<p>I feel like we're moving at an extremely slow pace because my teacher is new to teaching AP, and he constantly pushes tests back. Right now we are doing Prokaryotes/Eukaryotes in the Campbell book.</p>
<p>we are doin DNA replication and whatever goes along with it…</p>
<p>I got a 5 in Bio last year, and I only read 17 of the chapters in the Campbell book. I’m not saying to take it easy but if you’ve had a good biology class this year or in the previous years (with introductory biology or something), than you’ll find the test to be a lot easier than you think it is. However, I did a lot of self studying because my teacher was new and wasn’t that great to top it off. Get a decent prep book (I used Princeton Review) and read it through thoroughly once or twice. That’s what I did once I realized I could never finish the text book in time by myself.</p>
<p>Also web resources:
Sparknotes.com pretty much has an abridged version of the text book (for free).</p>
<p>[Khan</a> Academy](<a href=“http://www.khanacademy.org/]Khan”>http://www.khanacademy.org/)
Although I wasn’t aware of this site last year, I use this site for math and I swear by it. It has absolutely amazing videos! I watched about one video for Bio and it was pretty top notch. If you can watch all of them (and retain the info), you’re bound for a three at the least.</p>
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<p>Although I am self-studying for the exam and not formally enrolled in an AP course, that does seem to be proper location in the curriculum relative to this point in the school year.</p>
<p>I am not sure if your school goes by the chapters in Campbell so I’ll just list all the units/chapters we have covered.</p>
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<li>Molecules and Cells</li>
<li>Heredity and Evolution</li>
<li>Organisms and Population (currently on plants/fungus)
We covered around 30 chapters so far in Campbell Biology.</li>
</ol>
<p>We have gone in order and are currently doing chapter 34 in Campbell’s 7th Edition.</p>
<p>How do you think I’ll do if I ONLY self study because i don’t bother paying attention in class since my teacher goes through useless powerpoints? I read the chapters a couple days before the test maybe once and skim it a second time. I get 96-100 on most of my tests, but that’s because my teacher lets us choose 30 out of 40 questions to answer on the tests.</p>
<p>Laggy internet</p>
<p>Magnesium if you go over Cliffs and understand most of the material you should do really well. Also, for essays use the official essay topics on apcentral.collegeboard.com.</p>
<p>This is tragic: we covered 19 chapters so far</p>
<p>I can never find the time to self-study, unfortunately.</p>
<p>We have covered all but plant form and function!</p>