<p>Does anyone know of any free online sources for any of the following:
Pre-calculus
AP Music Theory
AP US History
AP Chemistry</p>
<p>I want to read up on all of those so that I can enter the year with somewhat of an understanding... but I don't want to spend a whole lot of money... I know some teachers have websites that are <em>really</em> helpful for studying, and so I was wondering if any of you had stumbled on one?</p>
<p>If not... do you know of any good books that relate to ^?</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/ap-tests-preparation/348921-chelseas-ultimate-list-websites-prep-learning-self-studying-aps.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/ap-tests-preparation/348921-chelseas-ultimate-list-websites-prep-learning-self-studying-aps.html</a></p>
<p>Found this bookmarked, kinda old, don’t know if it’ll be helpful.</p>
<p>Definitely helpful. Thanks. =)</p>
<p>Especially this: <a href=“http://wanderinghero.tripod.com/[/url]”>http://wanderinghero.tripod.com/</a></p>
<p>In my opinion, AP Music Theory self study is a LOT easier with a tutor. If you’ve learned some part writing rules wrong or your sight singing is off, it could be impossible for you to know before the exam. Although it’s not free nor online, Laitz’s The Complete Musician is the perfect book for studying for the test.</p>
<p>AP Music Theory is going to be a devil. This is the first time my school is offering it, and the people in the ‘music’ world taking it (only 8 total signed up XD) think its going to be the hardest AP.</p>
<p>But my band teacher said that I covered the first 2-3 months of the class in about 3 hours of cram studying for our State Theory Test.</p>
<p>Thanks for the tip. =)</p>
<p>I don’t actually have to get a tutor for any of my classes. All teachers at my school are required to hold office hours from 3-4 daily, and most host them much longer than that (some as late as midnight) for private tutorials.</p>
<p>And my MT teacher is at school from 7 AM-7 PM.</p>
<p>Which, I know you said for self-study… I’m just putting that out there. XD</p>
<p>Why are you self-studying APs in the summer if you have to wait till May to take the test? Savor your summer and pile it on during the school year!!!</p>
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<p>^ Great place to go for AP notes and outlines. And, since you’re taking AP US History in particular, I’d recommend this site as well: </p>
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<p>I’m not studying for the tests as much as the courses.</p>
<p>I hear there’s 3 hours of homework a night for AP Chem. alone. I figure it’ll be easier if I have some background knowledge.</p>
<p>ap chemistry is death. seriously.
it caused me to have a B and a C on my transcript. -.-</p>
<p>for that class there’s 14 units of stuff that you need to know and the best way to study is just going over honors chem stuff, unless you didn’t take honors chem. =/
here’s the units:<br>
Unit #1 Matter, Nomenclature and Stoichiometry
Unit #2 Electron Configuration
Unit #3 Gases
Unit #4 Periodicity
Unit #5 Bonding
Unit #6 Colligative Properties
Unit #7 Oxidation/Reduction Reactions
Unit #8 Organic
Unit #9 Nuclear
Unit #10 Kinetics
Unit #11 Electrochemistry
Unit #12 Thermochemistry
Unit #13 Equilibrium
Unit #14 Acids and Bases</p>
<p>familiarize yourself with them. the last 5 are pretty much the hardestish.
good luck at it. </p>
<p>US History is a joke. just read the textbook, it’s mostly prior knowledge with a few details added on during the year. the last 30 years get a bit messy though because you might think you know something, but you really don’t.</p>
<p>kudos to you for taking the initiative to start ahead of time. :]</p>
<p>AUGirl, this is exactly what I was planning on doing. I’m going to use half.com to buy cheap copies of the textbooks that will be used in my AP courses next year, or if that doesn’t work out, I’ll just buy prep books. I want to be prepared with some background knowledge for my 4 AP courses next year.</p>
<p>Thanks phuloridian. =)</p>
<p>I’ve heard it’s death and everyone told me not to take it… but I love chemistry.</p>
<p>I’ve got 7 weeks until I start back prelim. school (Officer band camp, then regular band camp/preseason field hockey, then real school).</p>
<p>So I figured why not go ahead and start out?</p>
<p>I really need to go over nomenclature. We were given two tests on that, and which ever grade was the highest was the one we kept. The first test I got a 17 and the second one I got a 49. <em>facepalm</em> But stoicheometry is ingrained in my head. My second semester chem teacher made us do it over and over and over again.</p>
<p>If you are a serious musician then AP Music Theory should be no problem. If you are not serious then it will be very difficult and I suggest you get a tutor, also having perfect pitch (which I don’t) would probably help a lot but if you don’t have you CAN NOT learn it despite what any book or person says (God knows how many hours I’ve wasted trying).</p>
<p>AP Chem is tough (this coming from a USNCO), I actually would not recommend self-studying it unless by self-study you mean do a little prep work before you take the class in the fall.</p>
<p>APUSH is jokes…</p>
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^^that would be the first unit’s basic notes.
last two pages are nomenclature.
stoich’ll come handy pretty much all the time.
nomenclature is for those net ionics. they’re super fun! =/
get the common polyatomic ions memorized too, they come in handy with that unit.
good luck to ya’. :] if you need any other resources then i still have most of my digital work saved for it so i can probably help. :D</p>
<p>Don’t feel that a tutor has to be a teacher at your school. College students (especially grad students) need the money and AP Music Theory is often similar to a Music Theory I class.</p>
<p>No way am I getting a tutor. I love my band teacher… and he’ll help me through all the way. XD That’s really the great thing about my school… the teachers are REALLY, really approachable and they get mad at you if you don’t come to them for extra help. (Lord knows that my teachers kept complaining about how I didn’t go to tuts this year.)</p>
<p>And thanks again Phuloridian. I’ll totally look at that. =D</p>
<p>Oh… and Yank, I’m not actually self-studying. (That’s not allowed at my school.) I’m prepping for the actual course offered at my school that I’ll be taking this year. (I ended chem with a B, and it’s not recommended to take the AP chem class unless you had a B+ or above in the honors class… so I’m a bit behind.)</p>