<p>I've heard from people at my school who've taken the AP Government exam that it is pretty difficult. I am trying to get a five on the exam and was wondering if anyone has done so with limited or no preparation?</p>
<p>My D just did the course work-got a 5</p>
<p>I would say that it's fairly easy compared to the rest of the exams.</p>
<p>I got a 5 with a week of preparation. You really need to already know a lot about government, though. If you check wikipedia for the score breakdowns, you'll actually see that a smaller percentage gets a 5 on gov than almost any other test. It may even be the most difficult to get a 5 on, in terms of percentage.</p>
<p>The entire AP Gov't class at my school passed the AP test last year. Many of them received 5s with little preparation.</p>
<p>Thanks, if you do well on the short answer portion of the test approximately how many multiple choice questions can you miss?</p>
<p>You need to get somewhere in the range of 87-93 total points out of 120 points. Short answer is worth 60 points, multiple choice is worth 60 points. From that you can figure out what you need</p>
<p>How strict is the grading of the short answer portion?</p>
<p>I think it is strict, I think.</p>
<p>They're given a list of all possible responses, and they award points based on how detailed you are etc. It's pretty strict.</p>