<p>doyouevengpa why you so smart and funny</p>
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<p>You’re absolutely right. We work hard all year to take this test and don’t deserve to let loose a little especially if they CAN’T EVEN GRADE STUFF WE CROSS OUT. I’m sure the graders love reading boring essay after essay and would hate it if we made them laugh. I’m sure they would hate us for making them laugh, and that we would all get two’s because we wrote stuff they couldn’t even grade.</p>
<p>/sarcasm</p>
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<p>Finished my last FRQ with 10 minutes left, so I essentially wrote, “Dear CollegeBoard/whoever is grading this, thanks for grading this. YOLO, so you might as well give me a 5 on this exam, even though I didn’t do so hot on these essays. Also, as a suggestion, y’all should provide pens and pencils for us, it’s ridiculous we have to bring out own. Thanks again.” Then I crossed it all out.</p>
<p>“This is so stupid. I hope you all get 2s. It’s undermining the test.”</p>
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<li>No one actually expects extra points out of it. </li>
<li>AP tests are pink and come in baggies. I think the College Board wants us to undermine them. :D</li>
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<p>It’s really not a big deal. At the worst they’ll just ignore it because it’s crossed out and they’re probably in the middle of marking hundreds of papers. At best it’ll make them laugh a little.</p>
<p>Anyone have any tips for a first AP exam? I want to write funny stuff as well, but just general tips of taking it.</p>
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What test are you taking?</p>
<p>Human Geography.</p>
<p>I haven’t taken that one, so I can’t really give specific advice, but I would suggest:
- Answer all the multiple-choice questions (guess if you have to).
- Watch your time on the essays…figure out how much time you need for each one and don’t spend an inordinate amount of time on one essay at the expense of the others.
- Don’t be nervous, and make sure you know the format of the test pretty well (take a practice test). I took seven AP tests and I did a lot better on the later ones because I had gotten used to the process and I wasn’t nervous by the end. My first test was AP Chem and I could barely think and I’m pretty sure I failed it.</p>
<p>Secoja:</p>
<p>-Be sure to bring plenty of pencils/pens, I’m always afraid I’ll run out of ink for the FRQ’s, or that my pencil will break (there aren’t pencil sharpeners at the place we take them at, and I don’t feel like bringing one myself). </p>
<p>-If you have like, say, 5 minutes left on the MC and still have a bunch left (I’d say >7 or so, to be on the safe side), bubble random answers in to be sure you’ve got them all filled in and then go back and actually answer as many as possible. </p>
<p>-Yeah, like halyconheather said, don’t be nervous, because look, it’s not like you can actually fail it…I mean, what are the consequences of not doing that well? Probably not college credit, and no personal satisfaction, but it’s not like it’s a final exam and you’ll fail your class if you don’t do well, so just relax.</p>
<p>-Don’t worry about the FRQ’s when your on MC, just focus on one thing at a time. </p>
<p>-Don’t look at the clock constantly, you’ll waste time doing that. Look up every 25 questions or so, and definitely half-way point.</p>
<p>-If you write something funny, be sure to CROSS IT OUT otherwise it WILL be graded. And don’t worry about writing anything else unless you have time to do so.</p>
<p>I never fail to make jokes on my exams. And I never cross them out, as I am a true adventurer.</p>
<p>5 on AP Euro and 7 IB Econ SL</p>
<p>First discussed use of bananas as condoms (inside joke) and second asserted the economic prudence of legalized prostitution.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure they gave me points for lightening up their days. Or, y’know, they didn’t actually read me closely because I wrote many, many pages in my FRQs.</p>
<p>I drew a duck and made him say ‘Quack is whack’ on most of my FRQ’s. On my last test (Micro), I kicked it up a notch and added two fish about to make love, a shark about to eat the duck, and a Mexican guy in a sombrero about to shoot the shark.</p>
<p>I totally gave up on my AP World History exam halfway through and drew a gravestone that said “RIP to my chances at passing this exam” on one of the essays. Not very clever but it made me feel better.</p>