What score did you get on the AP bio exam and how hard did you acctually study?

I got a 5 on the exam by doing cumulative studying throughout the year. My teacher required a particular sort of note on each chapter; basically she wanted it summarized with all the diagrams redrawn; very crazy. I calculated that I spent over 200 hours working on these and even though no one else spent as much time, they also spent a lot more time reviewing right before the test because the information was better embedded in my mind. If you just review some stuff each night to make sure you don't forget it (especially over those breaks like Winter and Spring where everything leaves your head), then you should have a good idea of each topic in the end. Most of my studying right before the test was on stuff which we had learned earlier in the year just to brush up on some more specifics. I used the Princeton Review, which I also use for Subject Tests, the SAT, the ACT, and my AP Euro exams, but in particular, this was more so that they could sum up the twelve lab experiments for me because they do a good job of pointing out the main information to take away from the experiments which sometimes get very thick in information. I'm not really a fan of practice tests because I think they either make you feel better or worse than you should because you will never see a test anything like the practice test and even though it's supposed to be testing skill level, it's really just testing which information you know and which you don't. Sometimes you get lucky and the majority is on stuff you know well, but on the AP, it could easily be the opposite. I do recall that this year, we didn't really finish all the information encompassed on the test because of the sheer bulk (even after coming in during lunch and on Saturdays/Sundays), so we took a lucky guess at what wouldn't be on the test based on what was on it last year (this wasn't really a good idea since it's all random anyway).

I would recommend 5 Steps to a 5 for AP Biology.

I got a 5 on the exam.

What you have to do is study throughout the year and do all the homework, assignments, etc.

That way, when May comes around, you'll be **reviewing** not studying/cramming for your AP exams. Most of the concepts should be familiar, and you should already know what you're going over. It's just that time to get all the little details right.

I got a 5. All I did to prepare was to take two multiple choice practice tests from 5 Steps to a 5. Crappiest practice tests ever! The guy who wrote it only liked certain subjects and wrote all of the tests about those subjects, i.e. defense mechanisms. DO NOT USE 5 STEPS TO A 5. Other than that I really did not study at all. I think the graders were just nice to me and the test was really easy this year compared to the past tests.