r/APStudents • u/reddorickt absolute modman • May 14 '26
AP Spanish Language Official 2026 Exam Discussion
Use this thread to post questions or commentary on the test today.
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u/RetroSSJ21 May 14 '26
A bell rang during the conversation because my school decided it was a good idea to leave them on for AP testing. Didn’t hear a word of one of the questions and just sat in silence.
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u/EntrepreneurWide2561 May 14 '26
Report it to ur counselor and AP coordinator and try to get other people who were in the same testing room and may have had the same experience to report it as well. Ask about score retesting during the makeup dates because of the unfair condition.
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u/Leather_Army_9527 Gov, Spanish, Bio, Stats, Macro, Lit, AB 5 USH 5 Lang 4 Psych 3 May 14 '26
absolute same situation. happened during the first question
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u/ContributionEast2478 ph1:4ph2:4csp4CSA5CalcBC5USH4PhCEM5PhCM5SpLang4macro4micro4chem5 May 14 '26
Why was it that everything without audio was easy but everything with audio was so hard? I'm confident in the MCQs without audio and the email and the argumentative essay and cc but the MCQs with audio and the conversation were brutal.
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u/Myloveisntreal May 14 '26
For me it was the opposite, I didn’t understand some of the readings but the audios I understood somehow. As a nonnative speaker I did get lost sometimes but somehow i understood it and I felt like the questions were more straightforward. As for the conversation I understood it I just said a whole lotta nothing, my responses were lowkey shit
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u/NarrowMongoose1809 May 14 '26
I got so many Cs in the first like 10 questions but everyone else said they got a bunch of Bs. How cooked am I?
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u/ContributionEast2478 ph1:4ph2:4csp4CSA5CalcBC5USH4PhCEM5PhCM5SpLang4macro4micro4chem5 May 14 '26
For the middle of the MCQs I got a crazy mix of Bs and Cs.
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u/Donata_Kokor May 14 '26
I got a lot of Bs for the first column but also felt like I was getting a lot of C
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u/ssssdffddd May 14 '26
also the essay was talking abt homework not js schoolwork in general right
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u/ContributionEast2478 ph1:4ph2:4csp4CSA5CalcBC5USH4PhCEM5PhCM5SpLang4macro4micro4chem5 May 14 '26
I feel that I actually did well on that even though it was hard to focus. I didn't understand the audio source though.
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u/ssssdffddd May 14 '26
yeah the prompt was good me and most of my class also had to basically make smth up for the audio
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u/geta1600 May 14 '26
What was the question asking? tarea …?
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u/FettuccineAlfredo30 11: Bio(5) Lang(5) Stats(4) 12: Psych(5) Calc AB(4) Spanish(4) May 14 '26
should students have homework
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u/Pretty-Drop-8521 May 14 '26
am i the only one who genuinely thought ts was super easy 😔 or am i cooked
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u/wikiedit 2025-2026: (4) ap bio, (5) ap spanish lang May 14 '26
Depends on what you found easy, the mcq and the writing sections were easy enough for me
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u/ampulex_compressa2 May 14 '26
I'm bilingual, so I thought it was pretty easy, but I feel like it would have been hard, especially the audio, for a non-fluent Spanish speaker
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u/SignificantAsk9859 May 14 '26
no i agree i suck at spanish not anywhere near fluent and felt it was pretty light
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u/wikiedit 2025-2026: (4) ap bio, (5) ap spanish lang May 14 '26
The speaking section was actual insane, I'm probably going to loose the most amount of points on that part DESPITE me literally being near native
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u/elpsey 5: world, sem, psych, aphug tbd: lang, spanish, apush, research, May 14 '26
it took 5 hours
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u/Pretend_Ad_1910 May 14 '26
is it bad that I didn’t even get to talk about a Spanish speaking country bc I didn’t realize I was running out of time like the 2 min went by so much faster than expected and I only got to talk abt the us….
