So, who’s ready?</p>
Know all of the material, however still reviewing. Only part that has me heavily worried is the FRQ portion.</p>
I’ve been following the news pretty closely for the past few years, and have been frequenting political forums. I’ve also been able to scrape by in my class with barely a 90%.</p>
That is what worries me. I’m great at broad trends, but horrible at details =[.</p>
I’m still in a long process of reviewing stuff…I just need a 3 to get college credit</p>
Seems like FRQs are more difficult this year, in order to compensate for the removal of the “guessing” penalty.
I don’t normally have a problem with FRQs (usually get 12-15 out of max. of 15 points) however some just own me. 
(5/15)</p>
So, any guesses on what the FRQs might cover?</p>
Aren’t there specific topics that the FRQ must cover? I remember reading that somewhere, maybe on College Board. However, because of the change in the multiple choice questions, that may have all changed.</p>
I just took a test in class and I missed 9. I’m feeling alright. Haha more time for bio and Econ :p</p>
I assume FRQs will have something about the house and senate, that seems to be common, and something with efficacy or voter turn out.</p>
WOOO FRIDAY NIGHT, let the studying begin. is this pathetic or awesome i can’t decide</p>
It’s time for the test trading to begin if anyone has some to trade. I have AP World and APES.</p>
I doubt that the test will be bad at all. It’s simple fact memorization, if you have that down, you pretty much have it in the bag.</p>
I have a guaranteed 4, but I think with enough cramming on independent administrations, federal grants, and the individual amendments, I could have a 5…</p>
@supyall: I’m reading out of Crash Course for the next 3 days. Haha.</p>
I have no idea what to do about this test. I have Physics C on Monday, so my weekend’s gonna be devoted to that. I’m just gonna wing it and watch CNN and bs
LIKE A BOSS
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I still have so much review ahead of me. And I keep getting all the countries confused… Nigeria and Mexico, in particular. ><</p>
TIME TO CRAM.</p>
Come on… let’s get this thread active.</p>
Here are some references I found:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/ap-tests-preparation/885255-ap-us-government-politics-thread-2010-a.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/ap-tests-preparation/885255-ap-us-government-politics-thread-2010-a.html</a>
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/ap-tests-preparation/908149-strategic-preparation-ap-government-supreme-court-cases.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/ap-tests-preparation/908149-strategic-preparation-ap-government-supreme-court-cases.html</a>
[High</a> School U.S. Government Exam - C-SPAN Video Library](<a href=“http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/SchoolUS]High”>http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/SchoolUS)</p>
I’m going to look over flashcards… I’m terrible with court cases though; I get them all mixed up. Do you guys think court cases are a large part of the test?</p>
There are definitely bound to be a couple court cases in the MC. I would study the court cases, but the most important cases I think are in the second link I gave above. Court cases would also be nice to include in the FRQ as examples, wouldn’t they? :P</p>
Yeah I know the big ones, but there’s a lot of court cases to know. How many on the multiple choice would you say that you need to get correct in order to get a 5? I took a practice exam and got 53/60 which is 88% do you think that’s good enough?</p>
Has anybody on here taken this exam before and can give some feedback as to whether it was difficult or straight forward?</p>
Let’s trade some exams? That’s the best way to a good score on this haha.</p>