If you’ve been paying attention to your class, you probably know that biology is a bit of a big deal. And between a whole lot of tiny details and big ideas in the subject, you couldn’t be blamed if you found an upcoming exam for biology a bit daunting too. But don’t worry, we’re here to help. This one-month study plan is specially designed to help you review and retain all the information you need to be prepared for the AP® Biology exam. Whether you’re brushing up on concepts you are fairly confident on, or relearning information you struggled with, you will come out of this month feeling confident about biology in all its breadth and complexity.

So, ready to tackle a course on the very fabric of life? A few notes before we begin: Feel free to adapt this study plan to whatever suits you best. How you review the information and what parts of the study plan you focus on should be altered to fit how you learn best. You’re the one learning all of this, after all, so make sure you do it in a way that makes it easiest for you to learn. Also, make sure to take care of yourself throughout all this study period particularly as the exam starts getting closer. Not only do you probably not want to ruin your life over an exam, but self-care can also prove incredibly useful for your performance on the exam. Eating and sleeping well is a big part of helping our brains learn and remember new information. Use that to your advantage!

What you’ll need:

1. Our primary tool for this AP® study guide will be Albert.io’s practice questions for AP® Biology. This is a great tool for quizzing your knowledge, and covering a wide variety of both course material and format. They also give great feedback on your questions to help you understand not just which answer is right, but why. Handy, right?
2. Some form of note-taking materials, be it a word processor on your computer,paper and pens, or whatever other medium you prefer. This is a lot of ground to cover, and having both a written record of the key points that you can review will be super important to remembering what you’ll need to know. The act of writing (or typing) it down also reinforces the information by applying it to a new context, helping cement you remembering it.
3. You’ll also want to have access to AP® Central’s free response questions from previous years. These are actual questions asked on previous years, so you can gain a lot of insight into the sort of question you’ll be asked on your own exam. We’ll also use a few of them to test your knowledge and question answering skills on some of our review days.
4. Another handy thing here will be College Board’s own Official Course Description and Overview for the AP® Biology course. Basically, this is a description of the exam and the course in the words of the exam makers themselves.
5. Finally, you’ll definitely want your own AP® Textbook, or another of equivalent reliability. We’re going to be focused on the big ideas of biology and how AP® Bio’s coursework applies in an exam setting, but sometimes it will be helpful to do more research on a concept or key term you’re having trouble grasping. In those cases, a thick old textbook is just what you need. (Need to get a book, here is Albert.io’s breakdown of the pros and cons of AP® Bio books).
6. Someplace you can listen to audio or, alternatively, headphones. We’re going to be supplementing some our Albert.io information with videos, so you’ll want to make sure you’re in a position to hear them, one way or another (Though there will be closed captions on most of the files too, so don’t worry, you have options).

Optional (but helpful) stuff:

1. Any AP-style workbooks or study guides your teacher provides, or any supplemental material that you find helps your understanding of the main materials. Biology can get pretty intricate, and sometimes you might have trouble with how Albert.io or your textbook presents a big idea. For those times, having another source that might frame the idea in a different way can be a powerful tool.
2. Flashcards, or a flashcard making site like Quizlet. This is a great way to define and remember key terms and ideas you may struggle with. If you use them, make sure to keep them updated with terms from your notes regularly .

Week 1

We’re going to start by tackling the big idea of biology that may have the biggest scope of all: Evolution. Perhaps more so than any other subject here, it’ll be important to juggle the big ideas with the important details here. Most days will be covering entirely new material, so it’s a good idea to review any material you struggle with and try to walk away each day with at least a fairly confident grasp of things. Alright, you ready to jump in? Okay, here we go:

Day 1

• Start the day by going to the course PDF and read through pages 9-21. This will cover most of the big areas of our first big idea. Feel free to use your textbook and other resources to supplement any information you have trouble understanding, but don’t worry too much; we’ll be going over the details as the week goes on. It’s also a good idea to take plenty of notes here. This helps both in giving you a handy reference later on, and studies have shown that the act of writing is even better for remembering information than just reading (and we’re doing both, so best of both world).
• Next, we’ll go to Albert.io and knock out 17 questions from the Evolution Section, under Section one. Try to space out the difficulty and subjects of the questions you answer (You’ll be answering the rest of the questions later, so there’s no getting around the tricky ones), and pay close attention to the explanations provided on the answers. It’s a good idea to add any new information to your notes, particularly on questions you got wrong.

