<p>In our school we take APWH sophomore year and APUSH junior year.</p>
<p>Speaking of English, AP Lang is my toughest class so far. The teacher is an amazing person (past students said her class was life changing), but she’s incredibly strict on grading (her own mantra is “All I ask is for perfection”).</p>
<p>@puportedlay Its AP Physics 1. </p>
<p>@purportedlay We’re only allowed to take it junior year. We also have to take civics and economics senior year, but no earlier, which I really hate. </p>
<p>How do you all study for English tests? I have one this Friday on a book that I read over the summer, and we haven’t been discussing it in class…I was considering rereading the entire book because it’s not THAT long, but I feel like that would waste a lot of time. ): My teacher is notorious for giving really specific tests, ugh.</p>
<p>@glasshours This may sound terrible, but I just use Sparknotes or Quizlet. They have built in practice tests/games that are really helpful.</p>
<p>@glasshours, I agree with @alison16 … Don’t feel bad about using websites like Sparknotes or Schmoop as a RESOURCE! You’ve already done your part by reading the book, and these websites were made for you to review and study from 
Using Sparknotes without reading is a whole different story… / </p>
<p>So I’m back at my old school (left my state’s math/science school for personal reasons), and they put me in AP Lang, AP Gov, AP Cal AB, and AP Stats. Ugh I don’t want to take AP Lang and Gov on top of my AP Cal BC self study and AP Chem self study.</p>
<p>Any tips from people who’ve done either AP Lang or AP Gov? The teachers aren’t going to be very helpful (they don’t teach; just tell us to copy notes and expect us to know things), so I need to more or less teach myself. </p>
<p>AP Gov is US Gov, btw; not comp gov. </p>
<p>AP Gov is just vocab basically.</p>
<p>@alison16 and @SippingCoffee, thanks! Yeah, I’m most likely going to reread Sparknotes…I don’t think I’ll have time to go through the entire book again, and even if I do that, I don’t think it’d be a very efficient way to spend my time, haha. :)</p>
<p>Hi! I’ve been on this thread like once before freshman year but I forgot my password lol</p>
<p>Just started a new school but so far everyone’s really friendly! Anyone taking AP Environmental Science? My teacher told me it’s recommended that I take chem before but I suck at chem and I really like being in that class. Advice? </p>
<p>@ofmunstersandmen </p>
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<li>Read a prep book a week before the exam</li>
<li>???</li>
<li>Get 5 on exam</li>
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<p>Anyone know the best review book for AP Physics 1</p>
<p>Same ^^
Can anyone suggest the best review books for AP Biology and AP Physics 1?</p>
<p>Thankss</p>
<p>^ I vote we add AP Psych and AP Chem to the mix; the latter has a review book, but I’m going to need all the help I can get in both classes.</p>
<p>Best review book for AP Physics Mechanics?</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure you guys can find these in AP test preparation thread though.</p>
<p>I’ll add AP Gov, AP Lang, AP Stats, and AP Chem to that list. Best prep books? </p>
<p>AP Lang is almost mind-bogglingly easy. I did no studying at all and didn’t even read the AP description. Just showed up, pencil in hand, vaguely ready to read some stuff and write some essays. Basically, if you’re ever taken an English class you should be good to go. </p>
<p>I second the request for a good AP Stats book. </p>
<p>Is anyone part of a philosophy club? I’m thinking about starting one, because I’d really love to have good discussions on different branches of philosophy. </p>
<p>So far in the AP book suggestion list we have:</p>
<p>AP US Gov
AP Lang
AP Stats
AP Chem
AP Physics 1
AP Physics Mechanics
AP Psych
AP Bio–for bio, I recommend Barron’s. It’s honestly all you’re going to need. If you want to overprep and make sure you get a 5, just get an older version of Barron’s (before 2013) and read that. @PoisonIvy20 </p>
<p>Review book suggestions for these subjects would be appreciated (not just by me; everyone else who asked would like it, too). </p>
<p>Wow, @woandering funny you should mention it, I started a philosophy club last year. It’s only a handful of kids but the discourse is always rich and interesting. It’s very free-form, basically just hours of open discussion and, inevitably, heated debate. Mostly we focus on theoretical branches- metaphysics and phenomenology as opposed to, say, ethics and politics. Last year our reading consisted mostly of the basics, Descartes, Heidegger, Sartre et al.</p>
<p>This year I’m hoping to venture into linguistic and semiotic theory as well, as it relates to principles of reality, truth and ontology (think: Derrida, Wittgenstein). Tentatively, this year is gonna culminate in all the members writing and arguing a (brief) philosophical paper. We’ll see how it goes. </p>
<p>I’d totally recommend you go for it! It’s been an incredible experience for me. And seriously, who couldn’t benefit from a little philosophical, “grand-scheme of things” thinking? </p>