I messed up my AP test writing portions, so chance me as to how screwed I am?

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<p>I messed up my AP writing portions, so chance me as to how screwed I am?</p>

<p>I took two tests. </p>

<p>On one I, dare I say, I used bullets but wrote in complete sentences on most everything and elaborated. I’m worried they will think it’s too “outline”-like.
On the other test I used the format they gave (i.e. A. blah blah blah, 1. blah, etc) and wrote in complete sentences but each point was only about 1/2, maybe 3 sentences. So maybe 5-6 sentences for the whole question. </p>

<p>I didn’t really write things as one, cohesive essay. I thought we were supposed to answer the questions in parts. </p>

<p>On a scale of 1-10, how screwed am I?</p>

<p>Any of chance of passing? Or even getting a 4?</p>

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<p>If it’s the English test then you’re screwed. 9 out of 10. No chance of getting a 4.</p>

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<p>On which exams?</p>

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<p>Psychology and Human Geography</p>

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<p>On the second one, when I said 5-6 sentences for the question, I mean for each question. There were 3. So more or less 15-16 total sentences</p>

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<p>Writing your responses in separate paragraphs and complete sentences and merely prefacing them with a bullet point doesn’t make it an outline.</p>

<p>For example, look at sample 2B: <a href=“Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board”>Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board; (page 4 of the PDF)
It’s not a formal essay with an introduction, conclusion, transitions, etc. Each paragraph answers each bullet of the question. It would not be detrimental if each paragraph had a little dash or bullet point before it. It makes it clear and apparent that you’re answering the different parts.</p>

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<p>You’re fine. The no outline rule basically means don’t jot down short phrases as bullet points and expect that to suffice. Your response on these two exams really isn’t supposed to be a coherent essay, but rather just bluntly answering the question (and using examples on psych), so a few sentences on each will suffice.</p>

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<p>Thanks everyone! :)</p>