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iwasyouonce · 1 year

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questions that are so vague irritate me so much. Like what do you mean "Which of the following statements best explains a limitation of the political map shown in conveying economic information?" and it's just a picture of a map with the EU countries shaded in.

And then all the MCQ options are talking about how certain things in the map are irrelevant (like borders)

Like....shouldn't it be "(some stuff) are not labeled and included in the map which makes (coming to some conclusion) hard/impossible"

WHY USE THE WORD LIMITATION if the mcq answers aren't talking about limitations? Also literally the only thing on the map were EU countries. Um....besides the economic information that they are countries that are part of the EU there is nothing else you can gather (strictly without outside knowledge) just from the map.

Like am I just understanding the question too literally or does the question just suck.

If the map had numbers (like the GDP) labeled on the countries or smth then yea I would know that economic information about the countries, but "you don't know what you don't know" so.....

It's so frustrating

#is this my adhd or autism #neurodivergent moment #I actually hate collegeboard sometimes #argh

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blossom-hwa · 5 years

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Do you have a study habits to share?

oh boy i’m really not the best person to ask because my study habits vary greatly from class to class depending on how invested i am in the coursework but i’ll do my best! i’ll keep it all under a cut :)

I’ll explain what I did to study for each of my classes (assuming I did study lol) and maybe you can find a few habits you want to try out!

In general:

- Since most of my classes are AP classes, all of the past FRQs are online. I do a shit ton of those, especially when exam season comes around. It gives me a feel for what I need to write in order to maximize my points, but sometimes things are unpredictable (fuck AP statistics) so it doesn’t always help much. Typically it does, though, especially for classes like AP Music Theory that don’t have a lot of content to review but where you need to practice a certain skillset.

- I can’t read the textbook over and over again. When I study, I have to be doing something. So typically I rewrite or type up my notes as my way of studying, like I’ll create a study guide with all my notes from the year or something. With history classes, like AP US History, I make timelines for every time period using my notes, the review book, and my textbook. I have to physically be doing something, I can’t just read things over and over again or I’ll get bored.

- I don’t study at my desk, especially not when exam season rolls around. There are too many distractions, and I end up cleaning more than studying. So I take my laptop and books to the kitchen table and study there. Also, don’t study on your bed or someplace where you’re used to falling asleep, because it tricks your mind into thinking you’re going to fall asleep and that typically happens.

AP Music Theory - As I explained before, theory doesn’t involve a lot of content (it’s just an extensive vocab list of terms you need to recognize in music and stuff) so I just did a bunch of FRQs. I did buy a review book, Barron’s, for the class, but it didn’t help much.

AP Statistics - I did 3 years worth of FRQs, timed like the actual exam, and typed up my notes. I hated the class and my teacher barely prepped us, just taught us the content and let us go, so I didn’t study much and it kinda showed :/

AP US History - As I said, I brought together all my notes from the entire year and took my review book (AMSCO) and textbook and made timelines for every time period of the course (there are 9). Also, for exams where you have essays to write, try to find the rubric online (Collegeboard publishes rubrics for exam essays) and figure out the bare minimum you need to do to get all or at least most of the points. Then try to do a little more than that.

AP Language and Composition - I didn’t study for this. I don’t know how you can study for an English class. My teacher gave us a lot of MCs and timed writings in class, so I felt prepared, but there wasn’t much I did on my own to prep.

AP Biology - Many, many FRQs. I probably did like 5 years worth of FRQs and MCs in all, not including the ones we did in class. Additionally, my teacher made it mandatory for us to do this sort of review project thing, where we had to make outlines of every chapter in the book and then we’d go over the big topics and take more notes in class as review. The outline-then-write-notes-on-the-outline format helped a lot in my opinion. It got my head on straight about what was important and what actually wasn’t.

And there you have it! Hope this helped, anon. If you have any more questions feel free to message me. I’ve got a lot of resources (including a stash of past released AP exams :D) so if you want those, I’d be happy to give them to you!

