Help Please

Test Preparation AP Test Preparation
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<p>Well, this year I am taking AP Chemistry, Spanish, English Language & Compostion, and U.S. History. I would really appreciate if you can give some study tips and point out what I should do in order to really learn and pass the test. I don’t need shortcuts!</p>

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<p>I can only give you hints on the only one I took so far from your list: AP Chemistry.</p>

<p>My honest advice is to read your chemistry book carefully. Before proceeding on any section, be sure that you understand the concepts really well. When you come onto the sections with problems, be sure that you practice those types of problems. By doing this, you will establish the basic foundation. In addition, you should try memorizing the various colors of elements and ions.</p>

<p>As for the test itself, I would start preparing and studying by using the study guides. I would highly recommend using Peterson’s/Arco’s for this. As for the Free Response, look at past questions from the CB site. After you try to do these problems, understand what you did wrong.</p>

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<p>I’ll try to help with spanish, US, and chem.

  1. For spanish, listen to as much authentic and synthetic material as you can (<a href=“http://radio.un.org/es/[/url]”>http://radio.un.org/es/&lt;/a&gt; is a great site for listening and very well could show up on the test). Read and write constantly, from 65-250 words. Practice speaking into a tape recorder and play it back. The most important thing is practice.
  2. For US, read your textbook and do questions. Practice old essays. There really isn’t anything more than that.
  3. For chem, shadowing is right. You have to read your text carefully. Make sure you understand what is there and take time to digest it. Work on as many questions as you can, from easy to hard. Make sure you understand WHY and HOW, moreso than what. Very rarely will a question ask something explicit such as “What is the concentration if 3 mols of solute are dissolved in 1 L of water?” but more like, “If the reaction above goes to completion and 3 grams of element A are reacted, how many mols of element D are produced?” There is too much for you to learn everything (by CB’s admission) but if you understand a majority of every topic, you can apply it to various scenarios, as most questions require knowledge of multiple things. Hope that helps.</p>
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<p>^ do you have any good sites for listening to french?</p>

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<p>^^^ lepointdufle.net is a pretty good site. My french teacher recommends it.</p>