Well, I was doing well on practice and released exams. And compared to the MC today, the other exams were EASY in my opinion. I think the FRQ’s were okay (although I had to idea how to do the math, but I did complete the written portion). Any thoughts? All my friends that I talked to also told me that the MC was hard for them, so I’m hoping that the college board will set a fair curve for the exam if it’s normally harder this year.
I was told in advance by my teacher that the college board is changing the way they approach the creation of APES exams. I’m not sure exactly what they did, but there’s definitely a new feel to the test questions, and I definitely found it harder.
i agree. it was a lot harder. my two friends also said that the multiple choice questions were difficult for them.
For me it wasn’t that the multiple choice was necessarily harder, it’s just that there were so many graphs, long questions, reading over the answers again and again, and stuff like that which took up so much of my time. I finished the multiple choice on the practice exams from the past within an hour, and today on the real exam today I only had about a minute or two to check one of my answers at the end. I honestly don’t know how well I did on the multiple choice, especially since I didn’t know college board was changing the APES exams from now onward, but I feel pretty confident about the FRQ’s. I’m also hoping since the APES multiple choice was different this year, they will set a fair curve for that portion. Fingers crossed for a 5!
I definitely feel like it was way harder, especially compared to the 1998 one. I think I got around 60-70 on MCs, and I had to make some stuff up for a few of the FRQs, so I think I got a high 4 or a low 5. Really hoping for a 5.
I did feel that it was more like AP Bio with graphs and interpretation. Although, I believed the test overall to be very easy. (lol I over-prepared tho) 
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I am feeling a 5 without a doubt. I enjoyed APES so much
I wasn’t aware that there was a change to the APES exam. I practiced with released tests and yes, they were easier.
I also agree that the MC took longer. Lots of reading. Interesting math questions requiring you to think in different ways. (i.e. setting up the dimensional analysis equations without solving them)