goodbye blog


    Wow. We're really approaching the end of the year. Thats crazy !!


    AP Psychology was the first ever AP exam I have taken, and one of the first AP classes I've ever taken, so here are just some things for the newcomers who are taking AP Psych and/or who are taking the exam.


1. self-study consistently- I bolded and italicized this section because I wholeheartedly believe that you understand the concepts better and prepare yourself for the exam if you study Psychology on your own. To be honest, I feel like I could've done better on the AP if I consistently studied throughout the second semester when I took the class because I had such a hard time understanding the Nearpods and assignments we had to do on our own, and then bombing the quizzes and practices tests and midterm, especially since I was already bad at taking MCQ's in general. But the point is, do as I say not as I do.

2. Real World Examples !!!!!!!!- If you do the vocab, please find real-world examples that you actually understand and didn't just copy off a quizlet before your psych class period started and vocab was due(totally am not speaking from personal experiences). It is never fun to rush vocab because I learn nothing from it and most of the time when vocab was due, a quiz happened. 

3. Buy the Princeton review if you're taking the AP- This falls under the self-study point I made earlier but I wholeheartedly believe that a prep book will help for the AP. I personally recommend the Princeton Review because I crammed that so much when I used the APUSH version of it. 

4. Please do the projects and Master Tasks, I beg you !!!!- For someone who failed all of my quizzes and practice exams and practice ap, I still manage to get a 90+ for my semester average. That was because I did all of the master tasks and did all of my assignments. Especially if you're using AP Psych to boost your GPA, this will definitely boost it. 

5. Be a good class(yes that means putting your phone away)- Do not take my words for granted but yes, please behave in the class so you can use your notes on the quizzes. Yes I did fail most of my quizzes despite the fact that my class was the favorite class and we got to use our notes for most of the test. 


Those are mainly the tips I give for students. I do think that everyone should take the exam because it's a very simple exam. Just practice practice practice the concepts, mcqs, frqs, etc.


And thank you to Ms. Halfen for teaching the class this year. It was a very fun class to take and I hope your classes next year are better. Probably the only critics that I would give to do better next year is the do less Nearpods. It kind of got repetitive when like Unit 5 came and I couldn't understand that much. Also doing guided notes might help because I had a hard time writing my own notes since everything was going too fast, and I think it'll be good for everyone to just get a paper copy of the notes and information. Yes it may kill around 5 trees but those 5 trees will say your welcome when kids get 5's on the exam or pass your class with a 98. 


Thats all for now. Thank you for reading this, whoever you are.


                        oh em gee its my last signing off, -chloe the homie🥹🥹

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