AP, is near Options

[DavidJ2318]

on may 3 (tuesday), i am taking my first AP exam in world history (10th grade) and i am pretty nervous. it has multiple choice questions and three essays i have to write. this weekend is going to be -eh-.

is anyone else taking the AP?

[cnelson]

I took the US History, English Lang, and Biology tests. Whew, what a relief that it's over!

Thankfully, I actually studied for the tests. My history teacher gave me a 5 page packet with a list of important events, so I had a study group session at my house with 3 friends and we went through looking up all the important events/people on the wikipedia and in our textbook. I learned a lot. There's a nifty wikibook about US history that I'd recommend to all taking the US history test next year.

As for biology, wow... that was a hard test. I thought I didn't better than most people though. At least I know how prokaryotic dna is structured, since we had to learn about it for the transgenic bacteria lab we did in class (yes, we actually inserted a plasmid into E. coli and made it resistant to ampicillan... so cool). Study is critical for this test. My biology teacher had me take a week of class highlighting the Princeton review (fantastic idea... wish I would've had more time to get through the book).

My thought about the tests is split. I learned a lot studying for them, but I feel as though it just puts more stress on students. It'd be nice if there was a way to make our compulsory schooling a little less obligatory, maybe it wouldn't lose so much of its intrinsic value.