<p>I wanted to be the first non-native in my school to get a 5. But now I'm just hoping for a 3. T_T</p>
<p>The listening were way too fast. I think I answered about 75% of the listening MC, but I wasn't positive on ANY of them. The readings however were easy. I didn't get to half of one reading, but I'm confident in the ones I did answer. </p>
<p>The informal writing was easy. But for the formal essay, as always, I felt I was being really repetitive, and I couldn't think of any other ways to say the word(s) I kept repeating.</p>
<p>The fill-ins were incredibly easy by the way. I felt that they were too easy. Any one feel the same?</p>
<p>Informal speaking went pretty well. I was sure to use Ud. forms, and I'm pretty sure I answered all the bullets. I was cut off too on the formal presentation though. However, I got cut off at the same general point I always do, but this time I distinctly remember thinking that I was making really good time and talking extra fast. I hope there was mistake with the CD the AP'ers made. </p>
<p>I know it's impossible, but I still want a 5.</p>
<p>Personally, I thought it was relatively easy.</p>
<p>Interpersonal Response- Very easy.
Formal Presentation- Medium but I wrote A LOT, hopefully that impresses.
Reading Passages- Extremely easy.
Listenting Passages- BALLS HARD. The two radio interviews were impossibly fast.
Fill in the Blanks- Medium, guessed on about a third.
Speaking Interview- Very akward, didnt plan as much as wanted.
Speaking Presentation- Got cut off mid-way but whatever.</p>
<p>Pretty much a got at least a 4, maybe 5.</p>
<p>Anyone remember specific questions off multiple choice. Give me a q and I can answer it.</p>
<p>Yeah, Sungchul, me and you are in the same boat. Teachers and all consider me "the closest thing to being hispanic" but while I was taking the exam I felt completly incompetent. The MC section screwed me up so badly-- i think i got more than 1/3 wrong. the reading was OK although somethings were hard to decide. I think my interview was so-so; i didn't really pay attention to the script but my presentational speaking went pretty well. Hopefully, with a VERY generous curve b/c of the hellish listening section, I will get a 3 or 4.</p>
<p>I thought the reading was super easy, but even the native speakers in my class couldn't understand some of the listening! My essay was very mediocre... I'll go into more detail in 48 hours, haha.</p>
<p>I agree with all of yall...the listening portion was so hard! I don't understand why they give us recordings that are muffled by air static. Is that really testing if I can understand spoken spanish? I ended up not answering any of the questions on the second listening section because I couldn't understand a word of what they were saying.</p>
<p>Listening: failed
Reading: extremely confident
Informal: daydreamed a bit and ended up rushing the end, but it was okay
Fill ins: not too bad
Formal writing: easy-ish
Conversation: failed
Presentation: not too bad</p>
<p>In one part of the conversation, we talked so much that no one heard the beep, and kept talking while the recording was playing. We ended up only hearing the last word, so when it told us to start talking, there was a 10 second silence, followed by a lot of bs.</p>
<p>And again, during the formal presentation, we were all talking so loud that we didn't hear the recording beep to signal us to end the recording. We ended up talking almost all the way through the instructions -_-</p>
<p>To bring back up something from before: how many of you guys think that the formal presentation timing wasn't two minutes? What do you think will happen if that's true?</p>
<p>My classroom had a problem with the speaking (due to the teacher, not the CD itself), and we may have to retake the exam; if EVERYONE had an issue with the Speaking, do you think College Board would do something, and if so, what?</p>
<p>Otherwise, I thought the test was fairly easy (except for listening, of course) compared to practice ones I've taken. I feel pretty confident, although I'm not sure.</p>
<p>great, and I thought i was just too incompetent to understand the listening</p>
<p>however, i did answer every single MC question...even ones that i wasn't sure about...did anyone else do this? ;)</p>
<p>guitarrckr...i dont think CB is going to do a thing...besides, does anyone have proof that it was actually less than 2 min? b/c my proctor just let that CD roll. besides...usually during serious testing circumstances people find themselves with more words than they usually do; it's the adrenaline.</p>
<p>freesia, there were ones that I guessed on even if I missed the question or didn't really know the answer. On most I was able to educatedly eliminate 2/3 answer choices based on instinct. That sounds stupid. In rretrospect, I wish I hadn't answered so many because I know I got probably half of the listening MCs wrong.</p>
<p>i think whoever had a timer on their recorder and say that it was only 1:20 should send an e-mail or call collegeboard bc thats not fair to all the people who were going to use their 2 min</p>
<p>hahaha i found the simulated conversation + 2 min presentation so awkward! hearing all my friends around me trying to speak spanish-- I could not suppress my giggles on the actual recording!</p>
<p>What a tedious and draining test that was. Not having taken a Spanish Language class this year, and having a very poor Spanish Lit teacher, I found the test essentially homicidal. They only girl who came out of it NOT in hysterics was a native speaker.</p>
<p>i agree with tennisboy
can someone please do that??
cuz i dont have any proof that it wasnt completely 2 min
i was cut off .. and i usually run out of things to say</p>
<p>I thought something was fishy with the formal presentation... normally I, too finish way, way before 2 minutes are up. And I was cut off. I figured my sudden ability to fill the 2 minutes came about as a result of excessive note-taking on my part. I guess not. [Edit: perhaps I actually <em>did</em> fill the two minutes. Thanks, qed!]</p>
<p>Not that I would have had any conclusion or anything anyhow...</p>
<p>Listening MC: fine
Reading MC: I owned that... except for maybe the first one
Fill-ins: okayish
Informal writing: I owned that
Formal writing: I failed that
Conversational speaking: decent
Presentational speaking: okay?</p>
<p>Listening MC...uhh mumbling speakers, bad sound quality, very quick, what the hell was Esquival talking about Cortes, hahah....my worst section
Reading MC...not as confident as the rest. Marquez's piece was weird</p>
<p>Fill-ins: Pretty good but only count for 5%
Informal Writing: Cake + Cookies =]
Formal Writing: 460 words? Felt confident</p>
<p>Interpersonal Speaking: Good except I accidently said I could come next monday and forgot I was supposed to say I couldn't come so had to apologize and correct
Formal Speaking: Aced...I am a HUGE Santaolalla fan so I threw in a ton of stuff I previously knew. Plus, I like Santana. Got cut off but who didn't?</p>
<p>Overall...I need a four for credit and I didn't get it. I'm pretty sure. Happy with a three; I can understand a 2 but will feel bad for my teacher. Plus, I forgot to use subjunctive on speaking. Sorry Sra.</p>
<p>Anyone else write to their spanish teacher for informal writing?</p>
<p>Good luck to all with the native-killed curve</p>
<p>omg, in the presentational speaking, I could not pronounce the second guy's name AT ALL. I kind of just mumbled it under my breath and hoped whoever was going to listen to my tape wouldn't be able to tell...</p>
<p>Listening: EPIC FAIL. The dialogues were ok, but the narratives were terrible!</p>
<p>Reading: pretty good; that first passage was dense, and I think I've read one of the middle passages before.</p>
<p>Informal: ehh</p>
<p>Fill ins: alright; I know I got one wrong for sure</p>
<p>Formal writing: ehhh--I started to rant about the economy</p>
<p>Conversation: I can't come on Monday porque tengo que CAMINAR CON MI PERRO...?? I don't know why I said that!</p>
<p>Presentation: couldn't pronounce the second guy's name; I probably have ADD, so I stopped listening to the listening part after like 30 seconds, which meant I had to repeat some stuff.</p>