Advanced Placement exams are right around the corner and take place during the first two weeks of May. Students have been learning material for these upcoming exams since the beginning of the school year. Now, students are beginning to review and cram in these next few weeks to feel prepared for their exams. 

Some students have begun preparing for their exams already; however, others have not started preparing on their own yet. 

“I actually have not studied at all. The only thing I do is the in-class assignments that we do in class,” said senior Ryan Needham. 

AP Exams are graded on a 1-5 scale and can be stressful because many students are hoping to get a four or five so they can get college credit for the course. This would mean they will not have to redo the class in college and can take a higher-level class instead. Other students will have to take the course again, depending on their intended major. 

“I am not stressed because I’m going to have to take psychology again next year anyway,” said senior Bridget Kidd. 

“I’m a little nervous, but at the end of the day, if I do fail it, what’s the worst that’s going to happen?” said Needham. 

Teachers have been preparing their students all year by having students take AP-style tests to help them feel more confident when the day of the test comes. 

“We’ve been modeling what the exam looks like all year. So students in AP Psych, every test we take looks like a mini version of the AP test,” said AP Psychology teacher Allison Leichtman. 

Reviewing in class is a typical way that many AP courses spend the last couple of weeks leading up to exams. 

“We’ll go through each section and do some practice questions and find resources,” said Leichtman. “The best thing for students to do is to go back over each unit and do some practice questions.” 

AP Exams are challenging, but studying will help students feel confident and prepared when they sit down on exam day to take the test.