Uneasy about Bio!

Test Preparation AP Test Preparation
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<p>I read the cliff notes for AP biology as well as the "Preparing for the biology AP exam" that goes along with the text book we use (Biology, seventh edition / Campbell Reece) Our teacher gave us that one and it has been WAY more helpful to me than the AP cliff notes, but it's personal preference. </p>

<p>I found the best way to review is take practice tests (I have old AP bio MC tests that they released) and I also took the two in the one preperation book and the one in the AP cliff notes. They help quite a bit. :)</p>

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<p>Hm...yeah, I've taken all of the practice tests, too, and averaged around 110-112 correct for all of them. Might've been higher if I hadn't been practically falling asleep.</p>

<p>I'm seriously debating just going "screw it" and not studying, but I'm worried about the essays and I'm also trying to figure out how much of my high score came from my teacher using some of those questions on her tests.</p>

<p>Oh well. Guess I'll go over anatomy, plants, and cell respiration/photosynthesis and hope for the best.</p>

<p>Oh, and can anyone explain Hardy-Weinburg to me? That's what I usually get the most points off with. Rawrgh.</p>

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<p>ayrrie ur gonna get a 5 stop studying :)</p>

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<p>note to self: Learn how to quote.</p>

<p>That may be so, but not understanding Hardy-Weinburg has been bugging me. My teacher just kind of goggled at me when I told her I didn't get it--I don't think she believed me. T_T</p>

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<p>p^2+2pq+q^2
thats all there is to it</p>

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<p>Alright, noted.</p>

<p>How much is on cell structure/organelles? I suck at that stuff. ;)</p>

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<p>I Have To Study All Of It In One Day Oh Boyy</p>

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<p>Neo: This is what they have on the collegeboard website:
I. Molecules and Cells (25%)
A. Chemistry of Life (7%)
B. Cells (10%)
C. Cellular Energetics (8%)
II. Heredity and Evolution (25%)
A. Heredity (8%)
B. Molecular Genetics (9%)
C. Evolutionary Biology (8%)
III. Organisms and Populations (50%)
A. Diversity of Organisms (8%)
B. Structure and Function of Plants and Animals (32%)
C. Ecology (10%)</p>

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<p>Just took the CliffsAP practice exam at the end.
I must not have absorbed the information well. Got a 3 :(
But there's still tonight and tomorrow, people.</p>

<p>5!5!5!5!5!</p>

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<p>Hmmm... How accurate are the Cliffs AP exams?</p>

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<p>Anyone else using PR? I have Cliffs, but I can't read it. I find it really dry and I like how PR is textbook style rather than bullets. I like the tone used in PR, also. I know most people here like Cliffs, but I think PR works for me. I read Cliffs all of today, but I can't take it anymore.</p>

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<p>Yeah, Cliffs is difficult to read.</p>

<p>I use Barron quite a bit since it's textbook style as well.</p>

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<p>PR is definitely the most entertaining one... in every study-type book I've read by PR, it's never boring. (some of the jokes they make are stupid, but it's the stupidity that makes it funny =P)</p>

<p>But I'm still commited to Cliffs... since I've been reading it nonstop this weekend anyway, might as well finish it up ^^ But oh... the headache >.<</p>

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<p>how do you guys feel about 5 steps to a 5 as a review weeken cram book? too much of a gamble? no precednt?</p>

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<p>lazybutsmart, im in the same boat. just got home from a weekend convention today---must begin studying after half-assing the class the entire year....can miracles happen?</p>

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<p>I LOOOOOOVE 5 steps to a 5. I read like the first half of that book and got an 82/100 on a released exam. It covers the basics sufficiently--not sure how it would do for FRQs, though</p>

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<p>I've read cliffs constantly like the last 2 days.. and I've retained almost nothing from it..</p>

<p>I don't know why... it never happens with review books for me.. but its KILLING me!</p>

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<p>zachsta, you give me hope</p>

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<p>If you guys really want hope, check out the reviews for CliffsAP on amazon.com.</p>

<p>About 50 people going, "half-assed the course, read the book, got a 5"</p>

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<p>do we really need to know all the hormones and what they target? its too long and i have other parts to study....... :(</p>