(Note: we highly suggest you register for full access on Albert.io for this. Not only will you be able to access the high difficulty practice questions, but you will be able to see the explanation on the multiple choice questions no matter if you answered it correctly or not.)

• Still under the Albert.io questions, head down to the Artificial Selection Lab section and answer the questions there. These are multiple choice questions like before, but follow the course of a specific experiment and section of the material. This will actually be a lot like how many of the questions on the exam will be formatted, so it’s good practice too!

Day 2

• Alright, day two. Let’s begin by heading over to Albert.io’s brief on Mendelian Genetics, and reading through it. It should be a quick read compared to yesterday, but make sure to take notes on any new information. These crash courses are a great way to both brush up on the details of these big ideas, and to gauge your familiarity with these concepts. Consider them both an opportunity to review, and to measure how much of this you already know well.
• Next, you’ll want to head back to Albert.io and answer 16 more questions under the Evolution section. While these questions are great practice for the test, remember that the most important thing isn’t what you get right or wrong—it’s about what you know. If you get a question right, great! That means you likely know the material pretty well. If you get a question wrong, don’t beat yourself up. This is a learning opportunity: if you read over the explanation and are able to walk away knowing the right answer for the real exam, that’s just as good.

(Oh, and if you got it right by guessing, treat that as a learning opportunity too. Luck is nice, but it’s just luck. You can’t really count on it. It’s always a better idea to actually know the answer, so you can get the questions right for sure).

• To finish off the day, we’re going to try our first free response question. Go over to the free response section on Albert.io (just a tab away from the multiple choice section), and try to answer the question there on genetic variation. For the purposes of practice, simulate exam-like conditions for this, so put away all notes and distractions as you answer it. Don’t worry if you struggle with it; you’ll have plenty of opportunities to both brush up on the material and sharpen your free response skills as the day goes on. Once you’re done, check your answer against the provided rubric, and, if necessary, update your notes with any key information you missed.

Day 3

• We’re starting our third day with another crash course, this one on a theoretical model called Hardy-Weinberg. As with yesterday, use this as an opportunity to review, take notes, and see how well you understand the information here.
• Next, we’ll be finishing up the last 16 questions of the evolution section on Albert.io. Told you there was no getting around the tricky questions.

And to round out the day, go to the lab section in the Multiple Choice tab and complete the Hardy-Weinberg lab. These methods should be fresh in your mind from the crash course, so this should be a good test to see how confident a command you have of the material.

Day 4

Alright, you’re doing great so far. Today we’re going to start bringing in some videos to change up how we present the information. Keep in mind that for all of these, you can switch out the video for any other credible video that covers the same material, or even some other source entirely. We’re just providing handy links to options that present the information pretty well.

• So today we’re going to be covering ancestral history: how evolution ties in with our own past as a species and the common origin of life. This video here presents lots of the details that present the concrete ties that support evolution, and should help you freshen up on the information on how we know what we know about evolution. You’ll want to treat this just like any other source, so take notes on anything new you learn here.
• After that, let’s continue forth by doing 15 questions on Albert.io under Ancestral History.
• Next we’ll want to go over to the free response section and try to answer the Hardy-Weinberg free response question there. Yes, we still had a little bit more to quiz you on there. When you’re done compare it against the rubric once you’re finished. Since you should have some extra time today, consider rewriting your answer (in exam conditions again) with the rubric in mind.

Day 5

Alright, nearly through the first week! By now the pieces of the evolutionary puzzle should be beginning to fall into place. It’s a pretty big idea to get your head around, much less master all the ins and outs of, so believe us when we say that you’re doing a great job with keeping up so far.

• We’ll start the day with another video, this one on what pushes evolution and defines species. This one is a little more lighthearted than the last, but don’t forget to take notes on this one too!
• Next we’re going to check in to see if you paid attention to the science behind the parade of puppies and ligers up there on Albert.io, with the 12 multiple choice questions under the banner of drivers of evolution.
• Time for another free response question, this time, the “Directional Selection” question. As always, try to simulate exam-like conditions for the question. If you have time, consider writing a revised draft based off the rubric.

Day 6

Okay, last day of our first big idea. This will be about half new material from Big Idea 1, and half summarizing, reviewing, and putting Big Idea 1’s ideas into the larger context of biology.

(Note: This is our first “weekend” day. Basically, this will be about double the material as a usual day, and you can choose to tackle it all in one day and have the other day free, or split it up among two days.)

