Wyatt, maybe I think AP environmental is easy because I have an actual degree in all of that material and could go on for years about it, but those are all concepts that you have heard of before in the news and current events, throughout school, and in most any broadly scientific, climatological, or meteorological conversation you have ever had with someone. There is an entire world of legal and political history that stems from those concepts that you probably know a few things about too. You have a basis for that knowledge already just by existing in the time you exist in and being an intelligent person. That gives you a leg up.

If you have any issue with anything in APES, shoot me a message. I don't know that I can explain things in the way that the College Board wants me too, but I can explain every concept in that course in detail and make it so that you can too when it comes to that test.

AP credits are pretty useful at my university. They let you skip out on a bunch of distribution requirements, a few awful requirements if you’re in the engineering school (chemistry!), and also let you skip ahead in many engineering majors that are sticklers for having credit for the entire sequence (physics, computer science...) Most of these only apply if you get 5s, which shouldn’t be too hard but definitely requires a little work :)

So grin and bear it!

The smell goes away pretty quickly even without great ventilation.

Which one? Soil? Acid rain? Emissions? Effects of “greenhouse gasses?” Sustainability? APES is a shitload of material. Especially when you get into air pollution

I hear ghug did really well on the “plants” section of APES :)

Psych is way overhyped. As long as you write an essay in coherent English you'll get a 4 or a 5.

I’m saving two semesters worth of tuition because of AP tests so I definitely agree take several.

AP is a great deal... take as many as you can.

AP US History is a breeze i got a 5 and I got a D in the class.

Noted. I planned to study on Khan. It got me a pretty solid SAT score

And considering how much you can save on college tuition with AP tests, taking a prep class or having a few sessions with a tutor is not a bad investment.

AP Psych is a bitch, but the other two are fairly easy tests that you can study course material for and pass. If you're on the fence about all three, personally I would suggest putting time into making sure you're solid on ES and APUSH and then try and handle AP Psych last just to be sure that you at least get two out of the three credits without much worry.

AP Environmental Science
AP US History
AP Psych

APs don't actually teach you shit at a college level, but they knock several thousand dollars off tuition if you plan right, and they're not all that hard to get through if you pay some attention on class all year (even if you have a teacher like 2WL). Drop as much on them as you can.

That's what practice books are for as a way to understand what you need to get through the tests. You don't need to know everything.

Just under $100 for a single test for me.

WyattS14 wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 09, 2018 1:32 pm

Just dumped $282 into 3 AP tests I don't feel confident in. Anyone else having a good day?

Which 3?

An AP test is a college level test that you take at the end of an advanced placement class in high school. Or something

It's better than actually taking a college class, I suppose

The APs I teach cost $140 each.