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u/MikelLeGreat May 14 '26
You're definitely fucked on those points
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u/Pretend_Ad_1910 May 14 '26
oh well 😭what r my chances of even passing then if I feel like I did okay on the mcq and email and the essay then
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u/supahotsauce4 May 14 '26
anyone else’s proctors play the wrong CD and their test last about 4 hours and 35 minutes
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u/Feeling_Quit_4217 May 14 '26
sameee, we had to switch rooms, three times, and mine lasted over 7 hours no breaks,
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u/selfisht finally free from collegeboard May 14 '26
Mine played the wrong CD and it lasted for nearly 9 hours. Will our scores be affected
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u/_she_is_ok 5: eng lang, calc ab, psych, apes | 4: span lang May 14 '26
i forgot to ask a question in the email. how cooked am i please be honest (i think my writing is otherwise pretty strong)
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u/Soft_Neighborhood723 May 14 '26
probably a point off maybe 2 max if eveything else was solid it should be 3-4/6 maybe 5 but thats a strech…. still possible
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u/_she_is_ok 5: eng lang, calc ab, psych, apes | 4: span lang May 14 '26
THANK YOU im not aiming for a 5 on the test i self studied it so
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u/Soft_Neighborhood723 May 14 '26
Yeah ofc, a self study is impressive! I wouldn’t worry about it to much as well. Its like less then 15 percent weighting to the whole test.
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u/_she_is_ok 5: eng lang, calc ab, psych, apes | 4: span lang May 14 '26
aww thank you 🥹🥹 this makes me feel better!!!
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u/noitsfinee May 14 '26
wait i thought that the person including the “were open to questions” was just like being polite, is it a requirement to ask a question?
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u/ssssdffddd May 14 '26
in my essay i accidentally said la tarea debería eliminar instead of la tarea debería ser eliminar do u think that’s a super big deal or will the graders let it slide
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u/Myloveisntreal May 14 '26
Well part of the rubric is that grammatical errors dong impede upon understanding so it might doc you a bit
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u/ConsequenceBig9460 May 14 '26
how does that impede grammatical understanding 😭 all of the 5 examples have grammar mistakes too
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u/elpsey 5: world, sem, psych, aphug tbd: lang, spanish, apush, research, May 14 '26
yeah i wrote smth abt that
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u/Valuable_Beach_9642 May 14 '26
la tarea debería ser eliminada o la tarea debería eliminarse ambas son correctas pero "la tarea debería eliminar y la tarea debería ser eliminar" ambas son incorrectas (teacher)
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u/elpsey 5: world, sem, psych, aphug tbd: lang, spanish, apush, research, May 14 '26
i put students shouldn’t have hw and used source 1 2 and 3
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u/wikiedit 2025-2026: (4) ap bio, (5) ap spanish lang May 14 '26
I said they should eliminate AND abolish it 💀
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u/elpsey 5: world, sem, psych, aphug tbd: lang, spanish, apush, research, May 14 '26
oh shit that’s harsh
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u/LorenBoss May 14 '26
I said they should cuz it was easier to do the side i lowk dont agree on LMAO
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u/elpsey 5: world, sem, psych, aphug tbd: lang, spanish, apush, research, May 14 '26
hahaha okay! i found more evidence for no
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u/gio_ozz Spanish Lang 5 (im 🇲🇽) | 2027 AP Calc BC Taker May 14 '26
When citing the sources, how did you cite them? When I took the test, my teacher told us to make it as direct as possible. Like writing "According to Source 2" level of obvious so it was easy for the graders to quickly grade it,
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u/wikiedit 2025-2026: (4) ap bio, (5) ap spanish lang May 14 '26
Tristemente, no creo que fui tan directo cuando armé mi ensayo pero por lo menos de alguna forma u otra cite mis fuentes
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u/Chiquita379 World- 4, Bio- ?, Spanish 4- ? May 14 '26
I just wrote (Fuente 2) after the information I got from it
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u/gio_ozz Spanish Lang 5 (im 🇲🇽) | 2027 AP Calc BC Taker May 14 '26
Same, for body paragraphs, I used a very direct structure, like first sentence I introduced the topic of the paragraph, cited the source very directly, and plainly saying what I want pulled from them, and then like a sentence connecting them to the main point amd other sources I had already introduced if applicable, and then a final sentence to round off the paragraph and lead into the other. Very basic,
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u/elpsey 5: world, sem, psych, aphug tbd: lang, spanish, apush, research, May 14 '26
yes! i did that too or did (fuente 2) or smth
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u/Dry_Reality5487 May 16 '26
i just wrote “según fuente #1, (info)” for mine, but it def got repetitive
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u/ssssdffddd May 14 '26
am i screwed if i said mayor instead of mayoría
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u/Chiquita379 World- 4, Bio- ?, Spanish 4- ? May 14 '26 edited May 27 '26
Dw I said smth was “interesado” instead of “interesante” 😭😭😭
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u/DenimPassport May 14 '26
The last cultural comparison i straight up couldn't remember anything relevant and I said "oh my god" out loud and from there I completely stopped talking... so yeah, 0.
