<p>I took an AP Microeconomics class for a full semester, preparing for the exam daily. I woke up at 3AM this morning and taught myself AP Macroeconomics in 3 hours. I took both exams today, and I felt more confident on my Macro Multiple Choice than Micro. I got at most 10 wrong on Macro, but I fear that I may have possibly gotten 15 wrong on Micro, maybe even more. I don't get it...</p>
<p>Macro was easier.</p>
<p>From what I’ve seen on this forum, Macro was MUCH easier than Micro.</p>
<p>^Is that just because of Micro FRQ #3?</p>
<p>I’ve seen a LOT of complaints about FRQ 3, though there are also some about FRQ 2.</p>
<h1>2 was fair game and to be expected…and it wasn’t even that hard(nor was 3 if you knew how to do it)</h1>
<p>What happens with a lump-sum subsidy? I said it doesn’t decrease DW loss unless it pushed ATC below the price…</p>
<p>Maybe I just completely screwed it up, but I didn’t have any problem at all with FRQ3. I had more trouble with FRQ1.</p>
<p>Then again, I self-studied, so I’m sure what I taught myself isn’t reflective of what people learn in AP courses.</p>
<p>@4khaos
I didn’t self-study, but I agree that 1 was worst and 3 wasn’t bad at all. I don’t recall ever learning how to do the topics in 3, but I was able to get through it logically and, from researching the topics when I got home, I think I got full points.
I spent the entire reading period looking at number 1 in confusion (turns out I had drawn something wrong, which was then screwing up all subsequent answers), but I think in the end I managed to do okay on it.
I also don’t know the difference in effects between per-unit and lump-sum subsidies, but I’ll get at least one of them right by putting pretty much the same answer for both. All in all, I’m feeling okay about it!</p>
<p>Macro was easier than micro for sure.</p>
<p>I self-studied Micro and I thought I was going to die on free-response haha. I read the first question and immediately turned the page. I’m sure you did fine on both of them though!</p>
<p>How you feel walking out of the test is not the best predictor of how you did.</p>
<p>@BigIs On the contrary, I think it’s the most accurate predictor you can get because only you can really know how you felt while taking the test. I usually predict pretty well right after the test (I’m six for seven over the last two years with my initial predictions!), but as time passes, I become increasingly pessimistic and only remember the things I did poorly on, so my score predictions always decrease. This year, I wrote down my thoughts about my performance as soon as I got home so that I can look back on them and reassure myself while I’m in the middle of a mid-June AP freak out. Hopefully I’ll be ten for twelve soon (hoping I did better than I thought on comp sci)!</p>