As many of you know, it’s AP exam season. If thinking about taking your AP tests makes you nervous, you’re not alone. Here’s an email we received from one worried Sparkler:

I am currently taking AP USH and AP Eng. However, I am not doing so well when it comes to writing essays. The AP exams are coming up soon, and I would like to know what you guys would suggest I do to better prepare myself. I write plenty of essays, but I don’t get them back until many weeks later, and by that time, I've all but forgotten what the topic was over. Thanks for the advice!

Though it can seem like a challenge to prepare for the essay portion of any test when you don’t know what the essay topic will be, there are some simple things you can do to improve your AP essay scores. Here they are: