<p>Could be study hacks, anything you think could help the future freshman, or anyone!!</p>
<p>Quizlet to study terms and to MEMORIZE
Khan Academy for MATH
Sparknotes for MANY CLASSES, and overview of book in ENGLISH
paperrater.com and prowritingaid.com for writing PAPERS</p>
<p>When presenting in class, opt to go first, teachers are more likely to grade easier to those who volunteer and go first, plus just getting it out of the way so you can enjoy the other presentations and not be dreading yours.</p>
<p>^ I disagree with Sparknotes for books - Shmoop is 100% the way to go. (Also, as a future English major, I will throw in that you really should/need to read the books. They’re important pieces of history, and it’s unfair to the author, your classmates, and the teacher if you only Shmoop/Sparknotes the books. I have absolutely no problem with using Shmoop to get an overview to be able to contribute a bit in class if you didn’t have time to do the actual reading, though. Just make sure you get caught up.)</p>
<p>As we say, “Everybody Shmoops.”</p>
<p>Other than that… budget your time wisely by using a planner. That was crucial for me.</p>
<p>Read more (for fun).</p>
<p>GPA boost:
- Injure yourself to get exempt from PE–this class hurts your weighted GPA.
- TA/math lab/independent study/AP support classes
- Apply for honors/advanced theater every year.
- Community College–they took away our GPA boost, but it’s a good excuse to not have to go to school for half the day, thus removing unweighted classes (valedictorian did this).
Edit: 5. Graduation requirement credit by challenge exam–out of more unweighted classes.</p>
<p>Notes:
Need 4 pages? Skim the chapter and go on writing what you see as fast as you can and write whatever is related to the topic off the top of your head… Some classes don’t even need you to thoroughly read the material to ace the exams, so you’re fine. Oh and for Econ, take up space using graphs.</p>
<p>There also is this wonderful thing called “Coursenotes.” Works well with the broadness of AP World History.</p>
<p>Vocabulary:
Don’t use the glossary. As the words come up in the chapter, write down stuff related to the first sentence the word appears in. Gives you a good enough idea to do well on exams.</p>
<p>Math/Statistics Hw:
They don’t check it anyways. Rush away and do the problems, make up graphs and don’t care if you’re right as long as you got the material down anyways.</p>
<p>Flashcards:
“This piece of art shows what life was like back then.” I mean, who uses flashcards to study? Also, use staples instead of glue.</p>
<p>Studying:
Top rated AP Review books are the way to go, instead of the textbook. Find a copy online or the library if you can.</p>
<p>Free response questions:
Write something down that sounds good! Use a lot of vocabulary words that you pull from your head if you can, because those look nice… Chances are, your AP Psychology teacher doesn’t have a degree in psychology and you get away with writing down BS that sounds really good to answer the prompt, but in actuality, you don’t really know what you were talking about. </p>
<p>Science FR–Always write down the equations and do something with them to try to get some points.</p>
<p>Know your teacher’s grading / what he/she likes to test:
Self-explanatory, use this to your advantage.</p>
<p>Also to add to the above post, to make your notes more believable write down the header of each chapter, and the first sentence of each section (usually the topic sentence, which is more important.)</p>