• We’re going to start our day with another crash course, this one on abiogenesis. Pretty cool stuff, right? (If you’re still having trouble with it, you can always check out this video for another way of explaining it) In any case, add any new information to your notes, and feel free to use your textbook or other material to ensure you understand what we’re talking about here.
• Now it’s time to see if any of that actually made any sense to you. Hop on to Albert.io and try answering the 17 Origins of Life multiple choice questions.
• Finally, we’ll knock out that the last lab section for our first big idea—the DNA Sequencing Lab. With this done, you’ll have knocked out every piece of quizzing material Albert.io has on the Evolution Big Idea!

Now let’s take a break here. Step outside, grab a snack, do whatever it takes to unwind for a few minutes. If you’re planning to split up this weekend course into two days, this is probably the best spot to do so. Otherwise, once you’ve had your breather, move on down to the next section.

• We’ll begin by reading the course overview– don’t worry, it’s a quick read. This should give you a sense of the structure and approach of the AP® test will be, and help you understand the mindset you’ll need for taking the exam itself.
• Up for a little more reading? Good, because we’re going to dive back into the course PDF to read pages 96-102. These are all about the big themes and methods that drive the AP® Bio course. Biology is, after all, a whole lot of detail wrapped around some very big themes, while science itself is about some key methods to understanding reality.

Once you’ve read through these ideas, you’ll want to look over your notes and think about how all that information applies to our themes and methods. What details can you take to help you understand the big themes of the course? How do our scientific methods help us understand and process the phenomena that drive and shape evolution? Knowing how the big themes connect to the details is what makes the difference between memorization and understanding—we want to learn not just what all this stuff is, but how it applies to other parts of science and the world.

And there’s our first week down! Congratulations, you’re off to a great start. Enjoy the rest of your weekend, and we’ll see you back here for Week 2.

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Week 2

Our second week is going to be focusing on the most basic functions and needs of life, mostly on the cellular level. While this idea might seem basic, it comes with a lot a specific ideas and processes that you’ll need to know for the exam. So buckle up and don’t let yourself get discouraged: this week will be busy, but we’ll come out of it with a lot of the basic tools that will help us understand the processes in the subsequent topics.

Day 1

• We’ll start the week by reviewing the processes you’ll need to know. Head to the course PDF and read pages 21-46. Make sure to take notes on the concepts and key terms, preferably with space to expand upon later. Don’t worry if you find yourself struggling with certain points here; we’ll familiarize ourselves with these ideas further throughout the week.
• Alright, great. Now, think you could confidently answer some questions on how cells interact with free energy and matter? If you do, then great job! If not, no worries. We have a handy video on hand to help explain the subject in more detail.
• Now let’s hop on Albert.io’s multiple choice section to complete the 47 questions from the free energy and matter Albert.io section. We know this is a lot compared to last time, but there’s a lot of material to cover this week and you should have gotten a good grasp of the process by now.

Day 2

• Today will be another day of hard work on the multiple choice questions. No new reading today, but you may want to review your notes before we get into things (hint: if you have anything down on cell respiration, pay attention to that. Alternatively, we have a video you can check out on it). After that, head over to Albert.io and answer the 24 questions on cell respiration.
• With that done, we’re going to follow up our focus on cell respiration by completing Lab 6: Cell respiration, right there on the multiple choice tab.
• Lastly, we’re going to wind down with, you guessed it, a little more multiple choice. Let’s head up to the timing & coordination section, and complete 15 questions there. Remember to take notes on the explanations, and note the topic and difficulty of your questions for when you come back to finish these off.

Day 3

• We’ll start today by brushing up on diffusion, osmosis, and all things about the cell membrane. Good places to check out would be this video and Albert.io’s own diffusion and osmosis crash course. Make sure to take notes on any new information you find!
• Next, we’ll want to hit up Albert.io to complete Lab 4 on diffusion and osmosis. Remember to treat the lab questions like normal multiple choice questions when it comes to reading the explanations and taking notes.
• After that, head to the free response section on Albert.io and answer the Fluid Mosaic free response question. As with previous response questions, remember to simulate exam-like conditions while answering. When you’re done, you’ll want to measure your answer against the expectations of the rubric, to see what major points you hit or missed.
• Finally, we’ll wind down today with another 15 questions from the timing & coordination section of Albert.io’s multiple choice page. As with yesterday, remember to space out what questions you tackle across difficulties. You’ll thank yourself later.

