AP Latin Exam 2013

Test Preparation AP World Languages
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<p>Thought I'd make one. I made a few dumb mistakes on the multiple choice, and my literal translations are a bit shabby. </p>

<p>Does anyone know the standard for getting a 5 this year, especially since we had a new syllabus?</p>

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<p>I was just rather upset at the lack of certain materials that we had to read in English. Oh I don’t know…maybe EVERYTHING that we were supposed to read in English…4 hours of my life = wasted.</p>

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<p>I agree with programmer1812…</p>

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<p>I KNOW RIGHT!!!</p>

<p>Geez, I don’t know why I was so worked up in reading all that jazz. Anyways, I just REALLY hope I didn’t mess up too much, since the test was much easier than last year and hence the standard for a high score might be much harsher.</p>

<p>Did anyone else think the time limit for the exam was a bit excessive?</p>

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<p>The redesigned AP Latin exam, given this year for the 1st time, focuses on both poetry (Vergil’s Aeneid) & prose (Caesar’s Gallic War).</p>

<p>AP Latin multiple-choice: students generally earned higher scores on Vergil than Caesar, & higher scores on sight reading prose than poetry.</p>

<p>AP Latin scores, 2013. 5: 14.2%. 4: 21.1%. 3: 31.6%. 2: 22.8%. 1: 10.3%. These may shift slightly as late exams are scored.</p>

<p>Students found the AP Latin translation tasks difficult. 22% earned 0 of 15 pts on Vergil, but somewhat better scores translating Caesar.</p>

<p>The AP Latin analysis essay on Caesar/Dido (Q3) & the Caesar short answers (Q5) separated strong from weak students: <a href=“http://t.co/kTyO3o1E2Q[/url]”>http://t.co/kTyO3o1E2Q&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>2 AP Latin students came, saw, conquered, earning perfect scores, every point possible, 100 out of 100, on the exam.</p>

<p>We have posted on the online AP Latin Teacher Community info about the way the standards for AP Latin scores of 1,2,3,4,5 were set.</p>

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<p>The short answer questions were pretty straightforward. And there was AMPLE time to finish the test, even when struggling on translating the passages, IMO.</p>

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I know this forum is old, but did you guys use any specific review or prep books?

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@skieurope‌ oops- sorry! I will do that next time.