Offcial 2012 AP US Government and Politics Thread

<p>I didn’t label "a) b) c) " when writing my frqs, I just separated them into paragraphs. Is that ok?</p>

<p>You’re not supposed to label frqs a, b, and c, so you’re good</p>

<p>You can, in fact, label your answers a, b, and c. ■■■■■</p>

<p>Does anyone else remember answers to the test? xD</p>

<p>dudes, not my best test. I think I did well enough on the m/c, maybe like 45-48 right. but then on the frq i slept for the first 80 minutes on accident so i had 20 minutes for the frqs and i only got to write two. i only need a 3 so i’m hoping i got at least 10 points out of those two. Would 64 points be enough for a 3? lets hope.</p>

<p>I’m sure 64 would be enough for a 3.
Sorry, I laughed a little at your situation.
Best of luck!</p>

<p>The worst the curve is going to be is ~75% for a 5. The 2009 exam for example had a harsh curve, requiring students to get 91/120 points to get a 5. At the same time, The AP American Gov curve almost never drops below 70% for a 5, so it’s pretty stratified. Nonetheless, 75% isn’t all that difficult, and assuming that you did well on the multiple choice and at least adequate on the FRQs, you probably got a 5.</p>

<p>How do you know the curves for last year? Would be interesting for other AP’s too.</p>

<p>I may be among the few, but I felt thoroughly prepared. Did around 4-5 practice tests; the last few tests were near perfect, maybe 5ish wrong. FRQs were pretty straightforward too.</p>

<p>Confident in a 5.</p>

<p>I thought the test was straightforward. The FRQs were more complicated just because there are no options. Lol. I just hope I earned a 4-5… considering my teacher has high expectations of me. </p>

<p>That DAMN man!!! Lol.</p>

<p>What was the answer to the question about the biggest gov expenditure?
I knew it probably wasn’t education or transportation. I was torn between interest on national debt and national defense.</p>

<p>entitlements.</p>

<p>My gov teacher has about a 95% pass rate with 50% fives, and I’m worried I didn’t make the five mark. I’m sure i got at least 52/60 MC, but I didnt fully understand a few aspects (like a few a)'s b)'s etc.) of the FRQs. How do you think I stand? I answered them, but they were vague at times. Would it have better if I just guessed and gotten it wrong? </p>

<p>By the way, I thought the MC was about the same as years past, and the FRQ was a lot harder IMO. Good luck for everyone, can’t wait until the third week in July! </p>

<p>Sent from my DROID X2 using CC</p>

<p>who’s paying the 8$ for scores on july 1st?</p>

<p>I think I’ll just e-mail my teacher. They should get the scores sometime in the first week of July.</p>

<p>For the question refering to the elections of 2000 and 2004, what was the answer to the first question it asked? was it African Americans or Jewish?</p>

<p>If I remember correctly, African-Americans. It asked something about consistent Democratic voting.</p>

<p>@dreamer2012 They asked about Mcculloch vs. Maryland in like the second question of the MC…</p>

<p>The FRQ portion of the exam didn’t cover ANY of the non major universally known SCOTUS cases. </p>

<p>Major cases… everybody knows Brown, Muc v. Maryland, marbury v. madsion</p>

<p>but cases like Mapp v. Ohio, Roth v. US, and Sullivan v. US not so much known.</p>

<p>My AP Gov teacher died Thursday night. :(</p>