AP Biology is THE hardest class and exam in high school, hands down and that’s from someone who’s just about seen it all. I’m tellin’ ya – AP Bio is a feat to be proud of accomplishing. Passing the national exam is like climbing Everest–throw a party afterwards. Some people are just naturally good at biology. But even college board and the teachers at my school agree it is the hardest course. It leads to some pretty epic careers, and that’s why it’s so important.
Have you guys seen the textbook?!?!?! It’s crazy. I remember freshman year I couldn’t even carry it.
Regardless, I left that exam missing the opportunity to answer 15 multiple choice questions. I ran out of time! The questions were PARAGRAPHS and I was so stressed and nervous and was taking my time and just didn’t finish. The FRQ’s I barely finished. The FRQ’s were very vocabulary and understanding based. I thought I failed a whole FRQ because it asked about the nervous system but my teacher had told us to skip the nervous system (Thanks). So I sat there and just wrote an essay about how nervous system sends receptors to the brain to cause a reaction for you to pull your hand away from a hot stove and I bet that’s not what the question was asking. Also the mutiple choice was so creepy, I was POSITIVE I got a solid 1. I maintained an A in the class but the AP Exam was not my friend. It literally asked me a question about what I would do if polar bears started becoming sterile in my private zoo.
Like wow I have a private zoo. And polar bears. Wut. I totally guessed half of it. No amount of preparation worked out because it just simply wanted scientific thinking, and what if questions… sigh
Plot twist I got a 5. ISNT THAT HILARIOUS
I promise you I did not expect that. I was POSITIVE I got a 1. I literally missed 15 MC and completely wrote everything I heard in health magazines and CNN on one of the FRQ’s. Yet I got a 5… it still shocks me until this day. My grade makes sense if I had done good on the other MC and just aced the rest of the FRQ. But based on how daunting the course is, I did not expect that.
I actually invited 5 friends over and had a dance party, and burned my AP Bio notes (which I will regret in a couple years). That’s the story of AP Biology and the terrifying venture in the lands of a 1056 page textbook heavier than your neighbor’s very obese German Shepard.
@cocolover123 yea that happened to me to during my exam yesterday. I skipped 8 MC cause I ran out of time and messed up 2 grid ins probably cause I was so short on time. I felt kinda neutral afterwards but thanks, you’re making me feel a lot better xD i didn’t finish one of the short FRQs on time but yea. And nice, you’re so lucky you got a 5!
@AnniiT Oh thanks for reminding me! The grid in! I remember those! I don’t think I finished those either!!!
Yeah definitely feel good about it cuz when u get someone like me who missed 15 mc and bs’d an frq and still got a 5, there isn’t much to worry about it is a hard class tho!!
@cocolover123 you my friend just made my day xD still, you were able to make A’s in the course while I couldn’t (made all B’s). I literally had a 89.4 and she wouldn’t round my grade lol. Anyway, yea I just don’t like the new format of the exams because it is completely different than our average tests in the class, so you really couldn’t prepare for it.
Oh yeah, AP Chinese was really screwed up at our school this year. People started the test at, like, 3:00 because the computers weren’t functioning properly.
I just got my CAHSEE scores (California high school exit exam) and I got perfect scores on both math and English. I wonder if this counts as an award for college apps
@sprights Wow, great job! I don’t think I got a perfect score, especially in English since I didn’t have much motivation to do so.
Unfortunately, I don’t think it counts for any award because it’s just an exit exam. I wish it did, though, as it would give students more motivation to study and prepare for tests like this one and the CST.
@sprights
I got a perfect score on the English and I got a 448/450 on the Math. I guess that means I missed one, which makes sense since I guessed on one that I didn’t know. But that test was middle school level so I don’t think colleges would care.
They didn’t announce it to us that we got them back or anything, it was just on Infinite Campus which is the online grade thingy. I heard some people in my class say that they put it there, that’s how I knew to check.
@Greninja I didn’t think so either, but I think I can probably brag about it at school since like 86% don’t pass one of the sections, which is pretty sad. I think I also get an award from the principal. It’s pretty neat I guess. @dsi411 definitely not.
hey guys- I know a lot of you are familiar with summer programs, etc. If I applied to one with a deadline of May 1st, should I have heard back by now? Also I don’t think it’s a very big program or anything
@SocialFox Omg, I was stressing over APWH so much. Glad it’s over and out of the way.
I self-studied AP Psych freshman year, and got a 5. My advice is use Barrons and there was also a teacher that put her ppts and lectures on youtube, which was a lifesaver.
Hm, it really depends. I think the soonest I’ve received a decision (regional program that generally gets only ~300 applicants, although it doesn’t accept many) was when the deadline was March 22 and I got the decision on April 7 (I was kind of pissed because I had paid $50 for another application the day before xD). But it really depends on the program. Regional programs aren’t always very well-run.
it is a hard class tho!!