<p>honestly.. I need to get big ideas.. I think ive got details mostly for the mc.. i just used course notes and my text..so im ok ont hat.. but how are you guys studying the big picture of each era..</p>
<p>anyone want to divide up the major eras of US history? I just really need to get big ideas in each era, and I really have no idea how to do that.. or wut is really "the big idea"..</p>
<p>Blah, taking the day off tomorrow.. so sadly very very screwed..</p>
<p>Do yall' think the Sparknotes is hard? I think it is...:-</p>
<p>I haven't written any DBQs or essays before. Thoughts, tips, etc?</p>
<p>^Do you mean the tests....</p>
<p>Yes....</p>
<p>tip dbqs, how to write an essay?</p>
<p>My secret technique can never be revealed, glucose.</p>
<p>Anyway, APUS in 2 days, SAT in 3 days. Ohh...man</p>
<p>Really...I personally thought Sparkntoes was one of the easier ones, because all other practice tests I've taken are extremely harder.</p>
<p>About writing an essay, I don't know what to say, I personally I've learned nothing different from writing a regular persuassive essay. About DBQs just write it like a FR, but take general ideas from the Ds and after you've written the idea, just write the letter after it, like (Doc A)</p>
<p>I thought Sparknotes was kind of easy as well.</p>
<p>DBQs.. don't forget outside info~</p>
<p>Yea on the sparknotes test I got 60+, and then on other practice exams i'm gettin 45-50...Sparknotes is damn easy</p>
<p>yeah i though Sparknotes was relatively easy. </p>
<p>lol i like how "decent" is a 7. A seven is excellent. 3 seven's would get one a 21 total, and the average is about a 12. assuming the person doesn't totally screw up the MC, getting all sevens would assure a four and nearly assure a 5.</p>
<p>Supposedly your MC and essay scores are very close. The lowest score for a 5 is a 114. This means you need a raw score of roughly 57 or higher to be in a 5 range, and that would corrolate to about 6's or 7's on the essays, IMO. Remember, the raw score is not the number right, it's the number right minus 1/4 of the number wrong. I took a full MC practice test, got 58, missed 20 and left 2 blank. That gave me a 60.25, which is a five with decent essays, probably about 7's.</p>
<p>EDIT: Looked it up in my PR book: The DBQ is worth 45%, and the two FR's are worth 27.5% a piece. To calculate your score, they multiply your DBQ score (1-9 scale) by 4.5, and your other two by 2.75. This means that if you get 7's on all your essays, your score on the essay's is a 70, and you are shooting for a 114 total, meaning you would then need atlest 44 on the MC, which isn't hard at all.</p>
<p>Does anyone know if Barrons AP American exams are harder than the actual test?? I got a 56/80 on the MC...I thought it was very difficult. I have the AMSCO RB ((its my life right now)) & thats what I'm mainly studying from...along w/ Garraty</p>
<p>I'm a good BSer, to be honest.</p>
<p>Will this get me through it? (Can generate good thoughts from documents/evidence provided, yet probably can't bring in A LOT of outside information)</p>
<p>56 out of 80 is good, it will give you a 50, if you answered all the others wrong. A 50 is a good 4. Ofcourse, if you left some blank your score will go up</p>
<p>56/80 is good? Wow, I was worried with a 67/80 in one of my worse performances on a practice test. Then again, on my best MC performance the book told me I only had to get 4 average on each essay to get a 5. I <3 MC!</p>
<p>Thanks for the info GinPA, I wanna get that MC score up, I'm really worried about essays</p>
<p>Suppose you get .. all 4s on the FRQs and DBQs. What would you have to pull off on the multiple choice to get a 3? And is a 4 possible with those low scores? </p>
<p>Right now i'm not trusting my brain's recall ability for any of the essays.</p>
<p>I estimate that with all FRQ 4s you can get a 5 with about 70 raw score. Not sure about 3 or 4.</p>
<p>OK, I did some math and here's how it roughly, with emphasis, breaks down:</p>
<p>This assumes that you answer all the questions, which is a fair assumption to make, at the most you should only leave a few blank.</p>
<p>Sooo, these are what you need to get a 5 (score of 114+)</p>
<p>Average of 9's = 90 raw; 36/80 MC correct = 25 raw; Total = 115</p>
<p>Average of 8's = 80 raw; 44/80 MC correct = 35 raw; Total = 115</p>
<p>Average of 7's = 70 raw; 52/80 MC correct = 45 raw; Total = 115</p>
<p>Average of 6's = 60 raw; 60/80 MC correct = 55 raw; Total = 115</p>
<p>Average of 5's = 50 raw; 68/80 MC correct = 65 raw; Total = 115</p>
<p>Average of 4's = 40 raw; 76/80 MC correct = 75 raw; Total = 115</p>
<p>Average of 3's = 30 raw; 80/80 MC correct = 80 raw; Total = 110 (a 4)</p>
<p>Average of 2's = 20 raw; 80/80 MC correct = 80 raw; Total = 100 (still a 4)</p>
<p>Average of 1's = 10 raw; 80/80 MC correct = 80 raw; Total = 90 (3, I think)</p>
<p>So if you average out essay scores and are somewhere in between 6 and 7, you need between 52 and 60 correct to pull out a 5. Also, this is for answering all question...if you leave some that you don't know at all blank, you're scores will go up.</p>
<p>Hehe... I'm just saying I can take the AP US History test on the 18th because my school made some contract, so they changed the dates around. I'm happy- I have time to study. -don't hurt me ...-</p>
<p>o god im so screwed....i have a horrible memory and there's no way i'll be able to remember most of the things we covered this year...given that I only have tomorrow to study xP</p>
<p>can't wait till its all over...</p>