<p>how is the US Government AP graded??? what raw scores of essays and MC do you need for a 5???????/</p>
<p>You need around 86-92 out of 120 to get a 5
Essay is worth 60pts, MC is worth 60pts
There are 4 Essays, and 60 MC Qs
You do the math</p>
<p>Can someone discuss essays with me? Like, any tips whatsoever? US Govt is one semester at my school - we've rushed through it REALLY quickly because all of us have senioritis and 80% of the students aren't taking the AP test - and we haven't written a single essay. I have a bunch of prompts, though. And I just .... yeah. How high does the level of specificity need to be? Any general tips on how to prepare, please?</p>
<p>eeep...thats really bad...what about a 4??
thank you very very much by the way...</p>
<p>..isn't gov't Always a 1 semester class? <em>confused</em> I dont know either. I am so nervous...</p>
<p>For me, it was.
AP GOV was 1 Semester, and AP COMP Gov another semester</p>
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<p>I think usually it is, but some schools have it a full year. I dunno. We rushed so much this semester due to days off/senior events/etc.</p>
<p>oh for me its: gov't: semester 1, econ: semester 2...
so, I dont remember anything we learned in gov't. And I didn't do so great in the class the first time around anyway... sigh...</p>
<p>If you miss around 10 on the MC, and have half decent essays (scoring around half the points) what kind of score are you looking at? My review books don't have a chart anywhere.</p>
<p>I am taking the exam with a dual enrollment class, and am not too hopeful.</p>
<p>You would score a 4 most likely.</p>
<p>I have a question, how important is the knowledge of economic policy...monetary policy (discount rates, reserve requirements, etc.) what is the likelihood of this appearing on the test, particularly the essay portion. Thanks!</p>
<p>I took the 2000 AP test (maybe 1999) and there was nothing about fiscal or monetary policy. We didn't even cover those in my class? Well we had already learned about them in macro last semester, so I dunno...</p>
<p>thanks for your information...it is just somewhat confusing, there's a lot of detail there, and I would do poorly on an essay involving that</p>
<p>What's you learn about monetary policy? Discount rates and open market operations...? Federal reserve board is really more econ than govt...</p>
<p>Edit - just read what you had said in your initial question, sorry. I don't know much about govt free responses (never did one in class -- EEK) but I can't imagine them asking econ questions... I thought they ask more pertaining to specific court cases and ammendment application?</p>
<p>Ummm.... maybe I won't take government.... those free responses look rather difficult....</p>
<p>on the mc: 0-2 (on the high side) questions
free response: i asked my teacher this specific question on friday, and he pulled out a sheet which he had divided up all the essays by chapter/topic from the past 7-8 years and none of them had dealt with any aspect of monetary policy. thus its highly unlikely.</p>
<p>5ky: do you by any chance still have this sheet??</p>
<p>no, sorry he only showed it to me; he didn't pass it around or make copies etc.</p>
<p>I'm not too uncomfortable with this test. But some of those essays are curveballs, out of right field. Stuff you can't possibly remember.</p>
<p>man I am not looking forward to this</p>