A stressful week comes to an end

Paul Liu took two AP classes this year, Calculus and APUSH. He also took AP Human Geography last year. He said, “It wasn’t as bad as I thought.” He went on the test confident and with a lot of prior studying. Although he thinks that we could have practiced in class a little more, ultimately he says, “I think the class prepared us pretty well.” He liked the in-person test format and doesn...

APUSH student Sophie Gordon thought that the test went well. She says, “I think we could have done more multiple choice practice,” but other than that she felt prepared. Gordon did take AP Human Geography her freshman year, and when asked if she liked the online version of the test better she said, “I liked writing it in hand because I could scratch stuff out and just put all my ideas out there...

Luke Larson took APUSH this year and thinks that he did really well on the test, even though it was excruciatingly long. He liked the typing aspect of the test last year,  he says, “My hand was pretty tired by the end.” But he believes that it would be easier to do it in person. He believes that we should have done more reviews of content because that is the most important thing to know. But du...

Kate Gore had AP Human Geography experience from her freshman year and says the experience was helpful for her in taking the test. She also said she most likely would’ve found the test easier to do online as getting to type out her essays would’ve made them easier to make quick revisions with. “I was listening to hours worth of podcasts and history videos to prepare for the test.” ...

Trenton Bonfiglio’s outlook on the test was mostly positive about the DBQ (Document-based question) and the LEQ (Long essay question). However, he said he was rather underprepared for what was on the multiple-choice questions. “A lot of what was on the multiple-choice test connected to earlier time periods, I felt that despite Unit 1 being less important to the unit, I wish we spent some more time ...

Sierra felt pretty intimidated by the test but said she ended up finishing the test confident, she spent a good time on her own practicing the DBQ and LEQ but wishes s was more test practice in class focusing on what the test was going to be like and encouraging good multiple choice decision making.