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05-09-2008, 01:50 PM
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#91 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Threads: 7
Posts: 105
| Are you serious at that curve? If so, APUSH is the easiest test I've ever taken. You could get -15 on the MC and 7's on all 3 essays and still be WELL Within the 5 range. | 
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05-09-2008, 01:56 PM
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#92 | | Member
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Virginia Gender: Male
Threads: 26
Posts: 382
| The MC was really confusing; DBQ & FRQ were ok | |
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05-09-2008, 02:06 PM
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#93 | | Junior Member
Join Date: May 2006 Location: Maryland
Threads: 30
Posts: 165
| MC: hard (~20 wrong)
DBQ: easy
FRQ: feasible | |
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05-09-2008, 02:07 PM
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#94 | | Junior Member
Join Date: May 2006 Location: Maryland
Threads: 30
Posts: 165
| do you guys think this year's curve will be harsh since a lot of people thought the test in general was easy? | |
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05-09-2008, 02:15 PM
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#95 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Jacksonville, Florida Gender: Male
Threads: 17
Posts: 205
| MC: It was fairly easy; I was unsure about 20 or so, and I'm sure I got some of the ones on which I guessed correct.
DBQ: I *destroyed* this sucker. I integrated 8 of the 9 documents and added outside historical information about the era. My analysis was pretty strong.
FRQ #3: I did rather terribly here. Although I had a decent thesis, I had relatively little specific factual information and my analysis about the importance of railroads was irrelevant to the era.
FRQ #5: I feel that I did very well on this one. I talked about the impact of the Great Depression and foreign policy during World War II on the popularity of FDR and the Democratic party and the impact that their actions had on post-war America.
I'm sure I made at least a 4, but I'm really hoping for that 5. | |
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05-09-2008, 02:19 PM
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#96 | | New Member
Join Date: May 2008
Threads: 0
Posts: 3
| youre actually not supposed to cite the documents at all. dont tell me im wrong either, ive spoken with one of the graders of the ap essays. shes been doing it for years now and said specifically not to cite them at all. they know the documents inside and out so they dont want u to cite them. they know when you have used them | |
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05-09-2008, 02:21 PM
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#97 | | Member
Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Garden State
Threads: 30
Posts: 497
| @SpringFlower. I asked some ppl about the DBQ topic and some FR this year, and I have to say they are harder than last years (I got a 5 btw).
DBQ topic was just weird. Though it was better than DBQ of two years ago, on women's roles. | |
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05-09-2008, 02:24 PM
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#98 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Jacksonville, Florida Gender: Male
Threads: 17
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Originally Posted by madcrazy235 youre actually not supposed to cite the documents at all. dont tell me im wrong either, ive spoken with one of the graders of the ap essays. shes been doing it for years now and said specifically not to cite them at all. they know the documents inside and out so they dont want u to cite them. they know when you have used them | Both my Euro and U.S. History teachers have been grading AP essays for a long time, and they said that the best way to cite them is to put something like "(Doc. A)" after referring to information found in them in your essay. I did not blatantly point them out; I didn't say "Document A says that..." I integrated information from them into my essay in a natural manner. I know I aced my Euro DBQ last year, and that's how I did it, so I imagine I'll be fine. | |
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05-09-2008, 02:27 PM
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#99 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
Threads: 2
Posts: 78
| Ok. The test is over, and here are my thoughts.
MC-kinda hard. i really wasn't expecting so much stuff on culture
DBQ-kinda odd. never seen a DBQ that has as much emphasis on the present as this
FRQ-pretty easy.
I'm guessing i9 got like a 4, maybe a 5 if i get lucky  hope for a low curve!!! | |
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05-09-2008, 02:30 PM
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#100 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Jacksonville, Florida Gender: Male
Threads: 17
Posts: 205
| Wait, why would we hope for a *low* curve? | |
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05-09-2008, 02:34 PM
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#101 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Threads: 11
Posts: 274
| aced that multiple choice besides a 3 questions with weird names that I have never heard of. dbq and frq were fine i guess. expecting a 5 | |
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05-09-2008, 02:39 PM
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#102 | | Member
Join Date: Dec 2007 Gender: Male
Threads: 30
Posts: 393
| dammit i actually said like (According to Document B). | 
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05-09-2008, 02:43 PM
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#103 | | Member
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: South Park, CO
Threads: 17
Posts: 615
| MC: typical - got around 60 right
DBQ: super easy, definitely got at least an 8
FRQs: crappy as hell. 5-6 on the first one, 3-4 on the second (now that I realize I don't know what "new democracy" is or whatever haha) | |
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05-09-2008, 02:45 PM
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#104 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2008 Gender: Female
Threads: 5
Posts: 203
| The MC was hard in comparison to the released tests. The DBQ had easy material/docs to use but made it a little hard to create a thesis, and the free response were harder than they normally are. Above-average difficulty after working with a lot of released material, but it's still pretty easy to get a 5 on this test. | |
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05-09-2008, 02:46 PM
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#105 | | Member
Join Date: Jul 2006
Threads: 15
Posts: 379
| MC- Harder than expected because there were so many questions on books and names probably the majority of the test takers did not know.
DBQ- Probably around a 7 if not an 8
FRQ's- Who knows. | |
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