Ap Exams :-$

[megmeg06]

well.. idk what to tell you.. I'm a freshman, but I have to take my AP euro on friday, but I got a 3 on the practice so I was all screw studying, because I never have/do. So Good Luck and bring a Magic 8 Ball. I used one on my history midterm on every question and got a 100.

[Kamunt]

Originally Posted by psychopete

The only thing I'm worried about is the listening stuff. Like, part of the exam involves us listening to a selection, taking down the soprano and bass lines (only those lines) and writing out the chords. We have like, 3 1/2 minutes to do that in work time (aka time not counting the playthroughs of the selection).

Oh GOD, I totally know what you mean by that... That's THE one part of the Music Theory exam that I'm completely worried about. I just know I'm not not going to have enough time to figure all the chords. Figuring out the actual soprano and bass lines won't be too hard, especially considering that little unfair advantage I have that likes to call itself "perfect pitch". X3 But yeah, still...

AP Computer Science, then....I took it, and honestly? I think I might've gotten a 4. I got a 1 on the practice exam, but only because I hardly finished anything. I was mostly distracted by thinking about a certain...significant other of mine. >////>; I finished exactly two of the four free response questions on the practice, but I only missed a point-and-a-half between the two of them (each question is nine points). The multiple choice was almost as bad/good--I just finished the 17th out of 40 questions on the practice, while skipping one and getting three wrong. So, what I had was extremely good.

In terms of the actual AP CS exam, however, I got a lot more done than I did on the practice. I made the free response my BIYOTCH (except for the fourth one which I didn't get to). I even programmed recursion for the first time in my LIFE on the third question. So, yeah, feeling accomplished. The multiple choice section went a bit smoother, as well. The last ten questions though, holy CRAP. Those were like, the longest questions on the entire frigging test!! How dare they put those at the end. XP

[psychopete]

Originally Posted by Kamunt

Oh GOD, I totally know what you mean by that... That's THE one part of the Music Theory exam that I'm completely worried about. I just know I'm not not going to have enough time to figure all the chords. Figuring out the actual soprano and bass lines won't be too hard, especially considering that little unfair advantage I have that likes to call itself "perfect pitch". X3 But yeah, still...

Advantage or not, you're still being incredibly egotistical. Not everyone has perfect pitch, but really, in situations like this, you don't need to have perfect pitch to do well. In fact, in certain situations, having perfect pitch can impede your performance. Don't be surprised if they throw **** like that in there.

And please, it takes a lot less time to figure out what the chords are than you think it does. It's definitely the simplest part of those questions.

I may not have absolutely perfect pitch, but that's only because I have it in the sense that I hear everything as I would hear it in a Bb transposition. But then I'd just like to thank the AP exam for giving the starting note, since I'm amazing at figuring out intervals.

Also, I'm not doing as bad as I thought I did, and I don't have any reason to worry about the dictation anymore. I just have to not doubt my answers (everything I got wrong on my practice exam had the right answer originally, but I doubted myself, so I've gotta stop doing that) and work on doing the other dictations in a set time limit.

[sumzup]

Originally Posted by hi19hi19

BC Calc was bad

I forgot how to do Taylor Series rofl...
Does a third degree taylor series include the "0th" term (i.e. a third degree would have four parts?)
I hope I did that right...

Other than that I think I might have gotten a 5
Now, english paper, english test, chinese test, then study for AP US history on Friday whoop whoop

Yeah, there's a 0th term. I didn't have nearly enough time enough time to finish everything on free-response, though...I left 2-3 subparts blank. The one depth of water question was ridiculous; I skipped and was going to go back and use triple integrals thinking it might work ("I don't know this BC topic, so I'll use something higher up!"), but ended up not being able to finish.

[Wineandbread]

Our class reviewed the government essays today. I think I may have gotten a 4 now. =_=;;
We're not allowed to talk about the multiple choice... but we did anyway.

Can't wait for next year. 6 AP tests, gogo.

