<p>any more advice???</p>
<p>Do not panic when you see the test. There will be a lot of words.</p>
<p>For the cell identification question, what did you guys get for X, Y and Z?</p>
<p>For X, I was thinking it was a muscle cell, but, it has cillia, so, that doesn’t make sense. Any ideas?</p>
<p>@engarde I did that question last and didn’t finish it :P, but I know what they were.<br>
X: Motor cell for substances to a destination, such as nasal cells.
Y: (got this one) Protein synthesis for structure (you only need function, not identification, but it think i tacked on that it could have been a muscle cell, it could also be a hair folicle cell)
Z: Storage (RBC or Fat cell)</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice, overall how was the new format?</p>
<p>@spurs11 It was challenging. I left that one section on cell types blank (only 1 pt., no biggie), and randomly bubbled in 7 MC’s. I guess that’s better than leaving the grid-ins blank bc it gives you a shot. If I had to put a number to it I probably got 49/69 MC and 31/41 FRQ. I’d tell you to do the grid-ins first so you have a good answer down, and do not skip around too much on the mC because that wastes time, and all of them are about the same difficulty. In other words, skipping around will most likely get you to another lengthy MC, and having to go back through the pages wastes time. Be prepared to speed-read, that was my only vice (hopefully/probably did not affect too much). For the FRQ, bang out the first 2 long ones and make them your best, that probably is going to help my score, even though it cost me one point on the cell type question. If you are a lengthy/slow writer (the former for me lol), be wary of whether or not you think it would help you to use the 10 minutes to simply read the questions. A lot of unnecessary background info that wastes time, I wouldn’t have gotten to the last, and possibly easiest if i just read them. Outline only if you know that’s how you do well and you need it. Me, I jumped right into the first one because I’m a pretty well organized writer going straight off the bat. DO skip around on the FRQ to ensure you rack up points. Biggest tip is read only the important info to the question and do it fast, but you want accuracy above all else. I think that it’s easier to get a really great score on a good 95% of the test and leave the other 5% blank than to rush through it all and leave a lot of your answers uncertain or poorly decided. Anybody have any thoughts on whether a low 70s raw score will earn a five? Thanks to anyone who answers and goodluck</p>
<p>Thanks! Anyone else? :(</p>
<p>Any cramming tips or is it pointless to study at this point for the new test?</p>
<p>thank you… test in 3 hours</p>
<p>I took the test today. Laughably easy except for one of the FRQs which was about something I had never learned</p>
<p>I’m getting kind of concerned since everyone is saying how easy it was that the curve is going to be really harsh… if things went in our favor then hopefully it doesn’t matter!!</p>
<p>I also took the Late AP Bio exam today. THE MULTIPLE CHOICE WAS SOOOO EASY. It was kinda ridiculous how easy it was. I missed three multiple choice AT MOST. The grid in were really easy too, but the free response were a little more difficult than the regular testing ones from two weeks ago. The one that I completely blanked on was the free response question about the cDNA. It was bad, but honestly, the curve is going to be A LOT tougher on this test so I’m still worried.</p>
<p>Was it the cDNA one? I had no idea what the answer was either…</p>
<p>I took the late exam today and I was expecting the essays to be fairly easy due to the released questions… I also studied pretty hard. But the first essay was ridiculously long, took me more than 20 minutes, and I ended up rushing at the end. I completely skipped over the cDNA question; I had no clue but I think cDNA can produce multiple copies of a gene very quickly or something like that. What are the three ways in which bacterial transformation occurred? It was the last essay.</p>
<p>I thought the MC was really easy and so was the grid in, but did you know what the first grid in was? About ZZ and ZW? Was it 50 or 100</p>
<p>Not sure about anything on the late test because I took the regular one; but I think bacterial genetic variation (or transformation?? as you called it) can occur through conjugation (bacterial sex), transduction (dna is transferred to bacterium through a virus) and transformation (bacteria absorbs dna from its surroundings)</p>
<p>That’s what I wrote for the 3 ways of allowing for resistance: (transduction, transformation, conjugation). I also wrote 100 as the answer to the one about ZZ and ZW.</p>
<p>UGGGG I completely missed that question then. I put something about mutation and the strain coming alive once in the body of the rat… It was 100% for the first grid in because females and heterozygotes would always be females.</p>
<p>I actually pulled that question out of my ass, I only got transformation. I just couldn’t remember it! I put 100, too thought</p>
<p>Well, at least AP Biology is over and done with!!</p>
<p>Wait guys I didn’t get part c of #1…about the graph of the trichome for cross polinating large trichome numbers…also what was the rat question again???</p>
<p>And what was the bacteria resistance question… I thought MC was easy but I feel like doubting my free response…hope for a 5…what’s the curve any idea?</p>