***Official AP U.S. Government and Politics Thread 2014-2015***

Yeah I chose Cubans since I believe they had the highest percentage of income and graduation rates

cool thanks

@colonial7 yup, that’s the one.

i think i said the older voters watched TV more, since im pretty sure they didn’t read much print or use the internet, but that was one of few questions that I wasn’t really sure, what did you say

in FRQ Question #1, how did civil service interfere with the president’s policy making power

@shankar334 if you explained it then yes. Also, I saw the most likely to run in primaries question in the practice test of barrons book edition 6. The barrons book had some same exact questions that were asked today.

Cramming the info in the crash course book the night before and the morning of the exam made this so much easier

What if you named the legislative action somewhat wrong (I said people instead of american) but described it correctly? Do you think I would still get the point?

Surprisingly this year’s government exam was quite easy. I was thrilled to see #4 because my friend asked our teacher the exact same question yesterday :smiley:

@Awkwardpanda97 I think if you described it correctly, you should get the majority of the points. On previous APs, Collegeboard commented that if a student wrote the case name a little wrong but described its ruling correctly all the points were given.

@Awkwardpanda97 I’m pretty sure you would still get that point since they would know what legislative act you’re talking about

I felt that the multiple choice today were incredibly easy compared to barrons gov review book!

Are the scoring guidelines released before or after scores are released?

what was the answer to the question about the expansion of bureaucrats in the 20th century

@colonial7 can you be more specific?

I think I remember putting that they increased because of public demand and expectations. It was between that and democratic presidents successfully implementing their policy.

What about the third parties question? I had it between having clearer stances on the issues than major parties and being more successful in southern states. I think both are true, but I went with the former.

Scoring guidelines are released a month after the scores.

@yoda4ever what happens if i put disability reform act instead of ADA, I described it correctly idk where I got the reform from

I think it depends both on the grader and the point distribution for the question.

what was the answer to the question about what the relationship between the president and the media was, I said that when the president liked the media when they agreed with him but not when they criticized him, but that sounded too obvious