UPDATE :The College Board has announced in a tweet that the 2020 AP exams will all be open book/open note and will test more thematic understandings
In response to the school closures resulting from the coronavirus outbreak, the College Board has announced significant changes to AP exams this May. This year the traditional in-school tests will not take place. Instead, students will be able to take the tests online at home. Each test will be 45 minutes long and will consist of free response questions. Students can take the tests on laptops, tablets and even smartphones. Students without access to a computer can take a photo of handwritten responses and send scanned copies to the College Board. Material that would have been covered in the last few months of class will not be tested. The College Board has announced that it will have security measures in place to detect plagiarism. For each test, there will be two testing dates. Further details on the types of free response questions that will appear will be available on April 3.
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Below is a list of content that will be covered on some of the most popular AP exams that we tutor as well as links to the bios and contact information of our expert subject matter tutors. We look forward to helping you.
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AP English Exams:
AP English Language and Composition
Covered: Units 1-7
- Unit 1 Rhetorical Situation: Reading
- Unit 2 Rhetorical Situation: Writing
- Unit 3 Claims and Evidence: Reading
- Unit 4 Claims and Evidence: Writing
- Unit 5 Reasoning and Organization: Reading
- Unit 6 Reasoning and Organization: Writing
- Unit 7 Style: Reading
Not covered:
- Unit 8 Style: Writing
AP Literature and Composition
Covered: Units 1-7: Skills for each include explaining the function of (A) character, (B) setting, (C) plot and structure, (D) narrator or speaker, (E) word choice, imagery, and symbols, and (F) comparison; and (G) developing textually substantiated arguments about interpretations of part or all of a text
- Unit 1 – Short Fiction I (A, B, C, D, G)
- Unit 2 – Poetry I (A, C, E, F, G)
- Unit 3 – Long Fiction and Drama I (A, B, C, G)
- Unit 4 – Short Fiction II (A, B, C, D, G)
- Unit 5 – Poetry II (C, E, F, G)
- Unit 6 – Long Fiction and Drama II (A, C, D, E, G)
- Unit 7 – Short Fiction III (A, B, C, D, E, F, G)
Not Covered:
- Units 8 and 9 – most advanced poetry and long fiction/drama
AP Language & Literature Tutors: Nitin Sawhney, Anthony Celino, Dan Hertz, Ryan Blodgett, Sarah Newport, Ian Perez, Elizabeth Dinning, Peter Smith, Sara Plunkett, Michael Lawrence, Burks Echols
AP Social Science Exams:
AP European History
Covered: Units 1-7
- Unit 1: Renaissance and Exploration
- Unit 2: Age of Reformation
- Unit 3: Absolutism and Constitutionalism
- Unit 4: Scientific, Philosophical, and Political Developments
- Unit 5: Conflict, Crisis and Reaction in the late 18th Century
- Unit 6: Industrialization and its Effects
- Unit 7: 19th Century Perspectives and Political Developments
Not Covered:
- Unit 8: 20th Century Global Conflicts
- Unit 9: Cold War and Contemporary Europe
AP US History
Covered: Periods 1-7
- Period 1: 1491 – 1607
- Period 2: 1607 – 1754
- Period 3: 1754 – 1800
- Period 4: 1800 – 1848
- Period 5: 1844 – 1877
- Period 6: 1865 – 1898
- Period 7: 1890 – 1945
Not covered: Periods 8-9
AP World History
Covered: Units 1-6
- Unit 1: The Global Tapestry
- Unit 2: Networks of Exchange
- Unit 3: Land-based Empires
- Unit 4: Transoceanic Interconnections
- Unit 5: Revolutions
- Unit 6: Consequences of Industrialization
Not covered: Units 7-9
- Unit 7: Global Conflict
- Unit 8: Cold War and Decolonization
- Unit 9: Globalization
A.P. History Tutors: Sarah Newport, Ryan Blodgett, Peter Smith, Michael Lawrence, Burks Echols, Elizabeth Dinning
Macroeconomics
Covered: Units 1-5:
- Unit 1: Basic Economic Concepts
- Unit 2: Economic Indicators and the Business Cycle
- Unit 3: National Income and Price Determination
- Unit 4: Financial Sector
- Unit 5: Long-Run Consequences of Stabilization Policies
Not Covered:
- Unit 6: Open Economy – International Trade and Finance
Microeconomics
Covered: Units 1-5
- Unit 1: Basic Economic Concepts
- Unit 2: Supply and Demand
- Unit 3: Production, Cost, and the Perfect Competition Model
- Unit 4: Imperfect Competition
- Unit 5: Factor Markets
Not Covered: Unit 6: Market Failure and the Role of Government
AP Economics Tutors: Nitin Sawhney, Ryan Blodgett, Ellie Koo, Michael Lawrence
AP US Government
Covered: Units 1-3
- Unit 1 Foundations of American Democracy
- Unit 2 Interactions Among Branches of Government
- Unit 3 Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
Not covered: Units 4-5
- Unit 4 American Political Ideologies and Beliefs
- Unit 5 Political Participation
AP Comparative Government
Covered: Units 1-3
- Unit 1: Political Systems, Regimes and Governments
- Unit 2: Political Institutions
- Unit 3: Political Culture and Participation
