<p>Just one more day until some of you get your scores back! I won’t know how I did until later but honestly, I think I did pretty terribly. This was my first AP exam, and although I only missed one or two MC questions, based on that google doc you guys made, I feel like I bombed the FRQ part. In class I used to always to horribly on FRQs, and my teacher even awarded half-points for some portions. </p>
<p>@Yakisoba you got this homie stay strong.</p>
<p>Got a 5. It was a very easy exam.</p>
<p>Got a 5, I was a bit worried cause of party polarization, but guess it was ok. :D</p>
<p>@Cornball @Awflapjackz how many multiple choice did you think you missed? and how many points on the frq did you think you missed??</p>
<p>Got a 4. Thought for sure I was going to get a 5. It was my last AP test so I guess I should have studied a little more. </p>
<p>Got a 5 on AP Government and a 5 on AP Human Geography decent for Freshman Year!</p>
<p>I got a 5! </p>
<p>I finally feel comfortable saying this test wasn’t all that bad and the class was easier than I expected. The MC surprised me, I thought it would be harder. But I didn’t understand some of the specific frq questions, like the one about the original constitution (mentioned this in an earlier post), how effective the two voting laws were and I’m pretty sure I only got like a 3 on the last one about party polarization. I put in A LOT of time and effort though. I was very enthusiastic about the class, tried throughout the school year and didn’t complain or anything like that. And now I guess it paid off. </p>
<p>Got a 5, my class didn’t teach much so I just read crash course through like six times. Barron’s is useless in my opinion for this exam; CC all the way</p>
<p>Got a 5 with Princeton Review, my teacher was pretty useless.</p>
<p>The party polarization question was so scary bc I didn’t remember reading about that ever, but I guess I managed to figure it out well enough.</p>
<p>I just talked about the rise of the Tea Party for that</p>
<p>5!</p>
<p>Was tempted to define “party polarization” as the increased concentration of elected polar bears in the Senate and House.</p>
<p>Ended up using the example of conflicting interests between Harry Reid and our dear Alaskan Sarah Palin, so I guess it’s close enough.</p>
<p>I got a 5 as well. I am quite happy. </p>
<p>I’m upset at my 4. And its about the stupid Political Polarization FRQ. I think it’s a little unfair to have an ENTIRE FRQ dedicated to one vocabulary term and have the fate of the student lie on that one vocabulary word. Ridiculous. </p>
<p>IF you’ve ever heard of the word polar, and looked at the graph, it wasn’t too difficult to infer what that FRQ was asking about</p>
<p>I agree. The FRQ about party polarization is not at all “ridiculous”</p>
<p>Critical thinking is far more important than memorizing in a college-level class/exam. Party polarization is a term that a student taking a college-level government course can easily figure out with context clues, even if he/she hasn’t seen it before. After a semester/year of government, students should definitely know what a “party” is, and I doubt someone could make it through 16 or 17 years of life without ever learning the meaning of “polar”. Graphs are a part of the AP Government curriculum, and covered in basically every high school math and science class. Between those three things, it is not difficult to figure out the meaning of the term and construct a definition. The y axis of the graph alone should be enough, honestly. </p>
<p>The AP Government test isn’t designed to measure how much you can memorize. You are also supposed to demonstrate the ability to think critically. The FRQ did a wonderful job at distinguishing the students who memorize and those who think. </p>
<p>I mean you can just think about it in the sense that the North POLE and South POLE are on two OPPOSITE ends…</p>
<p>Who here got the perfect score on the AP exam? I got a 5, but I’m just curious.</p>