[tsugomaru]

Originally Posted by Relambrien

Man, all you people taking multiple AP exams, I'm jealous. My school only offers three AP subjects - Calc AB, Bio, and English Lit.

Relambrien, my school offers just about all the AP subjects except for the two I want to take, Computer Science. I'm going to self study Computer Science next year and take A instead of AB. I've heard terror stories about the AB test and I'm pretty afraid of it.

~Tsugomaru

[Relambrien]

Originally Posted by tsugomaru

Relambrien, my school offers just about all the AP subjects except for the two I want to take, Computer Science. I'm going to self study Computer Science next year and take A instead of AB. I've heard terror stories about the AB test and I'm pretty afraid of it.

~Tsugomaru

Owwww. That's gotta suck. Good luck studying for Comp Sci A. I can't teach myself anything worth crap, or else I'd go for it too.

[Kamunt]

Originally Posted by psychopete

Advantage or not, you're still being incredibly egotistical. Not everyone has perfect pitch, but really, in situations like this, you don't need to have perfect pitch to do well. In fact, in certain situations, having perfect pitch can impede your performance. Don't be surprised if they throw **** like that in there.

I haven't yet found a situation in which perfect pitch isn't an advantage, sorry... I know that not everyone has it, and I know that most people don't. I'm a good sightreader, too (I've been told), so that'll help on the, um...sightreading. :/ Wait, did I have a point here...?

And please, it takes a lot less time to figure out what the chords are than you think it does. It's definitely the simplest part of those questions.

I just must not be doing it right, then, because I can manage to get maybe three chords if I'm lucky, at least on the practice ones we've done.

I'm amazing at figuring out intervals.

Who's being egotistical, now?

I just have to not doubt my answers (everything I got wrong on my practice exam had the right answer originally, but I doubted myself, so I've gotta stop doing that) and work on doing the other dictations in a set time limit.

You have no idea how much that problem kills me. Just going with my first thought is what I need to start doing more of, even in way-different stuff like chess and other school subjects. Bleargh.

Originally Posted by tsugomaru

Relambrien, my school offers just about all the AP subjects except for the two I want to take, Computer Science. I'm going to self study Computer Science next year and take A instead of AB. I've heard terror stories about the AB test and I'm pretty afraid of it.

It is good to fear the AB test x.x; A classmate of mine said that NOTHING that's on the AB exam was covered in-class, which is modeled around the A exam. I took the A exam and I grasp almost all of the material we've covered, so if you want tips and pointers on what kind of stuff to expect (even though it's a long ways away until next May), feel free to shoot me a PM, or comment on my wall, or even IM me. I'd be happy to help. It can get a little overwhelming, especially without formal training (I'd imagine), so don't be shy about asking for help or whatever.

[psychopete]

Originally Posted by Kamunt

I haven't yet found a situation in which perfect pitch isn't an advantage, sorry... I know that not everyone has it, and I know that most people don't. I'm a good sightreader, too (I've been told), so that'll help on the, um...sightreading. :/ Wait, did I have a point here...?

Even people with perfect pitch misidentify chords. Sometimes the voices get confused. ;D

Not everyone has it, yeah. But does that make it an advantage when it comes to analyzing nonaural tendencies? Absolutely not.

Who's being egotistical, now?

I'm saying that because I've never been wrong with interval identification, and have not been wrong, even after doing many a practice example. I'm not saying I'm perfect, there's still plenty of room for error, I'm just confident in my ability.

[Kamunt]

Originally Posted by psychopete

Even people with perfect pitch misidentify chords. Sometimes the voices get confused. ;D

Not everyone has it, yeah. But does that make it an advantage when it comes to analyzing nonaural tendencies? Absolutely not.

This is true, yes. But, being able to hear the pitches in my head can't hurt meh! :3

I'm saying that because I've never been wrong with interval identification, and have not been wrong, even after doing many a practice example. I'm not saying I'm perfect, there's still plenty of room for error, I'm just confident in my ability.

Well, it's good to have confidence. That's something very good to have when going into an AP exam.

