http://talk.collegeconfidential.com en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:27:22 GMT vBulletin 30 http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/images/misc/rss.jpg http://talk.collegeconfidential.com http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/ap-tests-preparation/813631-2009-ap-scholar-data-released.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:21:12 GMT AP Data 2009 (http://professionals.collegeboard.com/data-reports-research/ap/data) There are lots of links to detailed reports from this main page. Enjoy. AP Data 2009

There are lots of links to detailed reports from this main page. Enjoy. ]]> AP Tests Preparation tokenadult-6229 http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/ap-tests-preparation/813631-2009-ap-scholar-data-released.html http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/ap-tests-preparation/813580-manageable-workload.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:17:51 GMT Well this year I take AP US History and AP World History. Neither is too hard for me. It's just a lot of memorization. I take Honors Eng, Chem, and Spanish. Only class that takes much effort is Spanish. Other two are fairly easy. Trig is easy as well. So aside from school, I'm studying for the SAT, I need to gain about 100-150 pts on math and CR and Math. Writing I'm at about 750-770. I'm planning to take the SAT in March and I'm currently doing the Barron's and Kaplan books. I figure that I can self study five or six AP courses: Art History, Macro/Microeconomics, Environmental Science, Human Geography, and Psychology. The way I understand it, Art History is just a lot of reading/ memorization of different works of art using the Annotated Mona Lisa and REA Art History book. Psychology is just a thorough read of the Barron's book. Environmental Science is easy, but I'm not sure which book is best to read. I heard the smarty pants book is good, but doesnt cover everything since the test has been made more complex and the barron's covers too much. I've heard Human Geography is the easiest AP test, but I'm not sure which book to study for this subject. I'm not very familiar with the macro/microeconomics however so if someone can advise me on which study route to take I would appreciate it. So I'm wondering if this is a manageable workload for the year considering all I really have to study for is US and World History and a little for the other subjects and rack up some community service hours. Any advice on which books to use for the subjects/which subjects I should rather study and how to best go about improving my Math and CR sscores on the SAT would be appreciated. Estimates on how much time each AP subject takes to study and when I should begin studying would help too. BTW, I'm a Junior. ]]> AP Tests Preparation Jake34-314422 http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/ap-tests-preparation/813580-manageable-workload.html http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/ap-tests-preparation/813045-discourse-ap-united-states-history.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:24:49 GMT At my school, our APUSH teacher makes us do an online activity called Discourse, which he supposedly won as the grand prize of some competition. I can't find any information about Discourse anywhere on the internet and he won't tell us about it.

Has anyone else heard of this, or does anyone else use Discourse at their schools for APUSH? ]]> AP Tests Preparation hieidark123-267358 http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/ap-tests-preparation/813045-discourse-ap-united-states-history.html http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/ap-tests-preparation/812967-ap-us-gov-politics.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:58:51 GMT I wanna ask im plannin on studyin AP US Gov self study but I'm not sure do you need a textbook or is reading the prep books sufficient for the exam? also, is the exam easy to self study?
thanks ]]> AP Tests Preparation yeunglamb-314081 http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/ap-tests-preparation/812967-ap-us-gov-politics.html http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/ap-tests-preparation/812651-taking-honors-chem-self-study-ap-chem.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:02:06 GMT This is my first year taking chemistry. How difficult would it be for me to self study AP Chemistry? I am doing well in chem so far and I can get help from people if necessary. This is my first year taking chemistry. How difficult would it be for me to self study AP Chemistry? I am doing well in chem so far and I can get help from people if necessary. ]]> AP Tests Preparation notmyname-310366 http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/ap-tests-preparation/812651-taking-honors-chem-self-study-ap-chem.html