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This video shows you how to use Shmoop. It focuses on login info, how to salvage your password if you've gone brain dead from studying, and how to use the AP® Prep on Shmoop's AP® site. It also covers issues like how to use passes, how to make the most of Shmoop, and how to ace the AP test you've been dreading since signing up for the class. You don't want to study because it's boring, you say? No more, Shmooper. We bring the comic relief.

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Hi there. I'm Dave Siminoff and I'm the founder of Shmoop University

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a long time ago in a galaxy far far away

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I used to be a student to it took a while but I'm almost fully recovered

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from the experience go love this videos teach you about our

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AP prep why learn about our prayer because we can help you improve your AP

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scores

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have a better life conquer the world and have all the options you want

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okay onto the me in order to get

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everything you can are shiny new AP exam prep system

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here's what you gotta do step 1: sign in this month with your username

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and password try not to make your username phone

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username growth or your password password

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because someone is gonna figure that out and will have access to your secret AP

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hideout you probably created your account at some point in the

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not-too-distant past

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but if you tried your brain watching too much reality TV or have the attention

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span of a goldfish

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and can't remember whether your password is you well snarky

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Ricky Jay Wow click on the login like instead entering 47 username and

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password combinations

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that you've used in the past just click the Forgot Password link

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and will fedex a new one right over Tia or better yet will send one

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email that we won't even have to sign for it okay step 2

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log in and prepare your brain for all things a

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he you will not be learning about angry protest turns

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armed peacocks or aristocratic peanuts

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rather this is where you do your AP exam training

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thats AP for Advanced Placement not as exciting

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as cameras partridges reno anyway

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go ahead and click on my passes below your username in the top right if you

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have

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access to more than one test prep guide you nonsmokers you'll see everything you

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are listed here

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my passes like a ticket to a carnival cruise where you get to play minigolf

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I'm a rock wall

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in splash around the wave pool except instead of other super fun things we

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have test prep just as fun

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route with capital zeros you know Sep 3

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anyway click on the AP you'd like to study States AP Calculus

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now Alice you're officially file announcement radical

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and arrived in Wonderland we like to call the dashboard the dashboard is here

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to help you stay

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on late for those very important dates in May the baby training were calling

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Duty Modern Warefare

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this would be your headquarters you have everything you need here

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mental armor brain weaponry and full rationed

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AP know how even more delicious and cost effective than the garbage from that

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will be an engineer Holloway

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expiration 1977 so

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would he do first want to stop crying and someone has how the amniotic fluid

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of you take a look at your dashboard it's basically a table and a p-type

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contents

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here you'll find anything and everything you need to study for the AP exam step

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4:

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start with the overview knowing exactly how the test is set up

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is just as important as knowing what material will be tested this is in the

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Terms and Conditions page on your most recent

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iTunes upgrade you're the big three topics

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the test breakdown the strategy

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and the list of topics next move on to the real need the subject

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USDA grade astronaut or key for that

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to Hooters if you've been dying to know what Buzz Lightyear has to do with

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advanced mathematics

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you can jet over to the limits at infinity section and get complete

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low-down mister potato head will give you an arm and a leg

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or two section breakdown sorry

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that was a break dance here's a breakdown let's take a look at one

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section in particular

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each topic page has two scoops where the raisins for your brain serial let's

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bring up RAM

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so you won't have to make a beeline facilities after you can stroll through

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the narrative to pick up the tools of the trade along with tips for

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remembering the core skills you'll need a master

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when you start to feel comfortable he didn't go well you can't stop sweating

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in your thinking you might take calculus out on a second date

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start exercising in drilling to access the drills

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direct your attention to the sidebar on left to the page

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the drill questions are set up like the prospects is am

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but our time in other words you can take all the livelong day

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adult life to short remember to do something outside

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moved to any skill in drill until your heart's content you'll always be able to

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look at answer explanations and save your work so that you can review past

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mistakes

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and like when your Facebook courage last night

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if you're still jonesing for additional practice some other pages also have

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exercises to test you on specific topics

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tracks is these exercises good any topic page and click on the exercises button

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in the top right corner

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love the orange navigation bar once you reviewed reviewed review tomorrow and

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then drilled up a storm

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you should be ready for practice exam is a full length and the real deal

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you free to sit down and take one gonna be a whopping three hours and 15 minutes

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to make sure you set your DVR to record this week's episode of Cake Boss

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or take only particular sections to get your timing down

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our price: exams are just like taking the real thing and may even be a bit

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harder

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so get ready let your brain sweat let's take a section together now

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hold our hand here we go you have your you need any smoke weed pollen you along

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tone and rhythm this widget keeps track of time

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the number questions on which you guessed and questions you want to return

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to

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they treat you poorly once but maybe a change

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when you finished you can save your work see results and check the answer

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explanations

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there's also a projected score this is no magic number

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but it's our best guess as to how your raw score would converse into a final

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AP score 125 if he didn't deliver a gold medal winning performance don't worry

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their multiple full-length exams times more drills and more review to be done

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as you get your study on it time to go back to your dashboard

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it'll show you how many shrines you burned and how many topics drills and

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exams you covered

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keep studying until you feel like you could take the AP with your eyes closed

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but don't do that eyes open good eyes closed that

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also while we're at it fire bad

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walking bad like there's a burger flipper really

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really that remember you are free get creative with this tool so use it how

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you please

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we're here to help if you ever have any questions or comments

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email us that support attachment dot com

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