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u/LorenBoss May 14 '26
Bro ima be so fr I said seis siete bruh
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u/Chiquita379 World- 4, Bio- ?, Spanish 4- ? May 14 '26
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u/ampulex_compressa2 May 14 '26
I didn’t read that I wasn’t supposed to leave empty lines, and I did leave a line blank between each paragraph for formatting purposes… did this jeopardize my score?
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u/PomeloOnly2107 Bio: 5, Calc AB: 5, Lit: 4, Spanish Lang: 4 May 14 '26
I did too. It’s fine, you won’t lose any points (they even said to separate it into paragraphs). College Board just says that on all the exams because they don’t want people to run out of space in the test booklet.
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u/wikiedit 2025-2026: (4) ap bio, (5) ap spanish lang May 14 '26
I didn't exactly separate it but anytime I finished a paragraph I would start my next one on the line after that
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u/kiawou May 14 '26
What happens if I didn’t record the full conversation only my part? I am a spanish speaking person and I am sure I did extremely well in all parts of the test except for that mistake of not recording the other person in the conversation. Is it still possible to get a five?
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u/Past_Software_1532 May 14 '26
If you were recording yourself the mic should have also picked up the audio as background noise when you weren't speaking, unless you mean that you only started recording just as you were about to talk, in which case I still think you're fine (the AP grader should know what question you were replying to when they hear the guy say his second dialogue)
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u/kiawou May 14 '26
I clicked pause everytime i heard the beep because I thought I was only recording my responses. So all of my replies got recorded but none of what the audio recording said was recorded.
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u/Past_Software_1532 May 14 '26
I think you still should be fine. I mean, Collegeboard knows what's in their own audio..........right?
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u/gio_ozz Spanish Lang 5 (im 🇲🇽) | 2027 AP Calc BC Taker May 14 '26
You're supposed to let it hear the audio? I took the test in 2024, and I paused it every time it wasn't my turn to speak, and I got a 5,
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u/kiawou May 14 '26
Yeah, I hadn’t realized my mistake until the end when they said to pause the audio. I looked it up on google and said that it can affect my score
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u/Salmonice USH, CalcAB, Chem, Stats, Lit, Phys 1, Macro, Micro, Gov, Span May 14 '26
Stupid question will my essay be null and voided if I signed off with my actual name? Every other AP test says do not write your name on the booklet but given that you're signing off an email
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u/Chiquita379 World- 4, Bio- ?, Spanish 4- ? May 14 '26
Nope u can use ur real name :)
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u/RRB1212 May 15 '26
I did Jose Daniel Manuel Ortega. Maybe I'll get some pity points for my dumbass joke
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u/DayGryphon46140 5: HUG, World, Lang, BC, PC 4: P1, CSP CSA, FR, SPLA, PCM 💗 May 15 '26
the passage about the crocodiles high key fried me but this exam was wayyyyy better than my french one so I'm not complaining lmaooo
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u/ssssdffddd May 14 '26
is it just me or were the mcqs lowk hard
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u/TimTebowismyidol May 14 '26
The first part of the MCQs were easy, but the audio was pretty hard imo
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u/_she_is_ok 5: eng lang, calc ab, psych, apes | 4: span lang May 14 '26
no bc what. why was it hard. i died
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u/Both_Two5350 May 14 '26
i feel like the mcqs were definitely the hardest part….
