Heh, I think they came in, but I'm too scared to look. I'd rather look after vacation.

I have a question.. I looked at the 2008 exam & I found it extremely difficult to answer the short responses in 20 seconds.
I require time to think about what to say because if I don't.. I'd most likely stutter.. and stuttering will probably take up the entire 20 seconds.
How'd you do it?

5 on AP studio 2d
4 on B/C calc
4 on Bio

I think you do get time to think before you speak, depending on how much depth or content the response requires. I'm pretty sure the lengthier responses such as the 'speech' ones you are given 2 minutes to prepare.

I'm trying to remember what happens with the short ones...I think you just have to wing it. The point is to test your conversational speaking ability I think, so I would just suggest you talk at a slower pace than normal. That way, you'll be able to say things calmly and kill some time instead of finishing what you have to say and having to sit there and wait idly. I remember one of the questions was in an interview format about applying to become a waiter, and the question was something like "what are your available hours" and I said the first thing that came to mind: I'm available at all hours. and then I had nothing else to say lol so I just had to watch the clock countdown while I almost clawed out my eyes from nervousness.

Don't worry, I stuttered really badly too on my exam x_x My voice actually shook because when I was trying to bs my way through talking about Shanghai I was like..SHIT I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IM SAYING THIS MAKES NO SENSE.

did you take the AP chinese class or are you just doing it from uh having a chinese background..?

at my school, APMT is an easy class. our professor hardly cares if we pay attention or be on time or not, and he rarely gives us homework. all our grades are participation (ex. concerts at the meyerson? uhhh awesome!) and tests (which we had two of... fall semester exam and spring semester exam).

for other schools, we hear horror stories. our professor is just like "uh yeah i'm on the board for writing the exam, you guys should know your stuff anyway!" then he goes on lecturing/telling stories

the actual course material is kind of killer if you don't have an extremely strong base.

section of death is different for everyone. there's an aural multiple-choice portion, where you listen to an excerpt and answer questions about it; then there's the straight-up multiple-choice, then there's the sightsinging portion and the written portion (melodic dictation, harmonic dictation, writing four-part harmony).

my weakness was multiple-choice, haha. i've always been the person who gets by theory assignments in orchestra and piano and etc with perfect pitch, but APMT has so much focus on... technicalities. and theory. lol... which is kind of what the entire class is about, but yeah. i've never really been pushed to really learn my theory until last year. there are a lot of terms and memorization involved in the class.

daaamn this is a long post. good luck!

I taking it through self-study and Chinese background.
I only started learning Mandarin last summer though. So I'm hoping I can get about 1.5k-2k characters down and memorize structure. It should be easy though because I speak another dialect at home which has almost the same structure.

:) Thanks for the tips, btw.

i didnt get mine yet
hows ap art history?
oh, and what kind of books are the best to study for aps?

I passed my AP World History exam so I'm satisfied as heck.

Got them the second week of July.
AP Chem: 4
AP World History: 4

I got mine. I live in the LA area. I was happy because I got a 3 on ApengLang and a 5 on APjapanese. :D I didn't even TAKE the apjapanese class So I was happy :] I also didn't study for it :P (well I only got a 5 because I took hardcore Japanese school for 9 years before)

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I also found the oral part really hilarious. I was either laughing from humor or nervousness for most of them. :P Seriously... No one told me we had to talk into microphones and "interact" with a computer prerecorded script. Those 20 second recording stuff were filled with "uhhhh.... and uhhh yeah..." for the most part XDDD

meh, i got a 3 on AP Chem. This year im planning on taking 3 AP classes though

Wooo hooo

I got a 4.

ap psychology - 5
ap language - 3

if you're given the chance, take psychology because it's really easy. seriously! and i'm no genius. plus psychology was one of the most interesting courses i've ever taken.

^ Agreed!! It's the most interesting and fun course I have ever taken... and an easy 5!

lmao juna got a 3

AP Drawing - 5
AP English - 4
AP 2D - 4
AP Calculus AB - 4

I wish I took more. sigh.