[_BeLLe*]

for all those amazingly smart people out there who did well on the AP Chem test....TELL ME YOUR SECRETS!!! ahh i feel liked i'm going to get screwed over in that class. i've invest so much money on prep books that i haven't even cracked open yet =(

can you guys tell me how you prepared and did so well on the test? thanks. this class is a killer. blech.

well i think the most important thing is staying on track throughout the school year, and make sure you understand it. because when you go back to the review, its kinda pointless if you didn't grasp the concept earlier..

i had a great chemistry teacher that prepared us for pretty much everything on the ap test. i think the best thing was having an "equations" test once a week. i ended up getting a 15/15 on that portion of the free response. and believe me, a 15/15 there sets you well off for a 3.

and also know equilibrium backwards and forward. know the basic "RICE" diagram and the special alterations for each thing like titration or buffers, or even Ksp(the easiest kind of equilibrium) there's always an equilibrium problem on the FR and its worth like 11 points.

and as for review, i think the best i've seen was cliffnotes. the multiple choice i skimmed through was basically a replica of the actual mc portion of the test. i wished i studied that more thoroughly because mc is harder than free response.

the thing that really helps is skipping school the day before the test and studying. my whole chem class skipped school and stayed in his room the entire day studying. it was awesome, and it totally helped as a cram session.

i ended up getting a 4. my free response was really strong but the mc wasn't as good. i know i would have gotten a 5 if i brushed up on stoichiometry more. there's alot of mc questions on that. hope that helps.

I finally paid for my exams.

Anyone know if what they say about the only AP Human Geography review book out there is total crap?

i didn't even know there was an ap hg study guide. what is it?



oh and i finallyy paid my deposit of 13 per AP test today. $78 total. but the good thing is i save like 60 bucks because the school is paying for my ap english test.

[CALI-sweetie]

wtf! at my school it's $90, and it doesn't matter how many you take, it's $90 each no matter what

[riceball]

my AP tests are only 5$. school pays for rest.

[jess89]

so i turned in my test fees this week... 7 tests x $83 per test = $581 >O
i was about to take english lang. but i thought about the test fee and couldnt do it... my friends are paying $13 each for theirs because their families dont earn as much... darn them!

[misz.perfect.]

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Haha, never mind. I figured the answer to my question, so I deleted it. (:

[alicimoo]

Is anyone taking Computer AP?
How is it?

[chiniria]

Oh yeah... I'm going to get book billed if I don't pay up soon.. maybe I shouldn't turn in the low-income form and just turn in the check that's somewhere and really wrinkled.

Our school is, I guess, one of the "stupid" schools that don't have a lot of AP classes. The maximum you can probably take each year is three unless you take AP foreign language.. and the AP classes are for Juniors and Seniors only. I didn't take any AP classes last year (I'm a Senior), and the AP people were getting Bs to Ds in AP Biology and APUSH was a ton of work. I'm glad I didn't take any of those classes. This year I'm taking three AP classes because I didn't like the AP English teacher. The three I'm taking are AP Calculus, AP Government, and AP Spanish. I can never get an A in any of those classes.. and I am pretty sure I won't pass AP Spanish. I still don't understand half of what my teacher says in that class.. >_>

[piQ]

Does anyone know how the AP tests are graded? I'm only taking US History AP 2 this year

[oppas4all]

^Its based on 5,4,3,2,1 with 3 and above as passing grades. For wrong multiple choiceanswers, its like the SAT with 1/4 off for each one. They then give you a raw score. Then whatever range you fit in, it is your score.

In my school, its $90 each. There's bus transportation.

Is anyone taking AP Chinese? I'm not taking the class so I'm not sure what's on it.

[iced*chai.latte]

Wow that's so weird that everyone pays different prices.
We paid 83 for each test - I thought that was college board's fee?

Aghhh. Less than two months now.

The APEnglishLit test is making me jittery because my teacher is a complete screwball.
Has anyone taken it?

[icedchaifufu]

im poor so i signed up for scholarship. I'm paying $50 for 5 tests. You guys i was wondering, I'm currently taking AP US Gov't right now. I wanna take AP Gov't & Pol Comparative test... has anybody tried it? was it hard? cuz us govt would be such a drag and I know more about international politics than american politics.

[badtz313]

we pay 83$ here too~ last year it was 87$ because the school charged EXTRA...huh.

its pretty expensive and gross to think that I spend about 170$ average a year for the last 3 years.....six hundred books to take four hour tests of misery.

I've taken:
10 - AP Euro
11 - AP Lang (missed, had to pay EXTRA for retake) ; AP Stats ; AP US
12 - will take AP Lit and AP Gov

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Actually, I wasn't gonna take any AP tests my senior year because I found out the college I'm going to
doesn't take it anyways (....-___- such a waste)

but my teachers make it mandatory. does anyone elses teachers force them to take it??

my lit teacher said it counts as the final, so no ap test = zero on final.
my gov teacher said if you take the ap test you get like a 30 % boost to your grade, and if you don't you have to take a version of it anyways in class that counts on your grade..ehhh. sucks.

[saera]

What books are you guys buying/using to study?

