{"id":6967,"date":"2016-06-10t11:40:44","date_gmt":"2016-06-10t18:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/?p=6967"},"modified":"2016-09-28t14:17:50","modified_gmt":"2016-09-28t21:17:50","slug":"ap-us-government-politics-exam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/college-admissions\/ap-us-government-politics-exam\/","title":{"rendered":"ap us government and politics exam"},"content":{"rendered":"
well, hello 9th<\/sup> graders, parents of 9th<\/sup> graders, or 10th<\/sup> graders who recently took the ap us government exam and came to this page by searching \u201cdie ap gov die!!!\u201d if you\u2019re in the latter group, i\u2019m sorry. this post won\u2019t help you (the opposite actually), but maybe ice cream will? for those who are looking into the exam either for themselves or their rising sophomore, look no further! the ap us government and politics exam<\/a> essentially tests material that would be covered in a semester-long college us government and politics class. the exam lasts for 2 hours and 25 minutes. there are two sections and they\u2019re both worth 50% of the exam: the multiple-choice section and the free-response question (frq) section. the multiple-choice section has 60 questions and 45 minutes to complete. the free-response question section has 4 questions and 100 minutes to complete.<\/p>\n the exam expects students to have a really comprehensive understanding of how government works in the united states. the following are the six key concepts you will need to focus on as well as the proportion they make up the exam (check out the course description<\/a> for more detail about these concepts):<\/p>\n students take ap exams in may and get their scores back in july. as you may already know, ap exams<\/a> are scored on a scale from 1 through 5, with 3 being equivalent to the lowest passing grade. you can think of each number corresponding to a letter grade: 5 = a, 4 = b, and so on and so forth.<\/p>\n the average score of the ap us government test was 2.54 in 2015, which might make it seem like it\u2019s one of the harder exams. however, it\u2019s important to remember that the ap us government exam is the first ap exam many students have exposure to, which probably accounts for its lower average score.<\/p>\n in reality, the difficulty of the exam depends on the student. the us political system is a huge and complicated beast, so learning about it won\u2019t necessarily be easy, especially if politics is not your cup of tea. therefore, if you\u2019re planning to take the ap us government class and\/or exam, it\u2019s good that you are looking into it now so that you can get a feel for the concepts and how to approach studying in the next year. if you\u2019re already a politics junkie, then you definitely have a head start!<\/p>\n other than paying attention in class and taking really good notes, here are some suggestions for preparing for the ap us government exam:<\/p>\n well, hello 9th graders, parents of 9th graders, or 10th graders who recently took the ap us government exam and came to this page by searching \u201cdie ap gov die!!!\u201d if you\u2019re in the latter group, i\u2019m sorry. this post won\u2019t help you (the opposite actually), but maybe ice cream will? for those who are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":164,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[24874],"class_list":["post-6967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-college-admissions"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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how hard is the exam?<\/h2>\n
ap us government exam tips and resources<\/h2>\n
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