AP Tests

[cgannon64]

I think I did good on History (in spite of the DBQ question),

Yeah, they suck for giving us that. Alot.

I took AP US, AP English, and AP Calculus. I think I got a 5 on the English, and could have gotten 5s on the other two - with luck. Calc is the only one I think I have a decent chance of getting a 3 on. It's hard for me to predict, since it's really all about dumb mistakes.

By the way, I took the US History SAT II today, and they had some of the same questions as the AP test. Same cartoons, same questions - just stupider answers.

 

[blackheart]

Not from high school AP courses.

They're also college level courses with credits granted by local colleges. I would think I know what credits I'm getting better than you do, Perfection.

 

[Perfection]

They're also college level courses with credits granted by local colleges. I would think I know what credits I'm getting better than you do, Perfection.

Well, be careful. I've known people who have been burned in these sorts of situations.

 

[blackheart]

Well, be careful. I've known people who have been burned in these sorts of situations.

Thanks for your concern . I double-checked everything with the colleges and the school to make sure I'm not one of the burnees

 

[Bluemofia]

Ahh... The test of Crimson Death...

I finished taking the AP Euro test yesterday. I'm technically not supposed to discuss the essay questions until 48 hours after the test, but oh well, the test is over in all of America.

I thought the first half of the MC test was hard. Probably because it was about the Rennaisance, and other things considering the period of time when things weren't interesting yet, and change was slow, The second half of it was easy, an example being the picture of Hitler backstabbing (literally) Stalin. As a reference to Operation Barbarosa.

And the essays... The DBQ was crazy. The question was about sports. Of all things, Sports! We have been studying for stuff obscure, like Russian Peasants, the Gin Act, and other random things, and even expecting something on the EU, but Sports! That was random.

The FRQs were really easy. 2 groups. First group was 1 thing about religion and another on the humanists, and one on the Columbian exchange. I picked the one on the Columbian exchange, because it was simplest. But I forgot to answer one part of it...

And the second group was pointless to make it a group IMO, it was 2 things I forgot about because there was no reason remembering it, and 1 thing about Hitler's stupidity and why Germany lost WWII. Economic, Diplomatic, and Military reasons. So easy. But one of my friends taking the test put the sinking of the Lusitania under the Diplomatic part... We laught at him for that. (he has been known to do things like this, earlier he confused the 20s with the Great Depression.)

 

[Bluemofia]

The European History DBQ was about sports. It's amazing how they come up with these topics that are completely irrelevant to actual knowledge of history. Nobody knew what outside information to put in, since nobody knows anything about 19th century sports.

I think I did well enough on the multiple choice to get a 5 though, and the FRQs weren't too bad either.

Whenever I talk about the test, I'm always afraid some AP person will appear from nowhere and "invalidate my test."

I used what was in the documents. I did manage to include all but one document. And I did well enough to expect a 7 or 8 on the DBQ test.

Same here. Which questions did you do? I did 4 and 7. (you better have done 7, because everyone who took it at my school picked 7, and we litterally said we would slap anyone who didn't pick 7.)

Bah! How would they figure out who we are on an internet forum? Just don't put you real name down anywhere, or your address.

 

[Warman17]

Hey, is anyone taking any AP Tests this year?

I've finished both US History and Statistics. I think I did good on History (in spite of the DBQ question), but not so well on Stat.

If you're taking any, how did you think you did?

That DBQ was a horrible question! WTH was that?

 

[CaptainF]

My piece of crap school does not offer any AP courses that I want to take, except for AP 12 English, which I will be taking next year. This school is so terribly skewered towards math/science geeks, it really is infuriating. No AP History, No AP US History. All they offer is AP Calculus, AP Physics, argh. bullfeathers.

Why can't a non-math nerd get the red carpet for once?

I will take the AP English test next year.

By the way, I took the SAT Reasoning test today. I'm almost positive that i pwned it.

 

[Sims2789]

I've taken English Language and US History, and will take Chemistry this Wednesday. I predict a 4 or a 5 on English, and, despite four "TWO of the following" FRQ's and a DBQ that did not focus on people's opinions, I'm still confident that I got a 5 in US History.

On the FRQ's I wrote on 2 and 4. If you were able to know something about the Spanish Southwest you did well on it since most people (the few who wrote it) probably knew a lot about the Northeast and little about New Mexico.

 

[Sims2789]

That DBQ was a horrible question! WTH was that?

I agree. Based on the documents, I concluded that the ideal femme shifted from the republican mother to one who adheres to the cult of domesticity because of industrialization (especially due to dangerous factory jobs). I also discussed how mainly upper-class women supported equal rights for women and wrote a paragraph about black women. Even so, it was a horribly-written question: Are DBQ's not supposed to be about opinion? Plus, the cult of domesticity isn't even associated with the antebellum era; it's more of a Fifties thing along with Momism, though it mostly concerns behavior towards the husband.

On a lighter note, since most people had trouble with it, they won't grade it as hard (Around the same percent get each number grade every year)

 

[Sims2789]

The FRQs were really easy. 2 groups. First group was 1 thing about religion and another on the humanists, and one on the Columbian exchange. I picked the one on the Columbian exchange, because it was simplest. But I forgot to answer one part of it...

Don't worry too much about that. My sister forgot to mention the Berlin Wall in her Cold War essay (I believe it even focused on Cold War barriers between the two sides) and she got a 5.

 

[Bluemofia]

Well, I missed an important part.

I was supposed to mention how disease, crops, and something else affected Europe, and I forgot to mention disease... (but got the others)

 

[Sims2789]

I took U.S. History today, and it's the only one I'll take this year.

I don't think I did as well as last year (5 on the Euro History), but a man can hope!

I didn't feel as good leaving it either as I did on AP Euro. But remember, this year's test was particularly hard, so you'll need less to get a 5.

 

[Louis XXIV]

That DBQ was a horrible question! WTH was that?

I think the exact terms they used made it harder than what it might actually be if they had asked in a generalized way. I assume they pretty much expected you to define the two terms (which I superficially did) and than say both how society's view of women changed and how much these things actually influenced them.

I rambled a bit, but I'm feeling OK that I might have at least been talking about what they were talking about. If I did good on everything else, it might be enough (especially if a lot of people did poor on it, since they'll grade it easier).

 

[toh6wy]

Just Calculus BC this year - after all the sample problems from our teacher, I was expecting a fairly difficult test, but it turned out to be rather easy.

 

[Huang]

What sound does a cue-owl make? TOOT (for those who took the Lit exam)

 

[Snow]

Do they give the same test to everyone throughout the country? How long do you have on these anyway? I'm taking AP U.S. History next year, it'll be the only one I've taken throughout High School, wish I'd of gotten more interested in academics before junior year.

 

[Sims2789]

Do they give the same test to everyone throughout the country? How long do you have on these anyway? I'm taking AP U.S. History next year, it'll be the only one I've taken throughout High School, wish I'd of gotten more interested in academics before junior year.

You get 55 minutes for 80 multiple-choice questions and 2 hours and 10 minutes for three essays, one of which is a Document-Based Question. It may sound intimidating, but don't worry, most people I know finmished early on both, and my school's just slightly above average (Compared to California schools, we're a 6/10).

 

[Pontiuth Pilate]

You should do as many as you can... I took 10 in highschool and it definitely helped get college prerequisite classes out of the way so you can do the interesting stuff. Why pay for a college course when your highschool is offering the equivalent for free?

 

[Plexus]

I took Spanish and Statistics last Tuesday, and will take Art History next Thursday.

I know... I took the three most irrelevant AP tests this year.