<p>I wrote whole essay just like this: modeling: …bluhbluh dependent variable:…bluhbluh( I wrote all the words or phenomena I need to explain). I don’t know whether it can be called an essay or whether i will get zero.</p>
<p>The way you wrote it sounds like an outline more than an actual essay. Sorry to break it to you pal. Don’t feel too upset, as you’ll know to avoid making a similar mistake on future AP tests.</p>
<p>Yeah you might be in trouble…</p>
<p>They won’t give you a zero, but you won’t get full credit. It is kind of dependent on the disposition of your graders.</p>
<p>I think I did quite well on multiple choice…so even if I get half score in essay, I think I can still get 5. Hope they won’t give me 0…</p>
<p>They definitely won’t give it a 0. I would bet that they would forgive you for it, as long as you didn’t go modeling:copying someone else. As long as you made it “semi-long,” they will be ok. I made this mistake on AP Bio, worried about it for a ton, and ended up getting a 5 anyway.</p>
<p>Thank you!!! I’m really anxious about this beacuse AP psychology is easy and I really want to get five. GOOD LUCK!</p>
<p>I don’t think that you’ll be penalized for using that format. If you look at past scoring guidelines, the graders just look for a certain phrase or key word(s) that give points. And the only caveat for these answers that I’ve seen is this: "Answers must be presented in sentences, and sentences must be cogent enough for students’
meaning to be apparent. Spelling and grammatical mistakes do not reduce students’ scores, but
spelling must be close enough so that the reader is convinced of the word intended. "</p>
<p>As long as you wrote in complete sentences you should be fine.</p>
<p>My AP Psych teacher said it was okay for us to do that, as long as you related it to the prompt and didn’t just list the definition. Like Savannah’s Broca’s area helped her learn Japanese because blah blah blah instead of just Broca’s area: area of the brain blah blah blah</p>