Thoughts on the new AP Bio Exam?

satman1111
Wed, 10 Jul 2013 00:44:38 +0000

I got a 5 (yay!), and I’ll be majoring in bio. I thought the test was actually pretty good. The multiple choice questions tested critical thinking and application of some things that are learned (they could be better though, all you really had to know was basic biology), while the free responses were more detail oriented (but still were pretty easy, allowing you to infer certain things, but still having certain questions that you really had to know certain things for).

The test this year was easier to pass (3 or higher), but harder to get a 5 on. Out of 15 people in my class, I was the only one who scored a 5 (which is good I guess, because, essentially, only 1 out of 20 got a 5).

If you are taking the test next year, definitely do not take old tests. They contain way too many details that you don’t need to know, and will just make you feel sad because you will get so many of the questions wrong (if you’re gonna take the subject test, though, you have to learn everything). Just focus on learning the big objectives and main ideas.