<p>^In all fairness, they need identical questions across years to help standardize the scoring process, curves, etc.</p>
<p>They do that on purpose to calibrate the tests</p>
<p>I thought the multiple choice was really easy but I was pressed for time. I think the first two essays were really easy too but I barely had any time to write my third essay and I’m not even there if I interpreted the prompt right or not. Any ideas as to how you guys interpreted the prompt and what you wrote? thanks</p>
<p>For the final essay, does anyone think it is possible for me to score a 7 if i simply analyzed in two body paragraphs how </p>
<p>1)In diversity, the America Thomas Paine described remains similar to modern day America</p>
<p>2)In aspects of taxation and corruption, the American government Paine described is fundamentally distinct of modern day American government</p>
<p>with an intro and conclusion, possibility of a 7?</p>
<p>That is so true! If you guys have taken the practice test released by collegeboard for AP U.S, the first question was exactly the same as the first multiple choice question on the 2011 exam !</p>
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<p>Of course, why not? I don’t see why you couldn’t get a 9 with that layout alone, if your writing was good.</p>
<p>Quality is most important in these essays, not quantity and not necessarily content, either. They want to see if you can effectively write a rhetorical piece. If you fudge facts a bit or use a weird approach and/or argument, it doesn’t matter as long as you write a rhetorical essay that successfully fulfills the prompt.</p>