APUSH thread

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<p>I got a 5 on the AP, 730 on the SAT II the day after, and a 99 on my NY state regents the following month. </p>

<p>I found the AP very hard so I am so excited about that, did better than my other APs, but this is the one I was really hoping to do well on, at least a 4, so it was a pleasant surprise. =) I had an AMAZING teacher who really taught us to analyze history in class and held us completely accountable for teaching ourselves the textbook info with multiple quizzes a week... actually read my entire like 1200 page textbook this year.</p>

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<p>To those that got a 5, did any of you feel like your essays weren't all that great but that the MC section was fairly easy? I felt like I bombed my essays and I dont want to call in to find out that I got a 2 or 3. The MC section on the other hand I felt I did very well on but scared that my less than amazing essays are going to prevent me from getting a 5.</p>

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<p>I got a 5 but I didn't take the SAT II's. Yes, I found the MC pretty easy and I thought my essays were shoddy. However, I may have been too tough on myself.</p>

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<p>770 SAT USH but I don't know my AP score. So scared. If I have like a 55/80 for the mc would be leave me in the running for a 4 still?</p>

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<p>Assuming that you've received all 9s on essays, you can have around a 35 on mc and still receive a 5.</p>

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<p>I got a 4 last year...shoulda got a five, but my mind was on the big lacrosse game that day, haha..division title took precedence over the Progressive era</p>

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<p>Say you have like 65/80 MC and 4s all on essays. 5?</p>

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<p>So what would 55/80 and 6's on the essays give you?</p>

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<p>Does anyone know the grade calculation formula thing?</p>

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<p>just call virtuoso and end the agony</p>

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<p>Definitely at least a 4</p>

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<p>Thanks corroborator.</p>

<p>madamebovary: I don't have a credit card and besides I love the excitement of not knowing. :P</p>

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<p>5 on AP, 720 on SAT II.</p>

<p>I suck at all MC questions because I don't deal well with specifics. I LOVED the essay questions on the test. I can usually come up with a good thesis and wrangle some rhetoric and nice phrases into an essay, but ask me for one specific date or name of a Vice-President at a specific time, or whatever, and I am clueless.</p>

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<p>I don't know why I did much better on the SAT II USH mc than on the AP mc...I left 18 blank for the AP.</p>

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<p>Grade calculation formula is :</p>

<p>(multiple choice raw score) * 1.125 + (DBQ score)<em>4.5 + ( two essay scores)</em> 2.75.</p>

<p>So a perfect score is </p>

<p>(80)<em>1.125 + (9)</em>4.5 + (18)*2.75 = 180</p>

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<p>Thanks, but how could there be an 18 in there?...nevermind. Stupid me. The essays are out of 9.</p>

<p>Do you know the chart conversion? Like what number is a 5?</p>

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<p>Remember to take off 1/4 pts for each mc q you get wrong. Now that I look at it, I probably have absolutely no chance for a 5. Maybe not even a 4. Btw, the range for a 5 is 114-180. I believe the range for a 4 is somewhere from 94-113.</p>

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<p>Let's see my estimate...</p>

<p>(55)<em>1.125+(5</em>4.5)+(11*2.75)=114.625</p>

<p>Hmmm...according to this I have a 5. (I am even being harsh with my essays: 5 DBQ and 5 and 5 for the other ones). Is 114+ always a 5? Or does it depend on the year?</p>

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<p>They change the grading scale slightly every year to accomdate the grading curve.</p>

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<p>I got a 5 in APUSH, but a 4 in AP Language & Comp--weird; I thought it would be the opposite..</p>