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05-05-2008, 07:44 PM
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#1 | | Member
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| Will the AP GOV exam have a curve?
If so, will it be strong enough to boost me from a 2-3 or from a 3-4?? or from a 4-5? | 
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05-05-2008, 07:46 PM
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#2 | | Junior Member
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| All AP exams are curved to some degree, and.. um.. what? It's curved BEFORE your 1-5 score is determined, so..... yeah..... | |
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05-05-2008, 07:57 PM
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| oh......
but it could only help, right? | |
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05-05-2008, 08:00 PM
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| duh
all exams have a curve
=) but ur way of "curving" is weird | |
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05-05-2008, 08:10 PM
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#5 | | Senior Member
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| It's curved by the fact that a certain raw score translates into your 1-5. | |
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05-05-2008, 09:05 PM
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| does anybody know the percentages to get a 3, 4, and 5? | |
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05-05-2008, 09:11 PM
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| That's not announced for a while. It's different every year. Does anyone know if the curve on the make up test is different from the one on the regularly scheduled test?? | |
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05-05-2008, 09:48 PM
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| Last year, 6% of kids got a 5. What does that tell you? | |
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05-05-2008, 10:23 PM
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| Govt was really easy. I think I got a 5, but since the % of people getting 5's is so low, a 4 sounds nice | |
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05-05-2008, 10:28 PM
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| i hope i got a 4 but i probably got a 3. *sigh* hopefully these kids did not pay attention in class this year... | |
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05-05-2008, 10:30 PM
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| what percent got a four last year?
dang I think I might have made a three. | |
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05-07-2008, 06:01 PM
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| 6%- 5
18.9% - 4
26.95%- 3
32.1%- 2
16.1%- 1 | |
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05-07-2008, 06:23 PM
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| I know I'm in the 6% that got a 5. I nailed every single essay except the last part of #1 talking about how the SC has limited gerrymandering...even my govt. teacher had no idea and she has a BA in PoliSci. There was only 10 MC questions that I was unsure about and I looked up 8 of them in my book and I got all but 1 right. Oh I loved essay #3 because I am in Econ AP where fiscal and monetary policy is chapter 2  | |
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05-07-2008, 08:10 PM
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#14 | | Junior Member
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| I think that I also got a 5. The MC was a breeze and the FRQ was, too. The only thing that I can think of that I lost points on (I'm sure there are some, but these are the only ones I can think of) were that I couldn't remember the names of the court cases for the gerrymandering question. I talked about the court cases but didn't have the names, and I'm sure the names made up a few points. | |
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05-07-2008, 08:49 PM
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| Court cases I used were Baker v. Carr and Shaw v. Reno. | |
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