Day 4

• Today’s going to be about all things photosynthesis. A good place to start today would be the photosynthesis crash course to brush up and detail your knowledge on the subject matter. You’ll want to take notes on anything you don’t have down already to help with the rest of the day.
• Next, let’s go to Albert.io and answer the 11 questions under photosynthesis. Pay attention to the explanations as always, especially for questions you got wrong or questions you got right just through luck.
• While we’re at Albert.io, we should answer the questions for Lab 5, also on photosynthesis. You’ll want to follow your usual rules for multiple choice as you go about answering the questions.
• Alright, one more photosynthesis question to handle today, this one a free response. Head on over to the free response section of Albert.io, and pull up the photosynthesis question under section 2. As with before, you’ll want to answer it in test like conditions and check your answer against the provided rubric.

Day 5

• Like yesterday, today we’ll focus our efforts on a single process, this time, homeostasis. Here the work will be simpler, but there will also be a lot more multiple choice questions, so buckle up! To start with, though, let’s read the crash course on homeostasis to brush up on your knowledge here, and give you the opportunity to write down some notes to help on the questions to come.
• Now for the big push: head on over to Albert.io, and try to see if you can handle all 50 questions on homeostasis. We know it’s a lot to cover, but try to remember to pay attention to the explanation and take notes on questions you got wrong. This is both a handy means to sharpen your knowledge on the subject and great practice for the exam itself.

Day 6

• Alright, time for our second weekend session. Today we’re going to start with a little multiple choice first, so hop on over to Albert.io and complete the 12 questions on feedback mechanisms. (If you find yourself struggling with the subject, you can always brush up on the subject here).
• Next, take a step back and read up on our crash course on endosymbiosis. The course covers a little of a lot of areas, some of which we won’t cover until later periods, but a lot of it is relevant to what we’re handling now, too, so bear with us.
• Next up, a hefty dose of multiple choice. Let’s head back to Albert.io and tackle the 44 questions on biotic and abiotic relations. It’s a bit rigorous, but nothing you can’t handle!

Alright, great job. Take this chance to take a quick break. Relax, do something fun, regain your sanity. If you want to handle the weekend session across two days, save the rest for tomorrow. Otherwise, come back here when you’ve had a proper breather.

• Now that we’re back, let’s finish off Big Idea 2’s questions once and for all. Hop back to the multiple choice section on Albert.io, and let’s take out those last 15 questions on timing & coordination (you thought we had forgotten about those, didn’t you?).
• Now that we’ve burned through all of Albert.io’s Big Idea 2 material, you’ll want to look back through all the notes you’ve amassed on the subject. Remember back to last week, where we addressed the themes and key concepts of AP® Bio? Just like then, think about how those apply to the material you’ve been learning this week. Make connections, and maybe write a few of them down in your notes, and try to connect the little pictures with the big one.

Once you’ve accomplished that, congratulations! You’re now halfway through the study plan! We know this past week has been tough, but that means that you’re that much more practice on the ins and outs of the coursework, and that much more ready for the exam. But you’ve probably heard enough from us for one week. For now, go out there and enjoy the rest of your weekend. Find some little way to celebrate making it halfway through this rigorous study plan. We’ll be here when you return next week.

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Week 3

Welcome back, folks! Time for our third big idea: Biological Information. We know what you’re thinking—that’s what we’ve been talking about this whole time, right? But we’re talking about something a little more specific here. Namely, this section focuses on the information life carries around to define itself. DNA, RNA, genes, all that good stuff. Some of these ideas you may recognize from our evolution section, so don’t be afraid to draw from and build on what you learned there.

Day 1

• We’re going to start back at the course PDF, by reading through pages 46-77. As with before, take notes and feel free to explore concepts you struggle with using your textbook or other source. Remember, this is the core of the information we’re going to be building from this week, so make sure you have this down!
• Now to see if you were paying attention. Let’s head over to Albert.io next, and complete 20 questions from the DNA and Genetic Coding section.
• Lastly, go down and complete the bacterial transformation lab in the multiple choice section. Nothing too tricky here; just what we’ve been going over with a little more application to it.

Day 2

• Today we’ll begin with a warm up: the other 22 questions from the DNA and Genetic Coding Section on Albert.io.
• Now that your brain is warmed up, let’s freshen up our knowledge on cell division by reading through Albert.io’s crash course on mitosis and meiosis. Feel free to make notes from anything new here.
• Now we’re going to put those new notes to good use, with the 15 multiple choice questions on cell division and heritability. Feel free to consult your notes for these, but otherwise treat them like you would any normal multiple choice questions.