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haechanfairie · 6 years

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nct 127 as ap students

Taeil

“i’m not that smart lol :)”

gets 5s on all their ap exam

did they even study???

ends up teaching the class like a week before the test but is super humble about it

“come on guys, you’ve got it!! if i can do it, so can you!! :))”

literally no one can even hate them they’re so sweet and willing to help djsdjsdjfj

saw someone desperately trying to memorize before the actual ap test and just smiled encouragingly and looked away sipping their orange juice (bc a balanced breakfast is the key to success)

Johnny

is the someone desperately trying to memorize before the test

they’re ap world history teacher was a Coach

actually no

john greene Is they’re teacher

his notes are kinda messy and filled with useless worksheets that his world history teacher gave him

literally has nightmares about the chinese dynasty song like,, this was never a game

they also took programming and are not having a fun time

surprisingly pulls off a 4 on their world history exam and a 3 on comp sci.

gets a 5 out of nowhere for self study physics tho??? literally when the fuck?????

Taeyong

trying their best

left all of their ap research shit to the last minute and is having a Bad Time

tries to help out the younger kids as much as they can

is doing pretty okay in all their ap classes

their government teacher can’t teach for shit

probably has to self-teach about half of their classes

in their ap euro class the teacher had the bright idea of students teaching the chapter and they are Suffering

collegeboard basically owns their ass

Yuta

literally has never taken notes in their entire ap career

they sorta just zone out during class

gets 100s on all their test and hmwks????

(they just write down what the teacher talks about that day and googles it later)

everyone thinks they’re cheating

they excel at comp sci,, like java is their bitch

literally a programming god

also taking biology

not having a good time

their teacher doesn’t believe in evolution,, its wild

Doyoung

has cute utensils and neat notes

highlighters and sticky notes are their god

they get all the review books at like,, the beginning of the school year

they look like they’ve got everything under control

lmao they don’t

they are struggling so hard

but they’re a hard worker

“the collegeboard works hard but i can cry work harder”

literally never goes to bed before 1 am

tries their best

they get a good range of 3s through 5s

Jaehyun

a student athlete who just fuckin wishes their coach would teach the fuckin class instead of watching sports news

wants to clock their coach in the face tbh

studies with the person trying to cram before the test

loves either putting work off until the last minute or doing it the minute they get it there is no in between

turned in the first physics mock exam after like 20 minutes and then cried and took a nap

skypes friends and organize study group stuff at their house and provides snacks

somehow pulls off a 4 on the next physics mock

gets a good range of 3-5s on everything, except the class that his coach taught :/

Winwin

takes all the chill ap classes and is Thriving

knows how to pace themselves and study

cries a lot during environmental science bc those documentaries are mad depressing no joke

takes an ap language class (ap chinese language and culture) knowing the language already

plays dumb the entire year

takes naps in class sometimes (the teacher let’s them bc she knows he’ll do well)

everyone taking the class thinks that they’re gonna get like a 1

gets 5s and 4s on all their exams

Mark

taking seven (7) ap classes, plus two self-study ap tests

are they okay???

never sleeps,, ever

once literally gave up for a week and watched nothing but barbie movies on Netflix and everyone was so worried it was a Wild Time

they once took a nap in class and then went up to the teacher to apologize

the teacher gave them a cookie and told them to take it easy lmao

is taking physics and chemistry at the same time

has a mental breakdown at least once a week

collegeboard owns the rights to their life

Haechan

friends with all the teachers

is friends with the person who is taking seven ap classes and together they are too powerful

roasts them during lunch (in the choir room office)

takes ap music theory as like,, a freshman

has almost perfect pitch

a generally good student who is surprisingly good at chemistry

got a 5?????????? in both chem and physics????????? and took them in the same year????? literally what the f u c k

voluntarily learns calculus bc they don’t actually take the class and are worried about not knowing it in college jsjdnskx

a pretty good student overall

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