How should I prepare for my AP exams??
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Start studying at the beginning of the semester and keep it up through the whole semester.\n\nDon't wait for the test to start studying.\n\nStudy every subject every day.\n\nDon't study what you know.  Skip the things you know and spend time studying what you have not learned yet.\n\nSearch the internet for "how to study" and you will find a lot of good resources.
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Buy your self a Kaplan AP Calc. book. Our teacher recomended it. It helps you to go over all the things that you have leant in past year. I personally had bought Spark Notes one. Because it had flashcards in it. Those books helps you a lot if you have less time to prepare.\n\nP.S. if your school has AP Stat teacher or High school calc. teacher go ask them for some help. I am sure they won't deny. BEST LUCK for the exams.
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Did you write this for us to proofread, or was you assignment to correct.  I hope you wrote it and not the other, or else SHAME ON YOU for asking us to do your homework.\n\nMy corrections:\n\nThere are several stages to preparing for a test. You begin the second you start the lesson. Write down everything you think is important and make sure you know what it means, and if you do not, then ask a teacher. Make sure you keep everything you get for the lesson, including notes, worksheets, and any quizzes you might have taken. You should look over your papers every day to make sure you know it. On the night before the test you should try to get to bed early so you have enough sleep, because if you do not, then you will be falling asleep instead of concentrating on the test. The morning of the test you should try to eat a big breakfast because you do not want to be hungry during a test. During the time before the test, look over your notes just in case you forgot something. If you follow all of these simple stages, you can be almost guaranteed to get a good grade on the test.
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Easy: preparation.\n\nBefore the test, weeks in advance, make up a "practice" test with all the things you think might be asked on the real test. Try to make your test similar to what you think the teacher or professor will make their test. Then test yourself exactly like you would in the real test, at a desk, with a timer. Afterwards mark your own paper. Preparation like  this will lead to less test anxiety! Good luck
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I'm a junior currently taking AP classes for the first time too. It's hard, I agree. The best way to study is breaking it up. First, read over each chapter (maybe read one or two chapters a night). Make sure you understand what is going on in the chapters. Ask a friend or teacher if you don't understand something.\n\nMake notecards with all of the key terms. Make a question/answer sheet with possible essay questions. Outline each chapter. Summarize each chapter in a paragraph in your own words (and try using the vocab words in the paragraph). Try to do these things without looking at your notes.\n\nMemorize important dates and people. Focus on understanding main points.\n\nThe best advice I can give to you is to set aside 1 - 3 hours a night just for studying. Remember, studying will mean nothing if you don't understand the material, so I strongly recommend figuring out what is going on first. It's not fun, but it'll be worth it in the end. \n\nGood luck!
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As far as I know, it's graded on a curve, so the average is 3.  So that's how people do in general.\n\nAs for studying for it: I got one of those AP prep books, did a couple of the pratice tests, studied the things I got wrong, and got a 5 on the exam.
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Try to get as many AP courses as possible. Or at least the most that you can handle. Also, try to take extra curricular classes but make sure that there is a way you can earn college credits for them. Big things like a sport or band and drill will help you out. But AP courses count as college courses so that's a big help already.
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I have a bit of calc links from when I took the AP exams.\nhttp://www.jimmyr.com/education.php\n\nunder the section calculus. those sites were really useful.