[psychopete]

Originally Posted by Kamunt

This is true, yes. But, being able to hear the pitches in my head can't hurt meh! :3

Actually, depending on what you plan to do, it really, really, can.

If you go into a music field, you will have to go through ear training exercises, and you will be taught based on relative pitch (which is what I've had for the longest time). Basically, having relative pitch helps more on this test. Many people hear the first note of their sight-singing, and if they've developed relative pitch, they will hear the pitch and hear it as what they are used to (like, I hear a C as a D, because in the Bb transposition, concert C is a D scale) and go from there. They recognize the intervals from what they're used to, then they convert that back into the non-transposed version. This may seem confusing, yeah, but for those who have been trained, it's all happening as the piece is playing. But what if there is something you hear that you have to transpose? You hear the tonal center and are able to easily work from there if you have relative pitch, but with perfect pitch, transposing will become more difficult, because the way you hear it, you'll think the transposition is wrong. Not to mention that if something is not tuned to the standard tuning pitch (right on the dot of in tune on tuners), people with perfect pitch will have more trouble in said orchestra.

tl;dr: Relative pitch helps more. :3

[Litodude]

New topic: For those who took that AP English Lit today, what book did you choose for your last essay?

[Kamunt]

I heard about that....was it really as dreadful as some of my schoolmates have said it was?

[dore]

Originally Posted by Litodude

New topic: For those who took that AP English Lit today, what book did you choose for your last essay?

Cold Mountain - Veasey and Inman. The hardest part of this essay was organizing it so that I had more than one body paragraph.

I nailed essay 2 and did decent on essay 1. Multiple choice I felt I did mediocre but I think my writing will make up for it.

[FRO]

Originally Posted by Litodude

New topic: For those who took that AP English Lit today, what book did you choose for your last essay?

Oedipus Rex. Compared Oedipus with Tiresias.

The three free-response questions today were all ridiculously easy compared to the previous years. Poem I could actually understand, which is amazing, and the excerpt from Fasting, Feasting (I think that's what it's called) was pretty easy as well.

MC wasn't particularly difficult either.

Hoping for a 4.

[Master_of_the_Faster]

AP Chemistry, AP Language, and then AP World. So far... I can perdict getting like a 3,4,or 5 on any of those exams (not a 3 on world). The thing is I keep practicing real exams, but just multiple choice so far. Now it's up to me to pull everything togather by next Tuesday, the beggining of my three tests. Just out of curiosity, anyone take those classes?

[sumzup]

Try out the free-response questions soon, then...that's a lot of points that could screw up your score if you don't get them (go to CollegeBoard, AP, and then the specific AP course you want; then click on Sample Questions & Scoring, which will have years' worth of free-response).

I'm doing AP Chem on Tuesday; it doesn't seem too hard, but it's difficult to accept that I will be parted from my beloved TI-89 Titanium during the multiple choice.

[Litodude]

Originally Posted by dore

Cold Mountain - Veasey and Inman. The hardest part of this essay was organizing it so that I had more than one body paragraph.

Ouch. I was lazy. I used what they recommended and stuck with Huck Finn. Call it simplistic but I was still able to find the differences between Huck and Tom as well as Huck and Jim. I primarily compared Huck and Jim, since I could talk to about them a lot easier and could throw in the father-son element innit. Essay 1 and 2 were piss easy and I finished with plenty of time to spare.

MC on the other hand, was not as easy for me, since there were a few things I know I got wrong. But I know I chose "bigot" correctly, after narrowing it down to either that or "boor."

[psychopete]

RISE FROM YOUR GRAVE.[/altered beast this ****]

So, Music Theory was today. Holy crap, the melodic dictation and sight-singing decimated me. ;-; Good thing sight-singing isn't worth that much, and I'm semi-confident about everything else.

[sumzup]

Well, I was raped by AP Biology...probably a 4, possibly a 5. Still rape, though. I'll revisit Bubba for tomorrow; AP Chemistry will hopefully be less *cough* brutal.