. You could also try Barron’s AP Biology. A lot of people here have said that helped them.