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i can try to help you....i took ap english in high school (quite a few years ago) and got a 4 (a 5 is highest) on my exam, and took quite a bit of extra english in college because I enjoy it.  email me.....  beforeyougo7@yahoo.com
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1. Have a regular time and location to study.\n\n2. Get ahold of upcoming lessons and read ahead. *The reason for this is important. If you study ahead - when you do take the subject in class it is a review for you. You'll actually be ahead of the class when preparing for your exam.\n\n3. Work with someone who can help you - not distract you. * This is a mastermind technique you'll use in the business world. Get use to it.\n\n4. No TV. ( a little quiet background music is acceptable)\n\n5. Learn memory techniques. Do not rely on rote memory. * Use ridiculous association for subjects where you have alot of facts to remember. Your mind is like a filing cabinet. If you don't have a filing system you won't know how to retrieve the knowledge when you need it.\n\n6. Use colored post its to mark , "must knows, could knows, and should knows. Remember - most of your hard cover books are filler. Focus on what your teacher wants you to know.\n\n7. Eating before study causes blood to go from the brain to the stomach. Watch when you eat.\n\n8. Get plenty of rest. Don't party on school nights.\n\n9. Do "all your assignments!" "Write all your tests!" - falling behind because of missed assignments or classes will make studying difficult. If you have to miss a class - have someone provide you with notes and <ask> the teacher if you're confused. DO NOT FALL BEHIND!!!! Knowing your subject is like building a house. If you miss information your foundation will be weak and your house will not hold up! That's why students who miss class have a bad time of it.\n\n10. Set a goal for yourself in each subject you take and shoot high. That is to say...shoot for an A and you'll most likely get a B. Write your goal in the present tense - I.e. It is Jun 2007 and I have completed Math 30 with an A plus. (Describe the reaction of your teacher/parents/friends and how good you feel about achieving your goal. "Remember - if a goal doesn't have a time limit set on it - your goal is just a dream!"\n\n11. Never get into a tiff with your teacher - show genuine interest and you'll see a higher grade.\n\n12. Keep good notes - no...excellent notes. Notes that refer back to your text book and highlight the must knows! Have a table of contents.
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The AP calc exam is an ok exam.  It was weird though to take a multiple choice math exam.  Best advice is just to do lots of different types of problems and in no particular order.  Make sure you're comfortable with word problems because that's all the non-multiple choice part of the test is.  Also, I know you can get past exams - my Calc teacher in HS got each of us the past like three tests.  We worked on them on our own and then got together for like a week or so and worked out the problems together if we were stumped.  My advice is to start early (as you seem to be doing) and just keep working through problems.  Make sure you review what you learned in the beginning so you won't forget what you now consider the "easy" stuff.  I took the exam and got a 3 on it.  That would have exempted me from Calc 1 at my college, but I took the class anyway, just to keep familiar and found it much more challenging than in HS becuase it is a college level class.  But I still got an A in it.  And like the answer above said, it was everything we covered in a year in HS calc.  I would only really use the exemption if: 1 - it totally gets you out of all the college math you would need for your major OR 2 - if you can get right into the next level first semester.  Otherwise, I would do the brush up like I did.  It helps the GPA and it does give you that brush up because in college, they expect you to hit the ground running in the higher level classes.  Good luck!
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For math, do your homework every night. Go and ask your teacher questions every time you don't understand. \n\nFor history, find out before hand what will be on the tests and what formats they'll be in. Ask your teacher how you can best study for them. \n\nAs for your grades in general, do EVERY single assignment, even if they seem dumb. All the points add up by the end of the quarter.
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Biggest thing on all of their writing sections is to write. If you're having trouble coming up with something, do an outline or write down what you know you know and then start forming sentences from that. Random facts about the topic can also score you points. And don't forget spelling and grammar on all of them; the graders are sticklers for it. \n\nDo practice tests, including the writing sections. The AP Bio test asks very little on botany because most biologist these days more or less ignore botany. History may ask you random facts -- the year I took it, there were no questions on Lincoln, but one on Taft (most famous during his presidency for getting stuck in a bathtub) and on "All in the Family".\n\nFor L&C or L&L, know your grammar terms and poetry terms. \n\nGood luck and don't stress. You'll do fine.
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study hard.\ndo only the important stuff.\ndo last years paper
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you should start studying, but like that guy said, plan it out. Get  hold of past papers. Do a timed one, and see what your score is. Go  over your notes to see where you went wrong. Do a past paper every 2 days, you'll improve in your knowledge, improve in  knowing what a question is asking for, and you will know how to do these types of questions come the exam. Good luck.
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First of all, an AP Chemistry study guide is a must.  These are available from many publishers at your local bookstore.  They are usually found in the SAT/ACT prep section.  Follow along in the AP study guide as each unit is presented in class.   Waiting until a few weeks before the exam to start is NOT recommended.
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Look in your AP WH book and look for the link that distributes the book. They should have like alot of free response examples and other little things to help you.\n\nAnd if youre taking the AP exams which give you college credit I suggest you buy a booklet that goes over the format and questions that are most likely to be on the exam.