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Get some sleep
(if you can't sleep you might have insomnia and probably want to get that checked out if you can afford it)
Calculus is inherently conceptual.
You learn it. You don't memorize it (except for some rules).
You apply what you've learned via clear thought.
You will not be able to think clearly if you do not get sufficient sleep.
You might think you can still think clearly, feeling more "awake" despite less sleep. But if you focus clearly on your own thought patterns you will find that the lack of sleep has made you less capable of processing information (I have tested this on myself, and the overwhelming majority of research backs this up)
You will not gain anything by studying through the night.
Going through practice over and over again last minute will probably just make you anxious.
Relax.
You've made it this far.
You are amazing (you're a nerd)
You've got this
You will get a 5 (Ap calculus BC has the highest 5 rate I think, though technically it would be pretty much impossible for everyone to get a 5)
If you genuinely can't fall asleep, resist the urge to go through practice problems. Rather, think about how you could apply calculus to real life. What are the important pieces of what you've learned? Why do they make physical sense when applied to physical models? Calculus excels at this, after all it is the study of rates of change.
If you need anything we will be here for you
(in the morning)
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You know what? Thank you dude. It’s nice seeing something this motivating before a stressful time. cries self studying Calc BC, Physics II, and Physics C: Mech and also having CSP
May whoever sees this comment have a pillow that’s cold on both sides and 5s on all their exams!
vro.
Dick me down daddy
goddamnit elmo stop it
nah now why would you do this to yourself
Good news is AP CALC BC and PHYSICS C overlap alot in math mechanics. But it’s really understanding the underlying concepts that gets you 5
Yes, but Physics C is for ppl whos brains can C a lot more than normal ppl's brains
same boat. self studying my aps asw. crying dying and flying headfirst off a cliff.
Bros way ahead of the game. Keep it up man.
yes what the other comenter said
Thank you! I got a 5 on my AB test last year, and I’m really shooting for a 5 on BC tomorrow morning. Good luck to everyone else of course, AB or BC!!
if you got a 5 on AB youre def getting a 5 on bc! good luck
exactly wtf why everyone act so scared I skipped AB I should be crying myself to a nap
too late its already 3:48 am
12 hours later how’d you do lad
mcq was light frq 5 was kinda hard frq 6 was a lil tricky expecting a 4 or 5 i was not really tired in the morning for some reason however i was so sleepy while the proctor was reading out all the instructions. when it came time to take the test, i popped a mint and locked in.
Awesome dude, my teacher got us chic Fil a before the exam so we all cooked on a full stomach
the fuck ur good ur like me I been redditing about my hw instead of doing it lmao
oh i was studying all night. i only got on reddit to see other people’s reactions about the exam
ok! YK surprisingly enough I didnt study for calc exam before taking it (on the day before) but that shit was easier than all my other APs; Ap psych, ap english lang and comp, all of them.
bro acting like people aint gonna study the night before the test bluh
I just doing my fricking practice test homework im sooo damn cooked bro wtf brao
well i'm here, that was pretty esay, way esier than the hw I had to do last night. Fuck it I should have slept
must use answer keys
thank much appreciated sophomore taking first ever ap tomorrow woop woop
how was?
i was supposed to have extra time which i did not, but the mcq went okish and the frq was really bad but the more i think about it the less confident i am in my answers :(
Bro I had like 15 minutes extra on the GC MCQ , I might have messed up lol. FRQ was time constrained as always but only number 6 really tripped me with time. Really you have nothing to worry about, I think you need a 60% on the test to get a 5, and a little less is still a 4
I taking many AP's this year, for AP Eng Lang & Comp I am 99% sure I got a 3, I am very sad but its ok. Psych may be a 4 or 5, but for calc I am pretty sure it'll be a 5, even though calc is the "hardest" one. That you took this class as a sophomore represents that you could grasp the bulk of it. just in case you don't do as well as you hoped, just know that sometimes it's better to guess completely rather than waste time on one question, its also much less stressful
My sister is preparing to fail
Was pretty easy type shit she must have gotten a 5
Don’t care + didn’t ask + getting a perfect score + got sleep but still gonna take an hour long nap on each section
Confidence is good!
Thx man, ur gonna do great today! :)
Bro I’m an international Incoming college freshman I gave calc bc this year cause I got 4 last year and wanted to get a 5 this year for college credit,but my college changed it’s policy two weeks ago where it gives calc 2 credits to students with 4 as well so basically this exam was useless for me.I WENT IN W/O REVISING OR STUDYING ANYTHING LIKE ANYTHING. I WAS WATCHING A MOVIE UNTIL 12 THE LAST NIGHT AND THE EXAM WENT PRETTY WELL,WILL END UP GETTING A 5 PROBABLY .SO WHEN SOMEONE SAYS CALC IS CONCEPTUAL BELIEVE ME IT IS SO THERE IS NO POINT STUDYING THE DAY BEFOREHAND
well I mean I got like a lot of problems just because I was doing 2022 practice test so
Give or take I might have done pretty similar if I chilled out more and slept though, those are also important even if you dont know what ur doing on the test
Exactly what happened here... Got diagnosed with delayed sleep phase syndrome but there were... complications with getting what I needed. My dad (also has a medical background) also advised me to wait until after exams to take melatonin (which I agree with him on. I would not want to risk still not sleeping and being extra drowsy for the exam.) It's probably a pipe dream at this point to be eligible for any form of late testing and I probably will rely on caffeine until I can get home and crash.
Bro wtf? For me I just stay up till 2, 3, and 4 am (it increases slowly after a vacation and stuff), but its literally just screen time, it messes with your bodies' photoreceptors that assume if there is light, must force body awake.
ik this but i’m still going to study until maybe 11-12 😭 good advice though
You know what, thank you
ykw going to go to bed in 30 minutes
u can just tell whoes getting the 5 and whos not
U got a 6 bro
Wdym bruhhhh i got a ten on god 🙄
EYYY you responded to me 17 hours later haha my #1 fan. howd it go for you?
Not taking BC yet but AB students here 😞, going to sleep now.
Wait facts i’m going to sleep
Kid named 4 hours of sleep: (it is too late for me)
I tried sleeping at 10pm waking up at 6 am, I fell asleep at 12 woke up at 2:30 and never fell asleep again , thankfully my brain was functional
1 most of ur stuff is wrong because I dont remmeber the fundemental theorm of calculus's applications but now I know that its frequent so theres that.
But I understand everything conceptually, like area of polar stuff, it all makes sense logically to me, I spent a lot of time on that, but less on raw memory.
Also I''ll be the one with the least sleep as u can see
Yeah there was totally a LOT of FTC stuff on there, no way. Even more than on previous year tests! I still think its worth it studying right before, just in case you missed important tidbits that we could think might be tested on. Still I got 6-7 hour sleep so not terrible