Day 3

• Today we’re going to be going over cell division and genetic inheritance. You may want to review the Mendelian crash course and/or your notes from that section if that’s still not fresh in your mind. You can also review using this video if you need a new format to digest the information.
• Next up is some multiple choice from Albert.io. We’ll want to cover the 27 questions in the cell division and heritability section AND the 7 questions on non-heritable information, to cover both the rule and the exception to what we just covered. You’re doing great so far, so keep at it!
• We’re finishing the day with another lab, this one on Cell Division (just a little beneath where we ran through our multiple choice questions, in case you’ve forgotten). Answer the questions like you would normal multiple choice, but you’ll also want to pay close attention to the common thread that connects the pieces here.

Day 4

• Let’s kick off the day with a bit of reading, namely our crash course on transcription and translation. You’ll want to update your information on anything new you learn here to help with the rest of the day.
• Next let’s slide over to our old friend Albert.io, to tackle the 25 questions on genetic processing.
• Finally, we’re going to Albert.io’s free response question on polymerase chain reaction. Remember to answer the question in exam-like conditions, so no phones, no notes, no nothing. Once you’re done, read your answer against the rubric, and consider making a few revisions to make your answer match the desired answer.

Day 5

Alright, so we’re starting up on the last third of our study guide here. You’ve been great keeping up so far, so just stick with us as we finish off Big Idea 3 and cover the last section, and you should be all set for the test! Alright, let’s go.

• We’re going to knock out today’s multiple choice right up front, so pull up Albert.io and try to answer our 20 questions on genetic expression.
• Now that we’ve taken care of that, let’s change gears to read the crash course on enzymes. You’ll want to update your notes with anything new, and compare this new information against what you already know on enzymes.
• To finish out, let’s take care of the last lab of the week, this time on restrictive enzyme analysis. Head back to the multiple choice section and complete the lab section there.

Day 6

• Okay, the third weekend is upon us. We’re going to start our session with another video; this one is about how all the tiniest bits of you know what’s up with all the other tiniest bits of you, aka cell communication.
• Next we’ll head on over to Albert.io to wrap up our Big Idea 3 material in a neat little bow. The first part will be heading over to the multiple choice section and completing the 13 questions on cell communication.
• Once you’ve managed that, you’ll want to go to the free response section and answer the free response question on cell communication as well. We should have plenty of time today, so consider doing a rewrite after you’ve reviewed the rubric and your notes. Don’t forget to write both versions in exam-like conditions!

Now it’s time for a short break. As with previous weeks, if you plan to split up the weekend session into two days, this is the best place for it. Otherwise, just enjoy a quick break and meet us back here.

• Now it’s time to review what we’ve learned from Big Idea 3. Open up your notes, read through them, and remember our scientific themes and methods (if you’ve forgotten them, feel free to check them out in the course PDF). Try to connect these big ideas with the information you have down. Remember, the test makers love it when you can bring ideas together and synthesize on free answer questions, so knowing not just the facts of biology but how the pieces mesh together can be a huge help.

Alright, and that’s another week down! You’re doing spectacularly so far; give yourself a pat on the back and whatever other rewards you deem necessary. Most importantly, head off and enjoy the rest of your weekend. We’ll be here when you get back, to knock out the very last of the study plan.

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Week 4

Alright, it’s time for our final week and our final big idea. This week’s idea is about interactions between biological systems, which isn’t so much an entirely new frontier, but rather how the different levels of biology (from molecules to cells to organisms to populations) interact with each other. Some of this will be pretty close to review, giving you a good chance to refresh your knowledge for the exam, too. You’ve been doing great to make it this far, so stick with us here and we’ll be done in no time.

Day 1

• We’ll start with one last foray onto the course PDF, more specifically pages 78-96. You know how this goes: read it, research any details you struggle understanding, and take plenty of notes. You might also want to check out this video, which focuses a little more specifically on biochemistry, to help with today’s materials.
• Now that we’ve introduced ourselves to the ideas of the final Big Idea, let’s test ourselves with 28 questions from the biochemistry section on Albert.io. Remember, we’ll be doing the rest later, so try not to bunch up all the questions you answer in one subject or difficulty level.
• To finish up the day, let’s go through the transpiration lab, just underneath the multiple choice sections on Albert.io.

