We understand the apprehension you may feel thinking about the AP® English Literature FRQ portion. We’ve all been through it. Students experienced the same fear in 2015, but we have proof that they made it out the other side.
ACT® Science is all about getting the maximum number of questions right in a relatively short period. Having a strong vocabulary helps a lot in improving your understanding of the questions and reducing the time it would take for you to understand the question.
Taking AP® Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism can be a painful experience if you don’t have the right resources. This tough course includes integral and differential calculus, difficult concepts, and a massive set of equations that you’ll need to memorize.
Only at the very end of the AP® U.S. History exam do you reach the Long Essay Question (LEQ). As a result, the LEQ is a challenge for even the most prepared test-taker. By this point in the exam, you are mentally exhausted, your hand is tired from writing all the other free response questions, and you just want to go home.
The ACT® Science section is easily perceived as one of the most intimidating parts of the ACT® exam. With 7 passages and numerous charts, graphs, and tables to interpret, and less than 6 minutes per passage to complete, this task can seem daunting, especially at the end of an already long exam.
If you got a 2 on the AP® English Language exam, you’re in good company. Though the number of students opting to take AP® exams is on the rise, the number of students that actually “pass” seems to be diminishing. To get college credit for an AP® course, you must earn at least a 3 on the exam, and some colleges will only accept 4’s and 5’s.
So, you’ve taken the AP® Comparative Government and Politics exam, and it didn’t go exactly as planned. Fear not, AP® exams are challenging tests, and require a lot of preparation and practice. Many people have scored a 2 on the AP® Comparative Government Exam before, and retaken it to score highly.
If you were out on a hike and someone coming down stopped to tell you that the path to the right was flooded, would you make sure to avoid that path? If you walked on and another hiker said a mountain lion was spotted up ahead, would you find another way?
The AP® Microeconomics exam is different from most in that most students don’t take the class for it before taking the exam. Your AP® Macroeconomics teacher probably offered you supplementary extracurricular lessons about the basics of microeconomics to give you an edge on the exam itself. This unconventional way of teaching microeconomics makes it a very difficult test to prepare for. As a result, it isn’t taken as often as the macroeconomics exam.
AP® US Government can be one of the hardest classes a high school student takes. Since the exam is notoriously difficult, why do students make it even harder by neglecting multiple choice questions? Students who perform well on multiple choice also perform well on the test, so use this handy guide to understand what you’re getting into and to max out your score on the exam!