Did 2011 AP tests get harder?

<p>Since the MC is now scored without deductions?</p>

<p>Environmental was harder than APUSH, imo.</p>

<p>Doesn’t seem like it.</p>

<p>I know Calc was easier than previously released exams</p>

<p>Stat was very easy. Although it’s hard to compare different AP tests since they all vary in structure by subject and most people can only take a particular AP test once.</p>

<p>English Language seemed easier in Multiple choice and essays.</p>

<p>Statistics was pretty easy</p>

<p>Physics B MC was harder, but the Free response was about average, maybe slightly harder.</p>

<p>U.S was average</p>

<p>Lang comp was very easy, chem was absolute murder…I guess it just depends on the subject.</p>

<p>Calc AB to me seemed harder than some of the released exams, as did the APES and Lit MC. The free response questions (which I usually don’t really study) have seemed really easy, though. Like, government, environmental, and art history were ridiculously easy, but I’m not sure how that compares to past questions.</p>

<p>ap world history was dead easy</p>

<p>If anything they got easier, English Lit. Especially!</p>

<p>Calculus BC: easy-medium
Chemistry: easy MC very hard FRQ
Physics B: medium MC - hard FRQ
USH: easy MC - medium FRQ
Stat: easy MC - very easy FRQ</p>

<p>I think there are already 2 threads about this.</p>

<p>AP Environmental science was harder than both APUSH and AP Eng. Lang this year. So much for taking an “easy” AP class…</p>

<p>Yes, the ones I’ve taken seemed to have been a little harder. Especially Physics C Mechanics.</p>

<p>AP Computer Science A for MC was easier.</p>

<p>Free Response was a bit harder.</p>

<p>I didn’t think they were too bad.</p>

<p>Psych- slightly harder than some practice tests I did, but not bad.
Spanish- sorta difficult, only because my teacher sucks at doing anything productive in class and I ran out of time to finish teaching myself for the exam after everything else.
Calc- pretty easy
English- easy/not bad, easier than practice tests I took.
Euro- not bad either.</p>

<p>psych and chem were definetly hard on the frqs like people have mentioned.</p>

<p>I thought they were all more difficult than expected…considering most of you don’t share this opinion, it’s probably not a good sign for me.</p>

<p>The only test I took that I felt was still relatively easy in terms of difficulty was the U.S. Government test; this year’s free response seemed RIDICULOUSLY simple. </p>

<p>As for the others I took, well…</p>

<p>Calculus AB: Multiple choice seemed average, but Free Response seemed to throw many people off; I struggled with more of the exam than I should have considering how much I studied for the test and how well I generally do with math subjects. </p>

<p>Statistics: Multiple choice seemed on the easier side, although every single question I basically was narrowing down to two choices and most of the time I felt I was guessing with 90% confidence (pun IS intended :P). I expected the Free Response to be difficult, but two of the questions caught me completely off guard and since they were the first two, my confidence for the remainder of the FRQ section fell and likely affected my performance. #6 this year didn’t seem too bad, although there were parts of it that seemed extremely complicated. </p>

<p>Microeconomics: Both the multiple choice and the free response seemed marginally (pun intended) more difficult than what I’d been practicing and studying with. Multiple choice was difficult in terms of time constraints, and free response was difficult in terms of having to focus on an entire “method” of Micro for all three questions rather than having variation in what was asked. The test was today so I don’t want to be too specific about what the questions were, but I can say that it was far from what I expected and I was disappointed that I studied so much more for what ended up not being on the test.</p>

<p>Chem FRQ was the only very ridiculous one. Stat was very simple except the last part on # 6, euro wasnt bad either (very nice DBQ). Calc of what i heard at my school wasnt bad overall.</p>