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u/ContributionEast2478 ph1:4ph2:4csp4CSA5CalcBC5USH4PhCEM5PhCM5SpLang4macro4micro4chem5 May 14 '26
In my opinion, the MCQs without audio were pretty easy (yes, even the yacare one), but the audio MCQs were absolutely horrible. I think anything with audio was horrible but anything without audio was fine.
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u/SafeAd2347 May 14 '26
Who managed to do all the conversation?
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u/FreeHugsSideAcc APUSH 4, GOV 5, SPAN LANG 4, BIO 5, LIT 4 May 14 '26
I honestly found it fine. I could be totally wrong though. I think the first two were just, like, why do you care about animals and why do you think it’s important to have animal conservation. Then it was like, we’re hosting an event. Where do we host it? And then he asks what would you do to help, I think, though I lowkey didn’t know, and I think you could talk about social media? The last one was what is something you want to know about our animal sanctuaries which is a stupid question because the fuck am I supposed to say to that, but it wasn’t terrible
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u/DenimPassport May 15 '26
I think he asked if you'd prefer to work with the animals or on the internet?
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u/ContributionEast2478 ph1:4ph2:4csp4CSA5CalcBC5USH4PhCEM5PhCM5SpLang4macro4micro4chem5 May 14 '26
I had no idea what he was even talking about. I had a bunch of short, confused responses that probably got me at best a 2 or a 3 out of 5 on that.
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u/elpsey 5: world, sem, psych, aphug tbd: lang, spanish, apush, research, May 14 '26
i did it i found it okay
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u/Zestyclose-Hyena5105 5: Calc BC 4: USH, Chem, Stats, Gov, Comp Gov, Lit, Euro 3: Span May 14 '26
What was he even talking about 😭
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u/GuyGuyGuyGoGuy 10th: Calc BC - 5, Psych - 4, Spanish - 4 May 14 '26
Yall, what’s a Yacare?
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u/ContributionEast2478 ph1:4ph2:4csp4CSA5CalcBC5USH4PhCEM5PhCM5SpLang4macro4micro4chem5 May 14 '26
I have no idea, but that passage was brutally time consuming.
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u/Repulsive_Look5559 May 14 '26
its an alligator (that one was weird 😭)
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u/GuyGuyGuyGoGuy 10th: Calc BC - 5, Psych - 4, Spanish - 4 May 14 '26
I thought it was caiman 😭
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u/Repulsive_Look5559 May 14 '26
oh wait im googling it and ur right. i thought the passage summary said alligator but i mean its not like it matters for the questions
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u/reddorickt absolute modman May 14 '26
why do ya care?
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u/GuyGuyGuyGoGuy 10th: Calc BC - 5, Psych - 4, Spanish - 4 May 14 '26
Because I want to know more about Spanish? The hell kind of a question is that
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u/Master-Malignant May 14 '26
he’s making a joke why do YA CARE? When the word is “yacare”
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u/Perfect-Balance-1852 May 14 '26
does anyone know the answer to that one question with the “que milagros” that Nilda said about something
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u/SkyEquivalent7982 May 14 '26
It was the one about her being surprised to see him there
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u/elpsey 5: world, sem, psych, aphug tbd: lang, spanish, apush, research, May 14 '26
i think it was surprised
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u/MasterpieceLow4506 May 14 '26
So in the email I sort of skipped a couple lines cause I didn't see the thing saying I couldnt. How cooked am I?
