The "how The heck Did I Get This Score" Thread

<p>I got a 3 on AP Lit, and I didn't write ANY of the essays, I just drew pictures and wrote song lyrics. Apparently, I'm good at multiple choice...</p>

<p>5 on Chem. Froze and bombed the FR.</p>

<p>Must've aced the MC, I guess.</p>

<p>We're going down swinging, I wonder what they think when they open essay booklets like yours and see drawings. I know someone who did this on World, though.</p>

<p>They probably think, "Thank God, I can finally look at something entertaining after 5 hours of reading essays has made me want to poke my eyeballs out with a fork." :)</p>

<p>They're either amused or feel insulted.</p>

<p>Bio- I struggled on mutliple choice, could not do most of one FRQ, and know I got part of another FRQ wrong</p>

<p>And got a 5 :-)</p>

<p>In response to we're<em>going</em>down_swinging, they really don't have time to look at those, so the response is really, "Thank God I can just score this a 'dash' and move on to the next one."</p>

<p>They have a separate score of a 'dash' that's different from a zero on a FR question. The zero means "content tried, no points earned". The 'dash' means "content not even tried".</p>

<p>I'm really happy with my scores, but the one test that I was almost sure I got a 5 in (Psych) ended up being a 4. I did manage 5's in Lang, Bio, and U.S History though, so it's all good.</p>

<p>My Comp Sci teacher told us that she generally enjoys people's stories.</p>

<p>"I got a 2 on APUSH even though I got a 800 on the SAT 2 which I took the week before. </p>

<p>RESCORE!!!"</p>

<p>Do you have bad handwriting? It's possible that if you do they couldn't score your essays because they couldn't read them.</p>

<p>As for me, no real surprises. I expected 5s and got 5s. I did well in the classes and studied hard.</p>

<p>Satisfaction: My teacher for AP English Lang/Comp was worthless, and I walked out of that exam thinking I made like a 2 at best, but it turns out I got a 4. On the other hand...
Disappointment: I guess I was a little narcissistic, but I figured I'd walk away from AP Art-Drawing with at least a 4 if not a 5, but unfortunately I got a 3. A 3! I was like ***!? Ah well, I suppose it was rather subjective for an AP program. But, for consolation, I think I've qualified for one of those AP awards. (I also got a 5 on European History, so I was pleased overall).</p>

<p>how the **** did I get a four on the AP US history test? I was the most prepared for that test, got an A in the class, etc...</p>

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Never opened american pageant...never payed attention in class...got C's and D's on all the tests in class...tried speed reading AMSCO the night before the test...got a 5 on APUSH...***...

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At least I got an A in that class and you didn't</p>

<p>calc- i knew the first frq and blindly guessed on everything else w/o knowing what i did and i got a 5
i love m/c :)</p>

<p>So... why was that comment necessary? ^^^</p>

<p>AP US: 5, expected a 4 (last essay did not go well)
AP Chem: 4, expected a 3 (crappy textbook at school, teacher did the best he could, but the FRQs were hard, so totally relieved)
AP Psych: 4, expected a 5 (don't really know what happened, such an easy test)
AP English: took late, so still waiting</p>

<p>chem--got a 4 and totally expected a 5--amazing teacher and good grades!! </p>

<p>C'EST LA VIE.</p>

<p>now that 2 on e&m...</p>

<p>for BC
omg i actually left like 10+ mc blank, could not do an entire fr, guessed on the rest except #1, and got a 5</p>

<p>but i got a 4subscore LOL btw do colleges get the subscore as well?</p>

<p>and for bio... i thought i failed... but i got a 5... so i was shocked and very happy</p>

<p>I got a 5 on the AP USH!
I totally screwed up on one of my essays. (mixed up Shay's rebellion for the whiskey rebellion)</p>

<p>Jasonlee, I can tell you how you got your score: you did good! I don't think that's considered a major mistake (they have sheets that tell the graders what not to take points off for, that might even be on there). I'd assume that's a common mistake, and the fact that you know about both of them (switching names but still getting details right) proves you have knowledge of both.</p>