<p>the concepts in AP BIO are repetitive. They are not in-depth at all; even the concepts that people think are hard are actually easy. That’s why.</p>
<p>got a 5.</p>
<p>I don’t believe silverturtle. “I’ll be really happy if I get 3, shocked if I get 4” for someone who got 2400 on the SAT and post with one of the best rhetorical skills on these boards? I don’t buy it. >_></p>
<p>As aforementioned by someone, AP Bio is just memorization. I never took any Biology course before being tutored in AP Bio (for only 2 months). I haven’t received my score yet, but I am positive that I got a 5, or at least a 4. </p>
<p>You see many people saying they got 5 simply because this is College Confidential, the place where failing an AP test is an abomination (jk). Including everyone who took the test, approximately 20% get 5. But on here, I assume 50% get 5. The cutoff is also generous; it’s usually ~60-65% for a 5.</p>
<p>The test did not seem any different than any of the practice tests. I’m assuming, as byubound said, that so many people got a 5 because this is CC. It’s very doubtful that significantly more people got a 5 this year out of everyone that took the test.</p>
<p>I have not called in because I’m too cheap but I’m pretty certain I got a 5 on this one. Don’t want to jinx it though.</p>
<p>Sample size isn’t representative of the population!</p>
<p>^ :]
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<p>You guys were right. 
I got a 5. It sures makes me think less of everyone else who did so as well, considering that I know essentially nothing about biology.</p>
<p>To people who got a 5 - How much did you actually study?</p>
<p>I started about a month before the test and read the Cliffnotes Study Guide every day, one chapter a day. At the end, I was also taking practice tests etc. I got a 4. </p>
<p>Did you guys study more than that? I spent like an hour a day on it.</p>
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<p>If silverturtle thinks less of everyone who got a 5, imagine what he thinks of you :O</p>
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I didn’t study nearly as much as that. My original PLAN was to read enough of the Cliff’s book each day, starting two weeks before the exam, so that I’d be done a day or two before the exam. Basically, I had to read one or two chapters per day. Well, that plan didn’t work. I fell behind and didn’t keep up with the readings.</p>
<p>So the weekend before the exam (which was on a Monday, as you know) I read all of Cliff’s from front to back and took three or four released tests and one set of previous FRQs. I probably spent a total of 7 or 8 hours reviewing/practicing.</p>
<p>I got a 5.</p>
<p>Based on the fact that I wrote a bunch of made up BS on the first FRQ, I am just hoping I don’t get a 1 at this point lol. If I get a 3, I would be happy. And that is saying something, because on my other tests I will probably cry with a 3.</p>
<p>That last FRQ saved me. My regular bio teacher freshman year spent a semester on succession.</p>
<p>My last-minute studying the weekend before payed off too.</p>
<p>I got a four but seriously thought I would be lucky to get a 3 since I truthfully only knew about half of the material. The curve must’ve been pretty big this year.</p>
<p>i know for sure i got a 3+. so i’m hoping for a 5, but realistically a 4 is how i walked out of that exam feeling.</p>
<p>I think most of the people who are attributing their successes to the curve should credit themselves. Maybe the curve wasn’t that big; maybe the exam wasn’t easy; maybe you are actually smarter than you’re giving yourself credit for.</p>
<p>The test date went well and I felt confident coming out, but I thought I got a 4 because I almost always fall short of my goals.</p>
<p>Got a 5 though. I was Happy lol</p>