<p>For the AP Comparative Government exam, I had used up every page of the booklet except one and I was going ahead to do my last FRQ (it was one of the short-answers that I didn't want to think about until the end - the effects of imperialism in Britain and Nigeria). As I reached the end of that last page, I realized that I had a lot more to say (I had so far answered only half of the question), and I had maybe 2 minutes left. I didn't want to waste a minute of that time asking for another sheet of paper and transferring my information onto it. Thus, I just went ahead and used the margins of the page to finish the FRQ. Now I'm realizing that when they scan the essays (which I assume they do; if not, please correct me and stop my worrying), the margins or at least a part of them (I filled them up to the max) are cut off. What do you think could happen?</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure they DON’T scan.</p>
<p>How could you possibly write that much for the comparative government? My longest FRQ was 3/4 of a page. And that was on the high end.</p>
<p>Did you use the margins… outside of the box where you’re supposed to write? lololol</p>
<p>The thing was - there wasn’t a box. And I think I got a little carried away. lol</p>
<p>I saw one sample response (in PDF format) on AP central for english language that had writing outside the box, and it was clear on the PDF and they did not remark about it in the scoring commentary, so I assume that is fine and it probably won’t affect your score (although I do not know if they scan).</p>