<p>Quick question, are there major differences between the AP Edition 7th Campbell and the non AP Edition 7th Campbell book?</p>
<p>nope, except the binding for the AP edition is sturdier, from what i’ve heard.</p>
<p>Thank you, and is memorization of intricate taxonomy necessary?</p>
<p>Is there a significant difference between 4th and 8th edition Campbell? I haven’t taken AP Bio yet (took GT Bio and currently in AP Chem and AP Physics, if that makes a difference) so my teacher only had older copies of Campbell to lend. I found the 8th edition online, and the two table of contents are pretty different…I could use the 8th edition, but I find it more convenient to have an actual textbook in front of me. I just want to know what you experienced USABO people think :)</p>
<p>I’ve heard that there is not that much of a difference between editions that are +/- 2 apart. My advice as other USABO-ers: Campbell for Opens. Possible a biochem book for semis.</p>
<p>ConstanceB, needfortofu27: im not sure about the 4th edition, but i used 6e for open+semis last year, and received my first 8e copy at study camp and did okay. you probably want to use a more current edition for taxonomy at least, as the animal taxonomy at least changed quite a bit from 6th-8th.</p>
<p>samgunno, insorak, iloveyellow: you guys planning on coming back to USABO? i am not looking forward to studying again (maybe RSI or USNCO will take me- haha jokes).</p>
<p>For those looking for tests:</p>
<p>I have ALL the open exams (2003 - 2010), minus the 2005 one.
I ONLY have 2009 + 2010 semifinal.
I also have ALL the IBOs from 2003 - 2009. </p>
<p>I am willing to trade for the 2005 open or any of the other semifinals.</p>
<p>I have a question about the Campbell’s textbook. Would the 5th edition one be too outdated, or would it be OK?</p>
<p>ccer222 would u be willing to share?=) (i don’t have those tests)
email: <a href="mailto:jpan34@gmail.com">jpan34@gmail.com</a></p>
<p>LuciferLLied, would you mind emailing me either of those semifinal exams? I can give you the 2009 open.</p>
<p>pm me back if you would like to.</p>
<p>CCer222, PM’ed you</p>
<p>Turns out the 2006 semi-final test I have is only a partial test. If anyone would not mind sending me a copy of the open exams I would appreciate it. I have 2004 and 2006 open exams already. You can find them here: [url=<a href=“http://www.sanjuan.edu/webpages/dkaragianes/resources.cfm?subpage=95524]USABO[/url”>http://www.sanjuan.edu/webpages/dkaragianes/resources.cfm?subpage=95524]USABO[/url</a>]</p>
<p>Hey guys,</p>
<p>Can anyone give me a glimpse into his or her study habits? I find that just reading through everything like a story book doesn’t allow me to absorb everything, and I know I’ll forget by February. I started taking notes, which may help me reinforce my memory.</p>
<p>How do you recommend reading? I read it once over the summer, and forgot nearly everything, and now I’ve finished again. I plan on studying more, but don’t know how. Should I just reread it again, or should I go through “important” chapters and just focus on those? </p>
<p>What do you guys think?</p>
<p>hey, when you guys are referring to “raven” do you mean “raven’s biology of plants” or just the regular “biology”</p>
<p>^The plants book.</p>
<p>yea um im thinking about USABO
im a sophomore I and I wanna do it in 2012.
so what are the steps I should take to be in a good position?
(classes, college classes, etc)</p>
<p>Any biology class should be fine to “immerse” in biology, although it’s strongly recommended to take AP biology.</p>
<p>Is ravens 6th edition (plant one) different enough from ravens 7th that I should consider the 7th edition? the 7th is a lot more expensive too… but considering the 6th edition was published in like 1999, I feel it might be kind of outdated.</p>
<p>Well, plants haven’t really changed all that much in like the past 20 years, perhaps 1 or 2 chapters might be updated, but most of it should be pretty much the same. A few hundred more dollars for 1-2 updated chapters isn’t worth it in my opinion.</p>
<p>bumpppppppppp</p>