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05-08-2008, 08:42 PM
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#121 | | Junior Member
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| Sorry for a possible double post, but does anyone happen to know where one can find the essay rubrics for APUSH? | 
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05-08-2008, 08:43 PM
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#122 | | Member
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| my bad lol.. I have a tendency to misread things.. | |
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05-08-2008, 08:44 PM
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#123 | | Member
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| ^ Yep, 8 Eastern Time... they did NOT post the March ones earlier *accidently*... I stayed up whole night pressing F5 over and over... >_>
@Geek - AP US History Essay Rubric | |
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05-08-2008, 08:47 PM
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#124 | | Member
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| Are you sure it was 8 eastern time? I remember when I saw my score it was pitch dark outside... | |
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05-08-2008, 08:49 PM
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#125 | | Junior Member
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| On a happier (sadder?) note, all of the sophomore IBers get their CAS hour packets at our school...
It was pretty funny when the woman suggested not to be involved in like 6-7 clubs - I told her I was in like 9 (only active in like 5-6 though)
*shakes head sadly* Band gives enough CAS hours for everything, gawd so many people are going to have like 1000+ at our school | |
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05-08-2008, 08:54 PM
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#126 | | Member
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| wow.. I just went over some QAS's from 07 and both of their math curves were -1 = 800.... Where are the lenient math curves for 08? lol...
I have taken these QAS's and they really are not that much more difficult than some other tests with less generous curves.. | |
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05-08-2008, 09:00 PM
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#127 | | Junior Member
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| well... I mean, there aren't going to be a lot of questions that stick out as really difficult in math for most of us, but its whether or not there were tricky answers. A lot of the mistakes are caused by accidentally solving an equation and bubbling in that number instead of getting the final answer.
i.e. A friend of mine on that "Two lines intersect at (t, 11/2) or something... equation1 = blah, equation2 = blah(x)+ b. Find b." gridded in t instead of b (okay, bad example, grid-in)
You get the point
EDIT: @Feed: Didn't see that. Thanks!! | |
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05-08-2008, 09:00 PM
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#128 | | Member
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| @Joe, which QAS do you have? Also, how can I pursuade you to share em' with me?  | |
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05-08-2008, 09:03 PM
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#129 | | Junior Member
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| So does anyone know whether its bad to have really extensive thesis statements (like 3-4 lines worth?) I think its my pedantic use of extravagant language. | |
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05-08-2008, 09:25 PM
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#130 | | Member
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| ^ Hm, it shouldn't be THAT much of a big deal if you support it well.
But if you beat around the bush too much, the readers will get annoyed (or might not even bother reading the whole thing to actually grade you based on your argument). They might just look at your length, and vocab and stuff. Really depends on the grader though...
They usually look at the thesis, the topic sentences of each para, and the conclusion. | |
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05-08-2008, 09:32 PM
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#131 | | Junior Member
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| Alright, thanks. To pose a random question that came to mind, what are your (plural) prospective colleges?
MIT
Cambridge
Stanford
are my top 3 right now... my list is too long | |
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05-08-2008, 09:33 PM
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#132 | | Member
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| ^ Good luck!
I don't know about mine yet...
I'm still a soph. But Mom's planning a couple of college visits/programs for me this summer. :/ | |
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05-08-2008, 09:35 PM
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#133 | | Junior Member
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| Me too, I've just been kinda enchanted with MIT and Britain (>>Cambridge) for a couple years now. Stanford is just an awesome school
EDIT: Thanks I forgot you just moved here recently, so you're probably figuring out a lot right now, huh? | |
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05-08-2008, 09:40 PM
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#134 | | Member
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| Yes, Stanford is freaken awesome! See you there? :P | |
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05-08-2008, 09:42 PM
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#135 | | Junior Member
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| well, it dependsss.
MIT is the favourite, but it's a stalemate between Stanford and Cambridge right now (for second). I suppose the adcoms will be sure to choose for me :\ | |
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