Here's my potential list.
AP Biology Cliffs
AP Physics C Barrons (and possibly Princeton)
AP Calc BC...relying on teacher for prep since everyone (minus 1 or 2 individuals) scores a 5.

For bio, I dont have to take the final if I take the AP test. But since i'm probably going to be a borderline grade...I'll probably take the optional final and waste 2 hours of my life.

[c i n d y]

I'm taking AP Chemistry and AP English Language this year.

OhmyGOOODNESS. AP Chemistry is ridiculous at my school. The teacher is horrible. His lectures don't help at all. His tests are so hard. At least half the class is failing (including me). I'm trying my bessst.

Do you guys think making up a Chemistry class at a community collage over the summer willl be okay?
And the AP exam...thank goodness for fee waivers.
I'm concerned about english language. I'm doign okay.

[cyberfruit]

$83?! Why do you guys have to pay so much? My school only made us pay $53 per test.

Taking AP U.S. History (Expecting a 4, hoping for a 5) and AP English Lang. & Comp. (Expecting a 3, hoping for a 4...?) in May. AP English has been kicking my ass all over the place since the beginning of the school year, but I can tell that I'm regaining control.

[Avex]

I'm taking AP Chemistry and AP English Language this year.

OhmyGOOODNESS. AP Chemistry is ridiculous at my school. The teacher is horrible. His lectures don't help at all. His tests are so hard. At least half the class is failing (including me). I'm trying my bessst.

Do you guys think making up a Chemistry class at a community collage over the summer willl be okay?

im taking ap chem as a sophmore now, its a tough class.

since all classes (except AP art) are about half-year long, stuff is pretty crammed in. in order for ppl to take ap chem in our school, we have to take regular chem (most of us did in the term previous to the start of ap chem). im not failing right now (have ap chem right now. just finished my midterm today, having an A- right now. that mid-term could determine my grade lol)

as for taking a class in the summer, it could help if you don't have much in the way, but u can take the exam over again ($$$ =/)
try your best to pass the class and aim for a 3 or higher (but it doesnt seem like theres hope for higher than 3, but its possible) on the chem exam

my teacher is okay though

[XtremeNuisance]

The problem with my school is that it's still a relatively new school (what is it... the fifth year open? My class is only the third senior class (second one to be there since freshman year). I would have taken AP Computer Science (both) but.... they don't have it (AND OREWkool-aidRQ@R#FEA#@RR@ WHEN I TOOK IT FRESHMAN YEAR, IT WASN'T AP. WTF?!), I know I can't get a 5 on AP Language Composition (Or whatever AP English IV is.... NC State wants you to get a five to get any sort of credit. And I was out of school a lot for medical reasons.... SDIFDVDV), I got a 2 last year on the AP English III one because all we focused on was the essays....

Anyways, last year, I took the Calculus BC exam.
EXPLANATION: When you take the BC exam you don't have to take the AB exam because you get a "subscore." They have questions in the BC exam that are on the AB exam so it adds up so you get a score for AB too. ^o^ If that made any sense.

ANYWAYS, the free response questions are graded cool. You get points for pretty much everything. If you set it up right, you get points, blah blah blah. FOR EXAMPLE, I got a 3 on the BC exam with an 4 for an AB subscore. They had this one problem on the free response and I had no idea how to do it. So I just set it up and got credit. w00t. So that's nice to know. *shrug* All I have to say is don't panic. I mean, if you want, just PM me and I'll PM you the Free Response questions that they gave us last year (they give them back so you can ask your teacher what you did wrong or whatever....). So... ASK AND YOU SHALL RECIEVE! WOOOO!

lol. I'm not taking any AP exams this year... I'm not willing to stress myself out what with the... senioritis. Besides, I only took one AP class this year because that was all that was offered (hate History, so screw Humanities; took Mathematical Analysis (Calculus 3) which is a freaking honors course *stabs* so that means I totally missed out on AP Statistics.... And the AP Physics teacher doesn't know how to teach AP Physics (apparently she's giving them, like... 3-5 chapters a week with random tests in between... @_@) So... yeah...). RIGHT .

HOPE THAT HELPED.... I guess. ^o^ PEACE.



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... They let you guys take AP classes as sophomores? T_T Not here. Only juniors and up, really. *sigh* And yeah, AP exams ARE $83 an exam here. ^o^

[joie.de.vivre]

AP Chem gives me headaches sometimes @.@
anyways..
What's AP art like? My school is beginning that course next year and I'm kinda curious ^-^

[xxingy_XP]

^For AP art studio you just have to turn in a portfolio of slides of your work. there are different categories like breath, concentration, and others in which you have to make like.. 6(??) pieces per category. 4 categories in all so i think a total of 24 pieces? :X haha sorry i can't remember. but it's really hard to get a 5.

What books are you guys buying/using to study?

Here's my potential list.
AP Biology Cliffs
AP Physics C Barrons (and possibly Princeton)
AP Calc BC...relying on teacher for prep since everyone (minus 1 or 2 individuals) scores a 5.

oo definitely use cliffs for bio. i didn't use it for every topic, but from the topics that i did use it for, cliffs was really good.
and i like the princeton one for physics c.

[Aurelius]

I'm taking the AP Art History and AP Language and Composition tests that are on the same day!!
I'm going to be so worn out. -.-