<p>This isn't true, graders will not bestow you with an automatic zero if you used bullets. They will, however, be a little bit more suspicious of your essay, and might check it more carefully, but they have a pretty strict rubric that doesn't allow for much leeway; they can't really err to the side of generosity or asperity.</p>
<p>Why would using bullets make your essay more suspicious?</p>
<p>And yeah, I've seen the rubric, that's kinda what scares me. :-/</p>
<p>can u post the rubric, or describe it please??</p>
<p>I'm referring to the free response answer key to the 2004 FR questions posted on collegeboard.com</p>
<p>For each point, it outlines a few specific things that you CANNOT say; ie, if you use a certain term in your answer, you automatically receive no points for that question</p>
<p>Of course, what I'm most worried about is the bulleting thing...although I don't remember that being mentioned on the 2004 FR rubric, I'm worried that the rules on bulleting may be just as strict as the rules on everything else.</p>
<p>I just looked through the rubric for the past two years and it said nothing about the structure of the answer, other than that it should be in complete sentences and that spelling mistakes should at least be close to the correct spelling. I'm still worried though...</p>
<p>Last year's questions:
<a href="http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/repository/ap04_frq_psych_36199.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/repository/ap04_frq_psych_36199.pdf</a>
Note the directions - "...It is not enough to answer a question by merely listing facts. You should present a cogent argument..."</p>
<p>Here's the rubric:
<a href="http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/repository/ap04_sg_psych_36989.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/repository/ap04_sg_psych_36989.pdf</a>
Note the number 1 in the General Issues list:
"Acceptable answers must include sentences (subject/verb): no stand alone pictures or outlines."</p>
<p>Granted this is open to interpretation, so you may be fine. The way my teacher interprets this however is that if your "essay" is an outline, it's not graded.</p>
<p>Oh my. Perhaps you didn't understand what I originally said...sorry to make this a whole big deal. What I mean is that ok...well you know I can't talk about the test so this is going to sound vague but oh well. So on the first FRQ there were about 10 bulleted terms right? Well when I went through to give an example for each and do what the directions asked I wrote in complete sentences and wrote paragraphs I just separated each of the 10 by putting a bullet in front of it. This seemed logical to me because that was how they presented the information. I just separated my sections by bullets...everything else was like a normal essay. I just didn't fluff mine like I know alot of people do..with silly extra nonsense that doesn't really give you any points. I'm pretty sure this is fine - it's even EASIER to read and pick out right answers so I'm sure the AP graders will not penalize me or those like me just for trying to ease their workload. Again, this is only for people who did exactly what I did...I think you're supposed to write in complete sentences. Mine wasn't an outline it was simply chunked. </p>
<p>Sorry so long..=)</p>
<p>this is what barrons' says:</p>
<p>Style/Organization Hints</p>
<p>(skip to #2)</p>
<ol>
<li>Do NOT write your answer in outline form. While readers do not give points for use of full sentences, proper paragraph form, and so on, they are not allowed to give any points for an essay written as an outline. Write your essay in sentences and paragraphs. Do no label parts of your essay with letters; use paragraphs to show where you move from one point to the next.</li>
</ol>
<p>Barron's: How to prepare for the AP Psychology exam
2nd edition
puclished 2004 for 2005 psych test</p>
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<p>This is gonna bug me until scores come out in July</p>
<p>Wow funny...they try to create MORE problems for themselves?</p>
<p>My teacher also says outlines are not acceptable, for what that's worth.</p>
<p>I don't know what you guys mean by the essays were too long. You can get full credit in 8-10 sentences if you know what you're talking about. Hell, you could do it in one sentence if you just didn't use punctuation. :)</p>
<p>I seperated part A and B in essay two. Oh well</p>
<p>I crammed AP Psych from 9 - 11:30AM this morning using the Barrons book. I only skipped 2 questions. The test was a breeze :)</p>
<p>For the second essay question, did you have to explain all three or just one? I thought it was just one but if it wasn't...than I'm screwed. The other two were impossible anyway (I did the one in the middle). Other than that, I think I did really well. I answered all the MC, none that I didn't know completely and I made some educated guesses but definitely only 10-20 at most wrong. First essay wasnt too bad, took me a long time but I generally knew most of the words with examples although there were a few that I only vaguely knew and BSed a bit. Wonder how they're interpret/score that. The second wasn't too bad although I think I should have added more specifics. I'm thinking 5, maybe 4. Glad it was my last one, very nice way to end an AP year.</p>
<p>I dunno, as far as the MC goes, I felt that the first 50 questions or so were pretty easy, but by the end I was having a considerable amount of trouble. I'll be lucky to get 10 out of the last 20 problems correct.</p>
<p>Anoel: The way that I understood it, you had to explain and give arguments for each of the concepts provided, not just one. But don't take my word for it; I might wind up with a big fat 0 on free response... -_-</p>
<p>wow after making it through AP env sci where I knew every single question undoubtedly I came to Psych. It basically ate my face off. I used apex and that was insufficent for review. Also I reviewed from 10-2:30 and hoped for the best. I wish I would have not used apex. stupid sob.</p>
<p>omg I just read above we couldn't put them in outline form. Well I just missed all of Part A of Question II..</p>
<p>Good Game to me. I just totally f'd over my test avg with a big fat 1. Gratz to me.</p>
<p>MC was ez except for some random questions (you know what im talking about :-)) and the free response were weird. I 100% for sure knew 4/7 terms down to earth .. i wrote like 3/4th of a page explaining every detail of the stupid thing. I guessed correctly on the other 2 but i fcked up on one of them (read the term wrong) and the second essay was OK. It seems to me the were not even close to creative on the damn thing, asking US to provide everything, its like the just picked some random **** and stuck it togeather. Still expecting a low 5 tho :)</p>
<p>Anoel - you had to do part A and part B for each of the three bullets as far as I recall.</p>
<p>So I used the scoring guideline out of the AP Psych book and it came out to this:</p>
<p>MULTIPLE CHOICE
{number correct} - {1/4 * number wrong} = Section I Score
my personal assumption (i skipped a lot and never went back): 75 (1/4 * 12) = 72</p>
<p>FREE RESPONSE
{maximum of 8 (there were 8 main points)} * 2.780 = Question 1 score
personal assumption: 6 * 2.780 = 16.68</p>
<p>{maximum of 6 (there were A and B with three main points, 2*3=6)} * 2.780 = Question 2 score
personal assumption: 3 * 2.780 = 8.34</p>
<p>Question 1 score + Question 2 score = Total Essay Score
16.68 + 8.34 = 25.02</p>
<p>TOTAL SCORE
Section I Score + Section II Score = Total Score (Round)
72 + 25.02 = 97</p>
<p>CONVERTING ONE'S SCORE
93 through 150 = 5<br>
72 through 92 = 4
53 through 71 = 3
34 through 52 = 2
0 through 33 = 1</p>
<p>Thus, you would need around a 62% for a 5.</p>