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I know that for example the Ap Chem test and the Ap English Language slightly changed formats recently but what other tests have changed and especially how they have changed. Specifically, i would like to how/know if the Physics (both b,c), English Language, Ap Govt (Us. i think), or Calculus (Ab) have changed. Im taking these classes next year. Well thanks in advance for any information.</p>
<p>Calculus totally took me by surprise. The day before the AP test, I thought I was ready for the free response. I had become fluid with slope fields, differential equations, the area under the curve, and the mean value theorem. I had expected them to be straight forward and to be worded similarly with the ones from previous years, but I was wrong. College board decided to change things; they were more concerned with conceptual knowledge (i looked at it and thought WTH). There were no slope fields, which shocked me, and the questions, for me, were much harder to interpret. For a second, I wondered if my exam was actually written in English or in an alien language (all I was was a8ru2rjoiweAREAasjdijaosdjRiemannSumakjdlajsdij F'laksjdlakjsdwu9)
Other than the satan produced FR, the test went well. The MC were as expected.</p>
<p>Of course everyone on here got fives on the exam...whatever.</p>
<p>I haven't received my scores yet btw.</p>
<p>Well, on the AP English Language and Compostion exam, the writing format changed (free response). Now there is a synthesis question on the exam, that is like an "English DBQ." Basically, you need to make an argument for a case and use three documents. The synthesis essay is not really focused, however, on a percentage of the documents. In other words, the three they ask for is fine. It's not like, say, the AP United States history exam where you should use roughly 3/4ths or more of the documents plus outside information. Hope that helped. By the way, I also found it to be the easiest of the three. The rhetorical analysis questions and free-response question (where it's just an issue and you write freely) are the other two writing tests on the exam.</p>
<p>bio changed in '04. only 100 mc</p>
<p>Chem changed this year. I don't feel like explaining it though. ;)</p>
<p>i will
Previously:
1. You could choose certain FR to do (like 6 of 8)
2. Equation reactions section require nothign more than writing equations of 5 of 8</p>
<p>Now:
1. All FR required
2. Equations are required to be balanced, and you only do 3 where you have to answer a question abt each equation</p>
<p>Yeah, the chem changes were weird. But you didn't ask about that. I don't know about the subjects you asked for, except English which has already been explained (and actually, I took it the year before the change, so I didn't know what the change was, just that it occurred).</p>
<p>Comp. Gov't changed in 2005 (right?). The changes were pretty major. India was removed from the list of countries that were studied, and the FR no longer lets you chose what questions to answer (I think that before, you were able to decide what country to answer questions about). Now, the countries are England, Mexico, Iran, Nigeria, China, and Russia.</p>
<p>English language has changed. There is now a synthesis question that is similar to the DBQ on the Us History exam. This question basically has documents, graphs, and pictures that asks you to answer a question and support it with some of the documents.</p>
<p>what are the three different essays on the language exam agin?
synthesis, ....</p>