How to Handle the APs

Instead of studying what you don’t know, just solidify what you do know. Typically, you don’t actually have to get a high percentage to get a five. The curve is wicked high. And if you practice the 60% of categories you’re actually comfortable with (to a point where you could never get one question wrong) you should be good.

Mess up your whole test by forgetting to bring #2 pencils. At that point, just don’t fill in your name. Whoever said a one was the lowest score you could get was caught in last season, my friend. Just be the one person to get a zero, the you’ll finally find that one way you stand out.

Get really sick, like have a seizure, during the exam so that your score is cancelled. (If you know, you know)

Bribe someone in your testing room to cheat so that your score is cancelled, but it’s not actually your fault.

In your free response, plagiarize sonnet 18, except adapt it to fit whatever subject you’re taking

If you’re taking a math AP, just doodle a bunch of random numbers on the back and hope that they’re significant so the sketchy MIT math guys recruit you. #yesiwatchglee #amiproud? #sometimes

If you feel like you’re rushing, stop and take a deep breath. Do you guys remember prep health? I do. It taught me the importance of meditation and mental health. So, if you feel yourself start to wander off, don’t send your thoughts away. Accept them. Acknowledge them. And focus on your breath. Feel the contact of your body with your chair. Send away the crippling anxiety to your surroundings. The AP is no longer important. Just breathe. At least, this is what my meditation app tells me to do. Probably why I have such a high GPA XD

Discuss what was on the AP in a finsta post and tag college board.

Really, the AP doesn’t matter. It doesn’t affect your GPA, so what’s the point. Focus on your day-to-day homework and major assignment before you even look at a practice question. College credit? Unimportant. Live for the now. Tunnel vision, amirite?

Don’t take the AP. Fun fact: no American schools actually require them.