AP World history exam... Where did I go wrong?

emberjed
Thu, 11 Jul 2013 19:12:10 +0000

You might consider getting it rescored. Errors are rare, but they happen.

I think it’s most likely that you didn’t write the essays in enough detail. I failed a couple of tests in AP Psych before I realized that’s what I was doing wrong, and then I got A’s and B’s on the rest and a 5 on the AP.

Or maybe you were just tired or something. AP Physics C has two APs. I got B’s both semesters of the class, then I got a 4 on the first test and a ONE on the second - mainly because I was worn out from the first one. If you were up late the night before or burned out from other tests, you could’ve had the same problem.

Did you hear before the test that you don’t have to get that many right for a 5? I really wish no one had told me that, because it made me overconfident and in many cases the curves weren’t nearly as hefty as I’d been told. For Gov, IIRC, you need an 88% or so for a 5 and somewhere in the low 80’s for a 4.

In all likelihood, you’ll never really know, and there’s nothing you can do about it now. However, this is only one of many tests you’ll take over your educational career, so don’t spend energy worrying about this one.