Sunday, April 10, 2011

AP Calculus Practice Test

What a weekend! I really had a lot going on, but I'm going to take the time to focus in on one thing in particular: The AP Calculus practice test at Wyomissing high school.  Now, I could say a lot of things.  I could make comments about kids walking past with ice cream, I could discuss the others comments about how it didn't look fun.  But I won't.  (See what I did there?)

It was great! A question about snow removal, that, while I didn't ace it, I felt comfortable.  Another one modeling a speaker by a couple of different equations.  A bit of integration with respect to the y-axis.  I felt on top of the world! That is, until I got to the multiple choice section of the test.  I'll admit it.  On a lot of the multiple choice, I felt pretty lost.  I found it hard to narrow things down, but overall, I think I did average on the multiple choice, and pretty awesome on the open ended.  This doesn't make a ton of sense, because I honestly expected the open ended to be far harder, and we haven't reviewed at all.

Now for the results: I got a 4 on the test!  It was the 2010 AP Calculus test, so that gives me a lot of hope that I will be alright on this year's.  Still, I can't afford to stand still.  I'll keep praying, study my butt off and get a lot of rest before the test just like I did yesterday.  Bring it on!

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