Day 2

• Today will be a pretty easy day, so consider starting with reviewing your notes or a couple of crash courses. The photosynthesis and cell organelle ones has some bearings on today’s material.
• Once you’ve settled in, let’s knock out the remaining 28 multiple choice questions under the banner of biochemistry and cell biology.
• We’ll finish up the day with another transpiration question, this one from the free response section. Make sure to take the question in exam-like conditions, and compare your answer with the rubric provided.

Day 3

• We’ll start today by going through the enzyme lab found on Albert.io. If you want, you can brush up on the crash course for it first.
• Once you’ve finished that, you’ll want to go to the free response section of Albert.io and answer the protein structure question there.
• And last but not least, we’re going to cool down with just a little more multiple choice. This time the 19 questions from the importance of biodiversity section (feel free to use this video to help pad your knowledge of the matter if necessary).

Day 4

• We are so close to the end! Keep going! We’ll start the day with another lab, this one on energy dynamics. Head on over to Albert.io’s multiple choice section and go through them, with all the usual rules for multiple choice applied.
• Once you’ve done that, we’ll continue on to handle the 38 questions from the organ to ecology section. By now the questions are focusing on tying together all the parts we’ve been learning throughout the course, so consider this a chance to synthesize your ideas as well as test your knowledge and learn new material.
• Since we’re drawing up to the last few days of our study plan, take the chance here to go back over your notes and review the material from all four Big Ideas. You may want to consider highlighting concepts you’ve forgotten about or struggle with, or even make some flashcards if you haven’t already to quiz yourself on key terms.

Day 5

• Today marks our last day of business as usual on the study guide, so let’s buckle down and tackle this last stretch. We’ll begin with our very last video, this one covering some of the basics of ecology and how all these complex organisms and systems interact.
• Next up will be one last foray onto Albert.io to answer the 31 questions from the cooperation and competition section. We know you’re probably sick of all the multiple choice questions by now, but keep with us just a little longer. You’re doing great, and it’s important we both cover all the ground to make sure you’re prepared in every part of the course, and to ensure you have as much practice as possible for the real deal.
• Next up will be our final lab—fruit fly behavior— found on the same page as the multiple choice section.
• Like yesterday, finish today by reviewing your notes from all four Big Ideas. Rewrite a list of key terms, quiz yourself on any problem concepts or flashcards you made yesterday, and do whatever it is that helps you review and remember information best.

Day 6

Alright, last day of the study plan! You’ve done an absolutely fantastic job getting here, and today will be just one last push to get you completely informed and prepared to tackle the exam head on.

• We’re going to start with a quick review of Big Idea 4. You’ll want to go over your notes for the section, polishing them up and considering how they relate to our biological themes and scientific methods from the course description. You’ll want to leave this step pretty feeling confident about Big Idea 4.

Here you should probably take a quick break. If you want to split this last weekend into two days, this is a good place to divide it up. You’re almost done here, all we have left is a little bit of review for the exam itself. Enjoy your break, and we’ll be here when you’re ready.

• Welcome back. We’ll start by going back and briefly reviewing the other three checklists, to ensure you still know with full confidence all the information outlined there. Wouldn’t do to learn all this information just to forget it all before the test, right?
• Once you’ve read through the bullet points again, and reviewed anything that was still missing from the checklist, we’re going to finish the study plan with a few questions from the exam makers themselves. Head over to AP® Central’s previous test section, then find and answer two free response questions there. It’s up to you which questions you answer, though you may want to consider tackling ones in areas that gave you trouble throughout the month (Other good ones include Question 1 from 2012’s exam or Question 4 from 2011 Form B’s exam).

Remember to take these questions in exam-like conditions, so no distractions or notes! When you’re done, compare you answer against the equivalent scoring guideline to see how you did, and consider rewriting or revising your answer in exam conditions to fit whatever parts you missed.

And there you have it! You have now successfully completed Albert.io’s 1 month AP® US biology study plan. Congratulations!

You know should be both confidently knowledgeable in all the ups, downs, ins and outs of the AP® Biology course, and well versed in the sorts of questions you’ll be dealing with on the exam itself. Remember to take the exam seriously, but also don’t let its importance or intimidation factor daunt you. In the end, it is just one test in one specific subject area. And if you managed to keep to this plan, you should be more than ready. We’re sure you’ll do great.For information on other AP® exams and the other study guides we offer, head to Albert.io or check out our other blog posts.

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