AP Essay Mess-up!

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<p>K , so I just realized like two days ago that on my AP Govt exam on the social security essay that I was explaining how there are less current workers to retired workers than there were, like, years ago lol. Anyway, i put probably twice that there is a "lower ratio of retired workers to current workers...." blah blah blah because I was in a rush. Obviously, it was supposed to be lower ration of current workers or whatever. Anyway, Im sure I gave sufficient proof in my essay for the reader to know that I meant the OPPOSITE of what I said. Anyways, I know this seems really paranoid of me, but how much do you think this will affect the score of that essay? </p>

<p>I now know Ive hit rock bottom because I am asking questions that only CC kids would ask.</p>

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<p>Not too badly - In the APUS, I wrote an entire half an essay on how a particular compromise affected race relations in the '50s, when that compromise had actually happened in the '20s. I thought for sure it would kill my score - I had done only average of the MC - but still got a 5. Salient details like whether the ratio is higher or lower won't affect your score more than a point or two, particularly if it was obvious that you meant the other thing.</p>