<p>French AP Monday! </p>
<p>Any vets out there with advice/comments on the test? Is it really as hard as they say? How comfortable about how you did when you left the test? How much did you prepare/How good is the language program at your school? What score did you get? What about the people you know?</p>
<p>Oh, come on... SOMEONE must have taken this exam...</p>
<p>i wanna kno too!!! BUMP</p>
<p>It is very very easy. Honestly, I finished the MC section 20 min early and the essay was on a very generic topic. I haven't studied either, apart from tuning into the teacher's ramble once in a while.
It is a bit harder than SAT II, naturally, but it is the easiest AP exam I have taken.
Good luck.</p>
<p>Woo hoo! that's a bit of a relief. :D</p>
<p>That's good to hear. I'm kind of worried about the reading, though...</p>
<p>what about the speaking section? does anyone know anything about the curve?</p>
<p>Could someone please clue us in on the curve?</p>
<p>I took a previous year test paper and averaged 85%, what is this on the AP scale? is it a 5 or a 4?</p>
<p>The curve changes evey year, but I have the one from 1998 right here:</p>
<p>5- 121-160
4- 106-120
3- 82-105
2- 59-81
1- 0-58</p>
<p>If you want the specifics on how many points each section is worth:
Listening- 40 points
Reading Comprehension- 40 points
Function Words- 8 points
Verbs- 8 points
Essay- 24 points
Oral- 40 points (20 for each part)</p>
<p>Again, it changes slightly every year, but this is just to give you a general idea of what you need to get a 5. Hope this helps!</p>
<p>"Oral- 40 points (20 for each part)"</p>
<p>You mean 20 for telling the story, and 20 for answering the questions following it?</p>
<p>no. theres 2 different sets of pictures you have to analyze. one is the story and the 3 questions following it, and the other one is the comparison of two pictures and the 3 questions following it</p>
<p>Just a minor correction: it's 3 questions, then 2, or 2 questions, then 3. Not 6. :)</p>