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05-11-2008, 06:02 PM
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| lol yeah im being neurotic and kinda basing it off of practice tests in school, since my teacher didn't really prepare us well since she made us answer every question always, which always reduced my score a little, that's why i'm just trying to prepare myself a little more | 
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05-11-2008, 06:02 PM
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| Oh and I have a question...
Since you get points on FRQ for what you get right but don't lose points for what you get wrong......can you just answer a question in 2 (mutually exclusive) ways & still get all points ??? (assuming one of your answers is right) | |
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05-11-2008, 06:04 PM
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| Take the sparknotes practice test - it's really good. It times you, grades you, and has excellent explanations of answers. Just MC though. It helped me figure out what to review. If you just need to be taught again, go to MIT open courseware, the high school section, and you can watch the profs in action. Do you have the Campbell bio book? If you do you can access the labs and come helpful activities (as well as the book, if you paid for it) online.
I hope that some of these tips can alleviate the panic! | |
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05-11-2008, 06:05 PM
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| I believe you should answer it only 1 way, because contradicting yourself can cost you, maybe, but you can elaborate and basically do a brain-dump that is cohesive in an essay format, but if they are mutually exclusive it could work as long as there is no contradiction since that's what the review books/teacher says | |
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05-11-2008, 06:06 PM
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| By mutually exclusive I mean they can't both be right...and therefore would have to be contradictory... | |
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05-11-2008, 06:07 PM
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| which labs are a MUST for the online virtual phschool, since I did like half of them only and think I should focus on other stuff like body systems now | |
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05-11-2008, 06:08 PM
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| are labs 4, 5, 6, 9 good to skip since they were asked recently? | |
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05-11-2008, 06:22 PM
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| I'm feeling good, the level for 5 is so low, no problem  | |
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05-11-2008, 06:36 PM
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| I was just wondering if we should review eyes and smell and the senses because they were in the campbell book but i don't see it in cliffs. Does anyone know if they show up on the test? | |
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05-11-2008, 06:43 PM
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| you know, the AP Biology test should be renamed the "AP Botany" test. it's ridiculous the amount of place plants get on the test as well as useless taxonomy. like really, could we focus on something more interesting? I came to this conclusion yesterday as I zoomed through the cell, genetics, systems and the like and then came to plants where it took me an hour to get through half a page as I desperately looked around for distractions.
So, I didn't study today. And I'm not planning on it. Because studying Botany is a waste of my life. I had a lot more fun planning my Mother's Day extravaganza for me mum.  I hope your Moms had a good Mother's Day. | |
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05-11-2008, 06:44 PM
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| Quote: |
are labs 4, 5, 6, 9 good to skip since they were asked recently?
| I can just see collegeboard putting 6 on two yrs in a row just so they can go "bwahah we fooled them".....haha
Actually I would love that - 6 = my fave. | |
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05-11-2008, 06:46 PM
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| I know. And what I hate even more about the AP Biology Exam is that the essay questions are entirely based on luck. I specialize in Ecology, Animal Structure and Function, Taxonomy, and Plants. I absolutely hate Genetics and Biochemistry. Now, the essay questions might focus on things I don't know or they might focus on my strong areas. I just hope I get some essay questions in my strong areas. [= | |
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05-11-2008, 06:50 PM
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| WHAT they CANNOT ASK 6 LOL I DONT GET PLASMIDS STILL, stupid teacher made it confusing with her nonsense explanation | |
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05-11-2008, 06:50 PM
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| ^^ @ballin: I'm the exact opposite. Wanna work together? haha | |
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05-11-2008, 06:53 PM
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| A plasmid's just a piece of circular, extrachromosal DNA, mostly in bacteria, that researchers use as a vector to put genes they want into cells..
I work in a mobio lab | |
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