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Well, I'm finally done. After reading countless other score reports, I finally get to post my own.
PAT: 20
QR: 16 🙁
RC: 23
BIO: 21
GC: 21
OC: 24
TS: 22
AA: 21
BIO:
Most of the questions were pretty straight forward; concepts you can find in a review book. For some of them I didn't even know where to start. They were more than just spitting back knowledge. I had to take concepts and apply them. Eliminating definite wrong answers helped tremendously. Make sure you study more than just animal bio. Evolution was pretty big and so was ecosystems. Make sure you know all related concepts.
Destroyer was my main study guide. I read through the Cliff's AP bio to study the basics. The destroyer had a lot of the specific details which I needed. I also supplemented any obscure topics with a regular bio text book and with wikipedia. I was a bio major so I have a pretty strong background which came in handy.
Chem:
This section was pretty straight forward. Surprisingly, I had to do calculations. Nothing crazy but I was not expecting it after reading that so many people didn't have any. The answer choices were pretty spread out so I was able to estimate a bit. Make sure you can calculate the simple equations. You also have to understand how to interpret them.
Again, destroyer was my main study guide for this. I kept a text book close by to help with specific topics.
Orgo:
Again nothing crazy here. Nothing I didn't recognize. It was more than just reactions though.
Destroyer was a big help for this section.
RC:
I got really lucky on this. About 80% of my questions were just spitting back info. There were a few of those tone questions people are talking about.
PAT:
Nothing too crazy here. Crack the pat was great for this. Two of the cube counting were actually a bit tricky. I was always terrible at angles so I wouldn't be surprised if I got all of them wrong. Keyholes, t-f-e, hole punching, and pattern folding were all straight forward.
RQ:
What can I say? I went in knowing that it would be my Achilles' heel. Destroyer should have been enough to pull off a good mark. I just never learned how to pace myself. Most of the concepts were not hard. With a little more time I could have done better. Oh well.
That's about it. Thank G-d I did ok. I can't even describe the relief of being done. After months of preparation, I can finally relax. If you took the test already, you know what I mean. If not, don't worry, it will all be over soon enough.
Study well,
Homer
PAT: 20
QR: 16 🙁
RC: 23
BIO: 21
GC: 21
OC: 24
TS: 22
AA: 21
BIO:
Most of the questions were pretty straight forward; concepts you can find in a review book. For some of them I didn't even know where to start. They were more than just spitting back knowledge. I had to take concepts and apply them. Eliminating definite wrong answers helped tremendously. Make sure you study more than just animal bio. Evolution was pretty big and so was ecosystems. Make sure you know all related concepts.
Destroyer was my main study guide. I read through the Cliff's AP bio to study the basics. The destroyer had a lot of the specific details which I needed. I also supplemented any obscure topics with a regular bio text book and with wikipedia. I was a bio major so I have a pretty strong background which came in handy.
Chem:
This section was pretty straight forward. Surprisingly, I had to do calculations. Nothing crazy but I was not expecting it after reading that so many people didn't have any. The answer choices were pretty spread out so I was able to estimate a bit. Make sure you can calculate the simple equations. You also have to understand how to interpret them.
Again, destroyer was my main study guide for this. I kept a text book close by to help with specific topics.
Orgo:
Again nothing crazy here. Nothing I didn't recognize. It was more than just reactions though.
Destroyer was a big help for this section.
RC:
I got really lucky on this. About 80% of my questions were just spitting back info. There were a few of those tone questions people are talking about.
PAT:
Nothing too crazy here. Crack the pat was great for this. Two of the cube counting were actually a bit tricky. I was always terrible at angles so I wouldn't be surprised if I got all of them wrong. Keyholes, t-f-e, hole punching, and pattern folding were all straight forward.
RQ:
What can I say? I went in knowing that it would be my Achilles' heel. Destroyer should have been enough to pull off a good mark. I just never learned how to pace myself. Most of the concepts were not hard. With a little more time I could have done better. Oh well.
That's about it. Thank G-d I did ok. I can't even describe the relief of being done. After months of preparation, I can finally relax. If you took the test already, you know what I mean. If not, don't worry, it will all be over soon enough.
Study well,
Homer
