The AP Test Thread

**this1neguy** · Joined: 19 Aug 2007 Posts: 5444 Location: Flint, MI

AP US History was the worst class of my life. Didn't do a damn thing in the class, didn't study at all, still got a 3 >_>

This year -

AP Eng (Lit and Comp) - should be a 5. My teacher grades our essays pretty harshly, and I know that all you have to do is average about an 8 or so for a 5 if you do decently on the multiple choice. I've been getting high enough scores on the multiple choice tests we've done in class to have gotten a 5 at any point this year, so I'm not incredibly worried. Last week we did a poetry essay and I absolutely destroyed it (as far as I can tell; haven't been graded yet) and heard everyone in class including my teacher say how hard it was. So yeah.

AP Psych - multiple choice is probably going to be the hard part for this one. Since the essays are over material rather than picking out concepts from a selection, I'm not overly worried about those; the MC, though ... I've seen a great deal of random questions on our tests, so if the exam is anything worse then I might be in trouble. But hopefully studying and having better-worded questions can allay my worry.

May 6th and May 11th are the last days I care about anything school related >_> I also enjoy that I get the day off for both of these.
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**IndestructibleSD** · Joined: 17 Jul 2008 Posts: 1382 Location: Boston, MA

Having my first AP Exam this year, AP Calc AB. I'm taking it as a junior because I skipped a grade in math back in middle school. Next year I'm looking at AP exams for Stats, Calc BC, and Physics C. Should be fun!

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**SAW4135** · Joined: 17 May 2008 Posts: 750 Location: Moline, IL

Wow, some of you guys have some classes our school doesn't even offer. No AP Physics FTL, only "Physics 2".

This year, I'm only taking AP Chemistry. And for some reason, I'm really kinda scared. I've absolutely destroyed most of the tests this year, I have like a solid 96% in the class, I've done practice with stuff, but I feel on test day, I'm not going to have had the proper preparation and I'm gonna forget everything I've learned this year.

Any advice? I'm typically a really good test taker, but there is just so much to remember for this test, IMO. If anyone has taken the AP Chem test and would like to give me a few pointers of what to expect, that would be very appreciated. Our teacher is going to start reviewing next week.

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**FingerQuick** · Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 11:30 pm Post subject:

Macroeconomics AP test for me pretty soon. I don't get half of it though. I'm expecting a 3 on it, if I'm lucky, a 4

Aggregate Supply, Aggregate Demand, This and that, Price Levels, Equilibrium, World Trade, That and this... ugh. I hate studying

EDIT: Not sure if it matters much but, I'm a freshman
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**sorasgoof** · Joined: 09 Mar 2008 Posts: 2314

I have a love/hate relationship with these tests. I get straight 100s all year in AP US History, yet I feel like I'm going to fail miserably on test day. Maybe this is early paranoia setting in?
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**solrac7623** · Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 5:14 am Post subject:

Only taking APUSH, and I'm just a tad worried, naturally, but I'm fairly confident. I'm among the best in the class and have a general knowledge of the stuff, and I'm reviewing like mad. Specifically:

This book is AMAZING. Practice MC's in each "chapter" (which wonderfully cover stuff you'd expect on the AP Exam), occasional practice DBQ's, practice FRQ's, and an entire practice test at the end. It sucks that this thread started so late, there doesn't seem to be much to do with a week and a half left

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In the class itself, we're reviewing like mad. We're taking practice questions and reading/taking notes/reviewing terms from the AP book on stuff from different time periods at once. We're getting to the Progressive Era in class, we're around the pre-civil war area in our terms, and I'm reading from the colonial times in the book above. This steady pattern should make me pretty knowledgeable by the time of the test. I'm aiming for at least a 4, but a 5 would obviously be all the better.

As for next year, I'm taking AP Art History (my current APUSH teacher, who is awesome, is teaching it and planning to make it a great class), AP Government, and AP Calculus AB (which I should be in this year, but this school sucks). I've been lazy with AP's throughout high school (should have been in AP World History last year and AP English this year), but oh well. Actually, I should get back to studying the book some more.

**sadied0g** · Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 6:04 am Post subject:

Am I the only one with AP Spanish? My teacher makes the AP spanish test sound like it's going to be so impossible, that no one besides the native spanish speakers in my class have a chance. I've been naturally pretty good at spanish my whole life (I've had classes since 2nd grade) but every practice essay, and speaking activity we do, I get a 1 on... T_T (Well, I've actually been working pretty hard recently and got a 2+ on my most recent essay

) Anyway, if anyone's taken the AP Spanish test before, can you tell me, is it really INSANELY hard?? I'm scared :P

Also have APUSH, shouldn't be too bad, I've heard its easy and with a little review, I'm guessing I should be fine. How harsh are they on grading your DBQ's? I'm not that great of an essay writer

I'm a junior btw, if it makes a difference :P
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**this1neguy** · Joined: 19 Aug 2007 Posts: 5444 Location: Flint, MI

The DBQ is the worst form of essay ever created by mankind. I absolutely HATED doing them in APUSH; I never got good at using all the information they give you and I had trouble coming up with a decent workable thesis a large percentage of the time. SOOOO glad that APUSH was the only class in which I had to deal with them.
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**GuitarGeek08** · Joined: 19 Jan 2008 Posts: 3213

I had oppurtunities to take Calc AB, and would love to at least find an online resource to do questions cause i dont want to buy a book. Also had a chance to take AP Economics exams but decided there would be no point with dual enrollment college credits.
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**sorasgoof** · Joined: 09 Mar 2008 Posts: 2314

Last year I had to read/study the last six or seven chapters of my WHAP book, and I managed a three. We finished WELL early this year in APUSH, and we've been reviewing for two weeks or so. Hopefully I'll do pretty well.

Also, I'm about 100% sure there won't be any questions as recent as Obama, to whoever said that above.

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