So all this year, I thought I was doing really well in art history. My teach that has her masters in it said that she doesn’t have a doubt that I can get a five, but I want to think otherwise. I was taking the diagnostic test in barrons, and was practicing doing 30 mc questions, the breaking to see self-grade. Each time I did the 30, I got roughly half of them correct. So am I basically going to get like 3 on the exam? I havn’t tried the short answer, or extended response, but when barron’s was describing them in the Test Preview chapter, they sounded pretty hard.</p>
Also, it’s my teachers first year of this subject, and we fell off pace, so we have been doing the Renaissance through present day really really fast. I just can’t retain all the information because of the pace we are going and with the Renaissance through present being 50% of the test i feel pretty screwed.</p>
Yea it did seem like they were much harder than usual. One day in art history, my teacher pulled up like 12 questions from college board and I got nearly all of them correct.
And as I work my way through the book I’m noticing that I’m scoring higher on their practice questions at the conclusion at each chapter.
Thanks a bunch for the confidence booster!</p>
Also: while 50% might seem like it isn’t to much correct, keep in mind the AP grading scale. It depends on the subject and the test but that could easily be a 4 in some cases.</p>
ahhh I keep forgetting about this. Especially with my stats exam coming up, the curve is like 67% equals a 5 (according to other years). So I guess as long as I can get between 60-70% on the mc and nail the essays (I can write pretty well) a 5 really isn’t that out of the question.</p>