How To *NOT* Fail Your AP Exams

no bs guide to everything i use to help me pass & get those juicy college credits

I got a 3 on my first AP test...

Never again.

Let me tell you how to glow up with those AP scores QUICK and EASY

1. you cannot be studying 1 week before

This is the EXACT mistake I made with my first exam — I had an awful teacher and thought I could cram the material the weekend of the exam. Safe to say this did *not* work.

Wondering how early you should study for your exams? Here’s my opinion (from highest to lowest priority):

1. the hard exams: this might be your classic AP science or math, for me, this category is all my sciences

   1. some examples include: AP Chemistry, AP Physics C, AP Calculus BC

      you should start studying these NOW!!! (me being such a hypocrite)

2. the hard-ish exams: these exams are information heavy and “grind”-able

   1. some examples include: AP US History, AP Biology, AP Psychology

      it depends when you should start studying based on the effectiveness of your teacher, but my advice is that you should start in early april

3. language exams

   1. some examples include: AP Spanish Language, AP French Literature

      honestly, it depends if you’re fluent or not. i don’t believe you can magically become a polyglot in less than a week so this is the only one where it really *depends*

4. less intensive exams: these might actually come back to bite you (COUGH computer science principles) so DO NOT CRAM!

   1. some examples include: AP Environmental Science, AP Human Geography

      for “easier” exams, studying 3-4 weeks before the test could work. just do not do it the weekend before. it will not work if you don’t know anything about the class (again, from personal experience, whoops.)

2. the format is easy, actually.

SPEED RUNNING TIPS:

1. The exact topics that are going to be tested are listed in the CollegeBoard course syllabus

2. FRQs are easy - know exactly what they’re looking for in terms of points (for classes like physics & calculus, you don’t need to know the right answer to score well)

3. MCQs are easy - it’s a FORMULA

   1. fully right

   2. completely opposite of the right answer

   3. half right, half wrong

      1. something more vague than the right answer (it “works” but it’s not the best answer)

      2. something that is actually right, with ONE WORD off

   4. irrelevant answer

      1. things that are right & have evidence but isn’t answering the question that’s asked

      2. things that are actually right but it was NEVER mentioned in the passage

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