AP Classes + SAT

[The Score]

AP Bio is totally shredding me to pieces, and the teacher we have isn't exactly teaching the AP Biology curriculum, what do I do?

[yuketsu]

AP Bio is totally shredding me to pieces, and the teacher we have isn't exactly teaching the AP Biology curriculum, what do I do?

what part are you struggling with? memorization, content, concepts, something else?
when i took the class i honestly didnt find the class too helpful (this is from my experience only though),
but if your teacher isn't following the curriculum, i suggest self studying?

if so, i'd highly reccomend watching bozeman science (he does great vids for ap bio + more), you can find
him on youtube or his website but his explanations are rlly nice and easy to understand! crash course is
good for review the night before (but its very much simplified). i'd also get a prep book, the one from
cliffnotes is rlly good. idk if this helps answer your question but ^^

[caf.]

@thereallps121 - it really depends on how good you feel with biology in general - did you take pre-ap/honors biology? how did you do? there are a lot of study guides out there - if you feel like your biology skills are pretty good, you might try using one of those to try and pick up the material for yourself. form study groups with people in your class, too - my AP Music Theory groupchat has already saved my butt multiple times this year, ha! and, if your teacher offers them, attend tutorials and ask questions - some teachers are better one-on-one or when asked specific questions than in a general classroom setting. of course, if it's getting close to May and you still feel really bad about the material, you can always opt out of taking the test and just focus on saving yourself a headache in college biology classes.

guess who has an AP Calculus BC and AP Music Theory exam tomorrow, haha. i'm a little terrified for both, but i think i'm going to do okay on the music theory test. i don't fully get intervals yet (or modes, or...anything other than dictation and sightreading), but i know the test will be fairly forgiving, and i'll have plenty of time to sort myself out. the calc test...yeesh, i might be in a little trouble. anyone have any tips for really cracking down and studying? the pace of that class is really great for my ADHD-brain, but i have a lot of trouble studying at home since it's hard for me to focus or know where to start. i'll definitely go for tutorials in the morning, though, that's for sure!

[The Score]

@ tharrot.: I have done all these things, but I am currently getting B's on my assignments, and I'm hanging at a very low A in the class overall. How do I get my grade up?

[Eagle's Eye]

I’ve taken 4 AP tests and I’ve taken 1 SAT essay exam.
On my SAT Essay I scored a 7 (average is 4)

By 7, do you mean 7/7/7? If yes, that's a really good grade!

Did anyone else here take the August SAT? I flew over to America for that test and they reused the October '17 international paper, which means that some test takers have already taken it before. CB gets so much money each year and they won't even make a new test to ensure complete fairness for everyone. This combined with the ridiculous June curve (I didn't take it but I saw the outrage over it) just makes me wish I had prepared for the ACT instead of the SAT
On a more positive note, those who took the SAT in August should've gotten an email requesting you to do a survey and you'll get a 10$ Amazon gift card for doing it and they were sent out 1 or 2 days ago ^^

[Rtas 'Vadum]

Our PSAT tests are in October, but our SAT tests are all the way in April. I haven't been in public school for 2 years (homebound for various reasons) and just got back into it in August so I'm still pretty blank on what they are rip

[The Score]

For anyone who has taken AP Biology, how do you understand the concepts introduced the first time? (The moment they're taught in class?) I don't understand them so I have to teach myself the topic again when I get home.

[The Score]

Still looking for my AP Bio-ers

[Herlock Sholmes]

For anyone who has taken AP Biology, how do you understand the concepts introduced the first time? (The moment they're taught in class?) I don't understand them so I have to teach myself the topic again when I get home.

While the teacher is talking about a concept, it helps to visualize everything happening in your head and it'll hopefully just click. Instead of just knowing concepts, it helps to play a picture or video in your head of how something is described. Or draw diagrams in your notes. This works for me at least, but everyone's different.

[Herlock Sholmes]

Just wanted to drop this awesome study tip video here: https://youtu.be/AL08YZCYShc