AP®* chemistry exam

May 5 : I took the AP Chemistry Exam yesterday. June 1: it was okay, I'm pretty sure I passed. Here is a quick summary of the format ,contents and details:  AP Chemistry is divided into 6 big ideas, They are Big idea 1 Matter , Atoms and spectroscopy , Big idea 2 Bonding , Intermolecular forces and molecular shape , Big idea 3 Reactions, stoichiometry and electrochemistry , Big idea 4 Kinetics, Rate and half life , Big idea 5 Thermochemistry, Enthalpy and entropy , Big Idea 6 Equilibrium, Acid-Base rxns and reversible rxns. These are the basic things leaned in the big ideas, and the big ideas may have different names, but they are more or less the same. There are also 7 science practices for all the science AP exams. The Exam is broken into two parts , the Multiple choice section and the Free response section. Each is worth 50% of your grade, The multiple choice is 90 minutes long , while the Free response is 105 minutes long. The Multiple choice has 60 questions with 4 options each. There is only one right answer and there is no penalty given if you get a question wrong, You are NOT allowed a calculator during this section. I am NOT allowed to discus the Multiple choice questions I saw on this exam , so I will not give you any examples. The free response section has 3 long questions and 4 short questions. Most of them have multiple parts, and long questions have more parts than short ones. You ARE allowed a calculator in this section. I am allowed to share these as long as college board has released them , ( which they have ). There is sometimes a laboratory question in the free response. but luckily there wasn't one this year .The responses are handwritten in a booklet and hand graded sometime this June. Points are awarded for correct answers , but are not usually taken away unless you do not use the proper units ( or you do not use unit at all ) and if you contradict a previous correct answer. There are a maximum of 10 points awarded for long questions and a maximum of 4 points awarded for short questions which adds up to a maximum of 46 points in the free response section. To make the sections each worth 50 % of your grade they multiply the free response points earned by ( about ) 1.3043478260869565. They then add up earned points in both sections and divide by 120 then multiply by 100 to get you percentage. There are five scores you could get : a 5, a 4, a 3 | this is the pass line ( for the college I sent my scores too ) | a 2 and a 1.
The percentage/score conversion varies per exam, so you can never tell. They will release the scores in July ( I can't see them online ,since I can't get a college board account. Because I am under 13 )  I will get an email around the 6th and then I can call them and get my scores. Each person who takes exams has an eight digit AP number. This way they can be identified and receive their scores. I have one, but I am not allowed to share it with anybody really.....  I will tell you my scores when I get them. Also Starting next week , I will write about one subject in AP chemistry a week until I get my scores.




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