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Advanced Placement English Exam Information
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Posted by
Ms. Mika
Advanced Placement English Exam update:
Mercy offers the Advanced Placement
English Exam in Literature and Composition. We do not offer at
this time the Language and Composition exam. Mercy's English
curriculum provides a substantial enrichment that should prepare
students well if they choose to take the exam, given in the Spring of
each year.
The English dept. conducted an informational
field trip in February for students interested in the exam. For
the current school year the field trip was scheduled for Wednesday,
February 13, periods 1 - 4.
Interested students should consult college
and universities' catalogs/websites for information about whether a
specific school accepts AP scores for college credit and the conditions
under which that credit is granted. Typically, schools accept a
score of 3 or higher (on a 5 point scale) for college credit.
The fee for
this year's exam (2007-08) is
$84.00 ($13 of which serves as an order fee). The English Literature and
Composition exam will be given on Thursday, May 8, 8:00 a.m - noon.
IMPORTANT DATES:
Monday, March 10 deadline:
$13 order fee is due BEFORE or BY this date. Make separate check
out to "Mercy High School," and submit to Ms. Michalik (room S-6).
This fee is non-refundable but it is applied to the total cost of the
exam.
Monday, April 14 deadline:
$71 balance is due BEFORE or BY this date. Make separate check out
to "Mercy High School," and submit to Ms. Michalik (room S-6).
Be sure to review carefully the guidelines
booklet given at the field trip (or by other AP class teachers.
Note particularly the items you may NOT bring to the testing room.
The College Board service is very specific about security.
If you have any questions, please feel
free to contact Ms. Mika or Ms. Michalik.
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Note well:
review half a dozen or so literary works (novels & plays) of varied
types tragic, comic, satiric, realistic, for plot & character summary to
assure you have a stock of material ready for the day of the exam. Some
on-line sites have plot/character material for your review, good for
brush-up. Likewise, works you are currently studying might prove
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Notes below are not pertinent to
current school year.
May 10, 2007
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Please report to N-13 promptly by 8:10 a.m. Bring
no. 2 pencils. No exam will be
administered without full payment in advance. See Ms. Mika
immediately if you are unsure about payment received. Several
emails have gone out, along with a week and a half of P.A.
announcements from 4/17-4/27. |
| Please note: cell phones and other
electronic devices are not allowed in the testing room. If a
student uses a cell phone, pager, or PDA in the testing room OR DURING
A BREAK, the device will be confiscated and the student dismissed.
This is a College Board AP policy. |
A. P. English Exam
Informational Field Trip
Invitations have been sent
through advisers to SENIORS identified by English teachers (Feb. 1).
If interested, please return
the field trip slip by the deadline (the week of Feb. 6) and plan
to attend.
The Field Trip is being offered
TUESDAY, February 14, periods 1,2,3,& 4 (8:15 - 12:00) in room N-13.
You are asked to bring $5.00
cash to cover AP English materials that will be provided to you that
morning. These are yours to keep, including sample materials from
previous exams and strategies for addressing the questions.
You are not obligated to take
the exam if you do attend this field trip.
The literature exam itself is scheduled for
Thursday, May 4, 2006, in the morning. Further details will be made
available to you in February.
Further information will be
provided here in weeks ahead.
Advanced Placement English Exam information update
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The exam date is Thursday, May 4. More
specific directions for testing will be provided in April. P |
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The balance of $69 was due the week of April 4, just
after Easter break. Exams will be
administered only to those who have paid the full cost $82.00. |
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There is a website available for AP practice writing. Students may
submit papers for feedback to trained AP readers. The fee for this
service is $15. Of course your literary essays, past and present, for
your English teachers are valuable resources as well. |
Answers to some questions asked at previous field trips:
1.
What’s the penalty, if any, for guessing on the multiple choice?
The answer is included in the 2004-05 AP Bulletin you
received (polished cover), p. 7, “ . . .
random guessing . . . is unlikely to change your grade.”
2.
Is there a reduced fee available for bundling exams (taking more than
one or two)?
No reduction is available at this time. See p. 6 for
information about combined exams.
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NOTES
FROM PREVIOUS YEAR . . . these will be updated within the month of February
2006
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The
deadline for ordering the exam is March 13. A non-refundable
$13.00 deposit is due before or by this date. Please see Ms. Mika
with checks made out to
Mercy High
School.
Each exam you take will need its own check, for record-keeping purposes. |
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The balance
of $69 will be due April 10, just before Easter break. Again, bring
your check made out to Mercy High School to Ms. Mika. |
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The exam
date is Thursday, May 4. More information will follow on this. |
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There is a
website available for AP practice writing. Students may submit papers for
feedback to trained AP readers. The fee for this service is $15. Of
course your literary essays, past and present, for your English teachers
are valuable resources as well. |
Answers to some
questions you asked at our field trip last week:
1.
What’s the penalty, if any, for guessing on the multiple choice?
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The answer
is included in the 2003-04 AP Bulletin you received (polished cover), p.
8, upper l left corner: “ . . . random guessing .. . . is unlikely to
change your grade.” |
2. Is
there a reduced fee available for bundling exams (taking more than one or
two)?
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No reduction
is available at this time. See p. 6 for information about combined
exams. |
3. Is
there an “extended time” session for AP exams?
This is a question I’m still researching. More later.
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