<p>I know some people say that exercises are important, but frankly, it is possible to learn how to do a lot of problems by reading the AP prep books without doing the exercises (that’s what I did before).</p>
<p>Obviously it’s not the best way to learn, but cramming for APs isn’t the best way to learn either.</p>
<p>I think it would help. I’ve never done it, but I think it’s doable.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t recommend it for most people. The videos are quite basic and skip a lot of information that will be covered on the AP exam. Some classes are problem solving oriented - the best way to get ready for those is doing a bunch of practice problems.</p>
<p>Doing exercises cements the ideas into your brain and makes it so that you know how to do it in real life.</p>
<p>You could study the theory of something all day, but it’s the actual “doing” that’s important.</p>
<p>Plus, doing the exercises helps in letting you make less stupid mistakes and careless errors on the real test.</p>
<p>So don’t overdo it. Don’t do all the problems in the book, but I’d say do a fair amount so you feel like you’ve studied enough and feel comfortable about the information. Then do some review problems starting two weeks before the actual AP exam.</p>