A Student's Guide to AP Exam Prep

you understand how tow best you schmuck to improve your

ap test scores have a better life conquer the world

and someday become president or uh actually not it's a

bad gig really For starters you should have gotten logging

instructions from your teacher if not there's nothing that a

little gentle prodding can't accomplish Once you've got your logging

in faux log in here then click on the ap

that you're taking this video will cover ap biology is

an example but all the ap tests are laid out

in the same way and we do have everything Just

check out this list Even santa is jealous first screen

you'll see is the test dashboard the dashboards accessible at

any time you know just like taco bell This screen

is your home base for all things exam related from

here you can take the diagnostic exam This will populate

The dashboard with suggestions of areas to work on if

you'd like to review some random topic well click on

the review topics tab here you'll read about the topic

and take related drills Little hammer things home are you

for mixing our tool metaphors there our drills or challenging

and give you constructive feedback like a good coach or

boss There are helpful videos attached to most of our

ap drills and we're adding mohr everyday Each drill reviews

the skills learned in a chapter I want to see

all your drills at once Well click the drills tab

at the top of your test prep and yeah that's

a lot of drills As for strategy you can start

with the diagnostic and then cruise on over to the

overview tab Knowing exactly how the test is structured is

justus important is knowing what's on it on test day

in this area is where you'll be able to see

the test breakdown strategy section and list of topics Well

once you've reviewed and drilled and reviewed some more you

should be ready and itching to take a practice exam

Rest assured the exams were timed so you'll be able

to get a feel for the actual test environment before

you take the real deal shmoop provides multiple full length

practice exams and i'll help you out on the essay

and short response sections in addition to the multiple choice

stuff for essay in short response will show a sample

question followed by an example of an ideal response They'll

notice that you're racking up shmoop points and as you

climb the leaderboard you can compare yourself to other shmoop

ear's in the same exam prep experience as well The

individual dashboard will change as you go along updating to

suggest areas you may want to spend a little more

time on and you khun dive into your skills reports

to see how you're doing for each topic within the

exam So like if you need help in the effects

of home e o stasis disruptions skill you khun deep

dive into the review topic and take some drills until

it all makes sense Let's take a look at one

test section as you go you'll have this handy dandy

shmoop widget following you along it's kind of like a

kindly loving stalker Well this widget keeps track of the

time in minutes and measures questions it's like siri without

the condescending tone and superiority complex way no you siri

When you're finished you can save your work see results

and check the answer explanations for any questions There's also

a projected score No magic number here but this is

our best projection for how you're raw score would convert

into a final ap score that's given from one to

five All right that's about it If you ever have

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