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

msincredible
Thu, 11 Jul 2013 18:42:16 +0000

I was shocked when I saw my APWH test score and it was a 3. I really did not expect that. Infact, I walked out of the testing room confident that I got a 4 at the least. Most of all people I know got a 4 or a 5. I’m just really shocked . Also I did pretty well in the class.
Here is a breakdown on my studying:
-did really good on practice multiple choice and practice dbq essay. The other two practice essays (change over time and similarities and differences) I kind of struggled with because I don’t have really good memory about stuff we learned a while ago so I struggled to find material to write about.
-read over pretty much the entire Princeton review book. Kind of procrastinated so skimmed through the last half

I had a really good teacher so I was confident that I would do well on the exam. pretty much all students who ace the class get 4s or 5s on the exam.

During the exam:
-multiple choice I thought was easy. Finished multiple choice just in time. A lot of people complained about the readings but I didn’t find those too time consuming.
-spent WAYY too long on dbq. I organized it really well, may have missed a point or two in basic core.
-rushed through other two essays. I made a big mistake in that I didn’t take time to study material to write on for essays, because i found out the information I wrote was wrong for one of the essays and the other essay… well lets just say I kind of just said random stuff.

Still, I cant believe I got a 3. I did as well as a friend of mine who had a bad teacher, didn’t try too hard in the class, and didn’t study at all for the test.
I’m considering taking a lot of AP classes next year to make up for doing bad on this test. I want to prove myself I can do better.
Thoughts on what led to me getting a 3 on this exam are appreciated.