AP Biology Course Tips
Students who take AP Biology must be prepared to work harder than on any other course attempted. Since most students who take Canterbury School's AP Biology are sophomores, and it is their first AP course, it is important to learn not only about biology, but also to learn about how to study for future AP courses.
Successful AP Biology students usually study between twenty and thirty minutes an evening. Students are expected to take copious notes and prepare for each day's lesson.
Throughout the year, especially nearing examination time, students should purchase the Advanced Placement Biology Cliff's Notes (best) and the AP Biology Princeton Review (good). These books not only offer a good review of the material, but present practice tests that imitate the real examination.
Before sitting for the AP examination, these practice tests allow students to time themselves and also familiarize them the types of questions to be asked.
Students preparing to take the Biology Advanced Placement exam should also consider taking an SAT Subject Test (formerly called the SAT II). This test, accessible at http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/sat/calenfees.html , is offered May 5, 2007, but students must register independently on the College Board's website (link above) by April 3. This test is considered a little bit less difficult than the AP exam, and offers similar testing conditions to the AP exam (without essay questions). Most universities require students to sit for at least some SAT Subject Test, and this provides the perfect opportunity. This test consists of between 70 and 100 multiple choice questions, and the test is graded on a 200-800 scale. Students, note that the exam is officially named the Biology E/M Examination because it is divided into two components, an environmental exam and a molecule exam. Students may only choose environmental or molecular, and it is advised students take the molecular exam, as it more closely parallels the information covered in AP Biology. Several review books are offered for the SAT II in Biology, and they present questions nearly exactly like the ones found in the standardized test.
Successful AP Biology students usually study between twenty and thirty minutes an evening. Students are expected to take copious notes and prepare for each day's lesson.
Throughout the year, especially nearing examination time, students should purchase the Advanced Placement Biology Cliff's Notes (best) and the AP Biology Princeton Review (good). These books not only offer a good review of the material, but present practice tests that imitate the real examination.
Before sitting for the AP examination, these practice tests allow students to time themselves and also familiarize them the types of questions to be asked.
Students preparing to take the Biology Advanced Placement exam should also consider taking an SAT Subject Test (formerly called the SAT II). This test, accessible at http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/sat/calenfees.html , is offered May 5, 2007, but students must register independently on the College Board's website (link above) by April 3. This test is considered a little bit less difficult than the AP exam, and offers similar testing conditions to the AP exam (without essay questions). Most universities require students to sit for at least some SAT Subject Test, and this provides the perfect opportunity. This test consists of between 70 and 100 multiple choice questions, and the test is graded on a 200-800 scale. Students, note that the exam is officially named the Biology E/M Examination because it is divided into two components, an environmental exam and a molecule exam. Students may only choose environmental or molecular, and it is advised students take the molecular exam, as it more closely parallels the information covered in AP Biology. Several review books are offered for the SAT II in Biology, and they present questions nearly exactly like the ones found in the standardized test.
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