<p>Totally bombed the second essay. I wrote about the Persian empire and the influence of Islam on the political leaders because I couldn’t think of anything else that would sound less like bs.
For the DBQ, I grouped my topics into: native conflict, competition with other imperialist nations, and allies.
For the Similarity/Differences, I chose Japan with China and wrote about the Jesuits in china and Dutch learnings in Japan, which I think were before the time period they gave us. I also forgot about Perry and didn’t write about him.
Multiple Choice was utter crap.
Gah.</p>
<p>Okay, like the majority of you, I think I totally bombed that second essay. I talked about feudalism and like rigid social stratification, the Schism in Christianity (aldifsjaklsdfjlkadjl WHY) and the power of the Catholic Church over things, and then political decentralization in general. I really didn’t know what to write, so I only mentioned Rome like once, and I’m really concerned I’m gonna get like a 1 (my world context was good so I at least have a 1). Like can someone estimate what I got on this CCOT cause I’m freaking out??</p>
<p>Then, the multiple choice was harder than I thought, but I estimate I got about 50 right, and then I thought the comparison and DBQ was easy even though I thought the wording on the DBQ was REALLY vague.</p>
<p>The grading for essays are generally very formulaic, I think. So if you wrote about the wrong region completely it’s zero points (writing about Africa when you were supposed to write about China, etc). However, for the compare/contrast, if you had enough facts from one region it would earn a point or two, depending on the rubric. You would probably also get the thesis point if you mentioned time period, place, and if you were specific. However, this probably means you have no chance at the expanded core points. I think the readers try to give as many points as possible, and keep in mind that getting a 4 is like a really good score.</p>
<p>Just remember people, your are never wrong on the essays, you’re just not right. They grade you on the things that are correct and accurate. You do NOT loose points for putting in wrong information. You just don’t receive the points you would have normally gotten had the information been right.</p>
<p>Isn’t it against the collegeboard to discuss the questions now?</p>
<p>Huh, i spelt Meiji as Meijing…</p>
<p>So, the Byzantine was only Christian Orthodox after 1054 or did that just exacerbate the situation?</p>
<p>Wait, why would talking about Schism, Roman fall, rise of fuedalism, and Byzantine for second essay be wrong? Are they all not in the correct time period?</p>
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<p>Yeah it is, some people just aren’t real bright. If you guys want to discuss test questions, just do it verbally with the kids in your class, not online where things are written/recorded. Jeez. Really. Just wait the 48 hours to talk about the essays. </p>
<p>Ridiculous. Not like you can fix your stuff anyhow. Just wait 'till July to get your dang results and be happy with the dashes and 2’s and so on.</p>
<p>so ccot i wrote the wrong time period… kinda…
it was circe 200 ce -1000 ce, and i wrote about roman republic and roman empire… mainly the empire, which was technically still during 200 ce ish
so is that a 0 on ccot, or is there anyway i can get at least 1 or 2 points?</p>
<p>People always discuss test right after they take it on here, and we know of the consequences are etc. It should be of no surprise to anyone.</p>
<p>@seals123 I’m looking at a Roman Empire wiki right now and it says 27 BCE - 476 CE (west) so I have yet to see why people regret talking about the Roman empire.</p>
<p>Idk if I would take a chance, how would they find out anyway?</p>
<p>This is why I’m being extremely vague, though I doubt you could get your test invalidated simply by posting something about an essay in a typical case. It’s not like CC is allowed to disclose your information to third parties…</p>
<p>Even if you do post info on here, how would they find out? It’s not like we have info on here that they can find out who we are on here. Not taking the chance if they do find out somehow.</p>
<p>And yeah, it’s not like we can change our answers or essays, but it’s nice to be reassured that other people got the same answers/wrote about similar topics, or at least give you some idea of your grade.</p>
<p>Discussion of FRQ before the 48 hour time period isn’t anything new on this site. Considering there is relative anonymity, there isn’t much to worry about, and everybody knows about the consequences already.</p>
<p>Ok, now I’m ****ed. I said Japanese took over China. That’s incorrect, correct?</p>
<p>-.-</p>
<p>I was comparing Eastern Europe and China for the 3rd as forms of political takeover in order to gain more resources and trade.</p>
<p>Kind of. Japan did start the Battle at Nanjing and killed thousands of civilians, so they technically “won” some part, but they didn’t take over China.</p>
<p>They became a “sphere of influence” just like the Europeans did, only they just did it later on. I felt the Battle at Nanjing was to late to be considered early 20th century; I assumed they didn’t want us to go past WWI</p>