SAN JOSE, CALIF.- Advanced Placement testing season is around the corner! In the competitive East Side Union High School district, students may be dealing with serious stress and anxiety for all of the upcoming tests for the AP classes. There is no need to fear though, there are many ways to prepare for your exams this upcoming spring! 

There is a lot of AP testing practice throughout the year, but it is something students stress and struggle with all year. Many students are taking multiple AP classes and have to find time to study every day consistently. Ways to study for these classes are difficult because of the vast amount of curriculum in the classroom.

Some ways that students have prepared for their tests have been by reviewing their notes throughout the whole school year, by splitting them in increments so that they are not cramming everything in one day. Students should also take time to make study groups and find connections in class as that is important in high school. If many students collaborate on a topic, a student is more likely than not to see whatever views in a brighter light and add it to their work. Students can also find practice tests online, whether it’s Collegeboard or any other college-based website! Students can also use AP study textbooks (like the one pictured.)

A junior, Andre Chaney, has taken many AP classes in his high school career at Silver Creek. He always performs very well in class and even worked through multiple APs during his sophomore year.  This year he is set to take the AP exams for AP Environmental Science, AP Language and Composition, AP United States History, and AP Calculus BC. He comes into exams with a quite relaxed mindset, “I don’t worry about my tests too much and I just come in confident feeling like I’m set to pass.” Ryan Tabatabai, also a  Junior at Silver Creek High, has had quite the experience with AP classes. He is set to take the Calculus BC, Computer Science A, Physics, and English Language and Composition AP exams. Tabatabai has a quite similar mindset to Chaney, “I don’t worry too much about the tests, I just wait until the last few weeks before the exam, take some practice tests.” 

These tests will be on the weeks of May 6-10 and May 13-17. Some of the biggest test names will be coming in these weeks. AP Calculus AB and BC will be on Monday, May 13, 2024, at 8 a.m. The AP English Literature and Composition Exam will be on Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 8 am. The other English AP course, AP Language and Composition will be on Tuesday, May 14, 2024 at 8 a.m. The popular AP Environmental Science test will be on Thursday, May 9, 2024 at  8 a.m.  The exciting AP Human Geography exam will be on Tuesday, May 7, 2024.