<p>yes, i got a 5 by self studying along with my regular bio course. I made notes of almost all the chapters out of the Campbell Reece textbook (5th edition), and i made the CliffsAP review my new best friend. I also bought the CliffsAP 5 Biology practice exams like a week before the exam and did all the exams 
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Although some people say you can answer lab-based questions with just knowledge and no experience, I beg to differ. Read the lab explanations in your RB, and do the virtual labs at “pearson lab bench.” Immensely beneficial!</p>
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My answer copied from my reply in another thread: Bio frqs do not, and should not, have introductory or concluding paragraphs. you just kinda dive right in, splitting paragraphs up when you start explaining something new. For example, if you got a question like:
Describe the the functions of three cell organelles
You would pick, mitochondrion, nucleus, and golgi bodies perhaps. You would label each paragraph with a letter, for every new topic:</li>
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<p>A. The mitochondrion is the powerhouse of the cell. It makes ATP blah blah blah. For the FRQs, write as much as possible, whatever comes to mind. It doesn’t have to be smooth at all to receive points. You could even have wrong info in your answers and still get a 5 (provided you do have SOME right info). Now the size of this paragraph here is no where close to what you should have for a paragraph on a real FRQ, but it’s a start.
B. the nucleus has DNA. it’s like the brain. blah blah blah.
C. Golgi Bodies package take materials made in the endoplasmic reticulum and modifies them. bha bhafdkljakjfdad. </p>
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Read the entire review book(s). However, it is not necessary to read every word of the textbook to get a 5 (I certainly didn’t). read/make notes of the seemingly important/confusing sections, such as:[ul]
[<em>] protein structure
[</em>] Dna replication
[<em>] Protein synthesis
[</em>]photosynthesis/cell respiration[/ul]
It’s probably not necessary to make notes of body systems, animal behavior, or ecology. This is pretty basic stuff that you can learn from your RB.</li>
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