<p>how do u guys get this info...??</p>
<p>how do u guys get this info...??</p>
<p>like Grad '06, my teacher has been an APUSH essay grader at san antonio for 10+ years. They give an overview of the results...so when she came back, she shared all the stuff she could with us that was legit. - essay percentages, and what the readers were really looking for on all the essay questions.</p>
<p>they do 'curve' it. what happens is when there is a horrible average (like Grad '06 said, at least one of the lowest average scores ever on a FR), the CollegeBoard freaks out and thinks that it was a problem with the question itself (which I do think it was; it was very vague and that's probably while people a) did bad or b) didn't choose it) - rather than 'oh it was a hard question, too bad' - and will give the people who wrote on that question an extra boost. Its just like how they take a MC off the SAT if it is badly worded or has multiple 'right' answers - they give you extra points if you attempted the 'faulty' FR. So they probably don't see it as 'curving' but as 'fixing' their problem. </p>
<p>--- my teacher told us to study colonial and pick that question, because they almost always have to do this 'fixing'. </p>
<p>Doogie311: I'm sure there were good ones. I'm just saying the average grade was horrible. Out of interest, what did you put?</p>
<p>eh dont even remember, my brain turned off after the AP lol...idk i think it was something along the lines of mass being primarily trade while VA was farming. It was specific, i really dont know how well i did.</p>
<p>i think the best approach to that question would've been an analyses of Jefferson (Virginia) and Hamilton (Mass.). I so wish I could've done that. It's so awesome...so easily laid out....yeomen farmers. vs. industrial giant</p>
<p>ya thats basically what i wrote about, went into depth tho concerning both economies</p>
<p>2: almost everyone failed this. they are curving it majorly. the average for this question was very low, like 2.5 (usually is around 3).</p>
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<li>I chose this question and thought that, for the most part, I wrote a good essay. There were a few minor errors, so if I did as well as I think I did, then that boost is definitely nice.</li>
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<p>4: only 20% of people chose this question! crazy! the people who did, though, did very well.</p>
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<li>Good to know... I chose this one because I had done an essay that was basically identical earlier in the year, so this was really easy.</li>
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<p>Thanks for the info!</p>
<p>Was it:</p>
<p>1 = DBQ
3 = Sectional Differences
5 = Immigration</p>
<p>i did 4 and i think i did good on it...</p>
<p>will there be a curve??</p>
<p>i doubt 4 will have a curve. the average was pretty high, for the 20% of the people who did it.</p>
<p>where did you find this information?</p>
<p>it is listed previously, but this is the response:</p>
<p>"like Grad '06, my teacher has been an APUSH essay grader at san antonio for 10+ years. They give an overview of the results...so when she came back, she shared all the stuff she could with us that was legit. - essay percentages, and what the readers were really looking for on all the essay questions."</p>
<p>How did you manage to work Jefferson and Hamilton into a time period that ended in 1750?</p>
<p>lol i was wondering that too...i didnt mention names in 2</p>
<p>aye.. i forget which numbers went to which essays</p>
<p>i did the one on immigration and i remember vaguely a question about sectionalism in antebellum america</p>
<p>How did you manage to work Jefferson and Hamilton into a time period that ended in 1750?</p>
<p>i'm just saying it'd be the best route, because that is the ultimate political product of the economic systems. i.e. the farming in virginia promoted a view of yeomen farmers latter expressed by Jefferson and the mercantilism in mass. promoted a view of trade and industry as expressed by hamilton. its a much clearer picture (i think) of how the economic systems in each area drove politics...you can reference stuff that is out of the time period, because it shows the later impact of what you're talking about: i.e. "the mercantilism of mass. contrasted the agrarian society of virginia, an difference in economies that created a political dichotomy between the two states that would eventually result in the conflicting views of jefferson and hamilton." </p>
<p>its just a clearer way of demonstrating your point. i actually didn't do this in my essay, but a friend mentioned it and i thought it was an awesome idea...my essay was very unorganized...i think i just rambled on about slavery, trade, and types of politicians? (also talked about diff. in economies), but i don't think i really had a clear thesis. v. muddled.</p>
<p>that's why i'm wondering what you guys did...</p>