Not covered: Units 5-6
- Unit 4: Party and Electoral Systems and Citizen Organization
- Unit 5: Political and Economic Changes and Developments
AP Government Tutors: Sarah Newport, Ryan Blodgett, Michael Lawrence, Peter Smith
AP Languages Exams:
Latin
Covered: Units 1-4
- Unit 1: Vergil, Aeneid, Book 1
- Unit 2: Caesar, Gallic War, Books 1 and 6
- Unit 3: Vergil, Aeneid, Book 2
- Unit 4: Caesar, Gallic War, Book 4
Not covered: Units 5-8
- Unit 5: Vergil, Aeneid, Book 4
- Unit 6: Caesar, Gallic War, Book 5 Part I (Chapters 24-37)
- Unit 7: Caesar, Gallic War, Book 5 Part II (Chapters 38-48)
- Unit 8: Vergil, Aeneid, Book 6
Latin Tutor: Sara Plunkett
Spanish Language and Culture
Covered: Units 1 – 6
- Unit 1: Families in Different Societies
- Unit 2: Influence of Language and Culture on Identity
- Unit 3: Influences of Beauty and Art
- Unit 4: How Science and Technology Affect Our Lives
Not Covered: Units 7 – 8
- Unit 5: Factors That Impact the Quality of Life
- Unit 6: Environmental, Political, and Societal Challenges
Spanish Literature and Culture
Covered: Units 1 – 6
- Unit 1: The Medieval Era
- Unit 2: The 16th Century
- Unit 3: The 17th Century
- Unit 4: Romanticism, Realism, and Naturalism in Literature
- Unit 5: The Generation of ’98 and Modernism
- Unit 6: Theatre and Poetry of the 20th Century
Not covered: Units 7 – 8
- Unit 7: The Latin American Boom
- Unit 8: Contemporary Writers from the US and Spain
Spanish Tutors: Liz Shooltz, Ian Perez
AP Math Exams:
AP Calculus AB
Covered: Units 1-7
- Unit 1 – Limits and Continuity
- Unit 2 – Differentiation: Definition and Properties
- Unit 3 – Differentiation: Composite, Implicit, and Inverse
- Unit 4 – Differentiation: Contextualized Applications
- Unit 5 – Differentiation: Analytical Applications
- Unit 6 – Integration and accumulations of change
- Unit 7 – Differential Equations
Not Covered:
- Unit 8: Applications of Integration
AP Calculus BC
Covered:
- Units 1-8 from AB, including Applications of Integration
- Unit 10.2 – Geometric Series
- Unit 10.5 – Harmonic Series and p-series
- Unit 10.7 – Alternating Series Test
- Unit 10.8 – Ratio Test
- Unit 10.11 – Taylor Polynomials for Approximating Functions
Not Covered:
- Unit 9: Parametric, Polar and vector valued functions; the remainder of Unit 10, including nth term test, integral test, comparison tests, absolute v. conditional convergence, alternating series error bound, LaGrange error bound, radius and interval of convergence
AP Calculus Tutors: Nitin Sawhney, Dan Hertz, Anthony Celino, Dan Bloss, Ryan Blodgett, Lance McNeil, Katharine Laco, Ian Perez, Ellie Koo
AP Statistics
Covered: Units 1-7
- Unit 1: Exploring One-Variable Data
- Unit 2: Exploring Two-Variable Data
- Unit 3: Collecting Data
- Unit 4: Probability, Random Variables, and Probability Distributions
- Unit 5: Sampling Distributions
- Unit 6: Inference for Categorical Data: Proportions
- Unit 7: Inference for Quantitative Data: Means
Not Covered: Units 8-9
- Unit 8: Inference for Categorical Data: Chi-Square
- Unit 9: Inference for Quantitative Data: Slopes
AP Statistics Tutors: Nitin Sawhney, Dan Hertz
AP Science Exams:
Biology
Covered:
- Unit 1: Chemistry of Life
- Unit 2: Cell Structure and Function
- Unit 3: Cellular Energetics
- Unit 4: Cell Communication and Cell Cycle
- Unit 5: Heredity
- Unit 6: Gene Expression and Regulation
Not covered:
- Unit 7: Natural Selection
- Unit 8: Ecology
AP Biology Tutors: Dan Bloss, Lance McNeil, Ellie Koo
Chemistry:
Covered:
- Unit 1: Atomic Structure and Properties
- Unit 2: Molecular and Ionic Compound Structure and Properties
- Unit 3: Intermolecular Forces and Properties
- Unit 4: Chemical Reactions
- Unit 5: Kinetics
- Unit 6: Thermodynamics
- Unit 7: Equilibrium
Not covered:
- Unit 8: Acids and Bases
- Unit 9: Applications of Thermodynamics
AP Chemistry Tutors: Dan Bloss, Dan Hertz, Ian Perez, Christy Van Overbeke, Ellie Koo
Physics 1:
Covered:
- Unit 1: Kinematics
- Unit 2: Dynamics
- Unit 3: Circular Motion and Gravitation
- Unit 4: Energy
- Unit 5: Momentum
- Unit 6: Simple Harmonic Motion
- Unit 7: Torque and Rotational Motion
Not covered:
- Unit 8: Electric Charge and Electric Force
- Unit 9: DC Circuits
- Unit 10: Mechanical Waves and Sound
Physics 2:
Covered:
- Unit 1: Fluids
- Unit 2: Thermodynamics
- Unit 3: Electric Force, Field, and Potential
- Unit 4: Electric Circuits
- Unit 5: Magnetism and Electromagnetic Induction
Not covered:
- Unit 6: Geometric and Physical Optics
- Unit 7: Quantum, Atomic, and Nuclear Physics
Physics C Mechanics:
Covered:
- Unit 1: Kinematics
- Unit 2: Newton’s Laws of Motion
- Unit 3: Work, Energy, and Power
- Unit 4: Systems of Particles and Linear Momentum
- Unit 5: Rotation
Not covered:
- Unit 6: Oscillations
- Unit 7: Gravitation
Physics C Electricity and Magnetism:
Covered:
- Unit 1: Electrostatics
- Unit 2: Conductors, Capacitors, Dielectrics
Unit 3: Electric Circuits
Not covered:
- Unit 4: Magnetic Fields
- Unit 5: Electromagnetism
