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<p>So I have kinda fair knowledge about AP. That is, it is very difficult, fast-paced, and exam preparatory. However, I need more info about personal experiences. The classes I specify are AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Calculus AB and/or BC, AP World History, and AP US History. </p>

<p>Also, what makes them hard? And how is the exam presented, like I have seen those DBQs or free-response something. </p>

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<p>APUSH the DBQ for the 2014 exam made me so happy; you don’t even understand. The class is “hard” in some people’s opinion but if you do your reading assignments and actually attempt to learn the history rather than just memorize facts for each test then you should be fine. The MC was easy in my opinion. If you read through a prep book about a week before the exam you should be fine. Since the exam is changing for the 2015 exam, I can’t really say much else about the possible difficulty of your test. Second free response was great (post-civil war). First, free response was harder because it was (pre-civil war). </p>

<p>AP Chem the MC wasn’t hard in my opinion but the FRQ were time-consuming and it was hard to answer all the questions within the time limit. It was 90 minutes for 60 MC questions (I thought that was too much time) and 90 minutes for 7 FRQ (not enough time). I would advise getting a prep book 2 weeks before the exam to refresh your memory on what was covered earlier in the year. </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.ivyplanners.com/documents/AP_StudyGuide-IvyPlanners.pdf”>http://www.ivyplanners.com/documents/AP_StudyGuide-IvyPlanners.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I used the review books he recommended for both. </p>

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<p>calc AB has a very generous grading curve: <a href=“http://appass.com/calculators/calculusab”>http://appass.com/calculators/calculusab&lt;/a&gt;
As you see, you can get 67 marks out of 108 and get your 5.
Just go over the frqs, because the mc is super easy. </p>