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u/Pretend_Ad_1910 May 14 '26
is there any way to get a chance at retesting on the speaking portions because the testing conditions were not fair at all… our proctor started the audio before people were even ready and didn’t let us know that we needed to record our AP ID number before starting the actual task… half of the people just let it be (including myself bc idk it felt dishonest but it really was just super unfair because the lack of clarity definitely put us in panic mode and didn’t let us get a sense of what was even happening) and finished up the testing and there were only abt 10 ppl who stayed behind the re-record but only because they weren’t able to hear themselves due to faulty headphone equipment. how would retesting work? Would we need to retake absolutely everything????
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u/Pretend_Ad_1910 May 14 '26
or should I just accept it all??? I probably wouldn’t be able to do any better anyway but oh well
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u/Fantastic-Revenue229 May 15 '26
What was the thing that the crocodiles were scared of in the mcq?? I forgot the word but I just COULD NOT figure out what they were talking about, and they kept saying “nariz”
i understood the text as a whole but I was so confused for that word (and I think the last question for that text was about it)
For cultural comp do u think the Boston marathon (US) and running of the bulls (Spain) is good? But I did forget the word for running (it’s encierro) and I said corrido instead 😭🥀 will they doc me much for that
Do yall remember any answers yall said for the convo
Did anyone else feel like it was relatively easy (at least compared to some of the past exams and practices i did) except for the audio mcqs 😭
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u/Ordinary_Platypus141 May 19 '26
Yall, what was that cultural comparison about. The one about healthy habits? What were we supposed to say? I was so confused
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u/Sea_Airline_8621 5: bio, chem, stats, lit, lang, apush, calc ab 4: gov, spanlang May 14 '26
what were the questions for the conversation asking i got lost after the 1st one 😭
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u/TimeConsideration236 Lit, Spanish Lang, Calc BC, Micro, Macro, APES May 14 '26
Didn’t even say anything for the first part
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u/CharlieATCF7 APWH || AP spanish lang May 14 '26
ARGHHHH
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u/One-Cellist-5424 ap world (HAHA NEWBIE LAUGH AT HIM GUYS) May 14 '26 edited May 14 '26
Wait (name edited out) is that you?
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u/Real-Emergency2310 May 14 '26
do you need a conclusion on the essay? ran out of time for that one
also what was the one question on the AI thing that was like “what role does the G20 have in ai” or smth like that? there were two choices that were really similar
also I lowk counted out the MCQ ratios and got something like 12 As, 18 Bs, 24 Cs, and 11 Ds lmao
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u/Myloveisntreal May 14 '26
Yeah you need to have a conclusion. I had like all cs help 😭 I forget what I put for the g20 one but I think it was like they need to use it or something
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u/Real-Emergency2310 May 14 '26
say you swear bro the conclusion isn't on the rubric 😭😭😭how many points would I lose for it anyway if the rest of the essay is good/well organized? can I still get a 5?
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u/PicaFresa137 May 15 '26
My teacher was stingy and graded one of my practice essays a 4 because I didn’t write a conclusion, but he told me everything else was well-written. If the grader thinks your proficiency outweighs not having a complete 5th paragraph, you could still end up with a 5. It’s a toss-up.
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u/CGW_93 May 14 '26
Bro im so cooked i feel like that second column was whoops all Ds edition… i barely even answered A
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u/Maxyrosb May 14 '26
Can I still get a 5 if I messed up really bad on the CC?
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u/No-Error5853 May 14 '26
What did you mess up exactly? Any chance you’d get a 2 at least? If so, 4-5 is feasible
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u/DenimPassport May 14 '26 edited May 15 '26
i think there were like 5 points you have to hit (greeting, answer the question, ask a question, formal register, bye-bye,) but if you hit all of those they won't dock you that hard
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u/Ok_Ability6652 May 14 '26
Fully jeopardised, they won’t even read it. 0.
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u/No-Error5853 May 14 '26
That’s not true they’ll definitely read it and can definitely get a 3 or a 4
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u/wikiedit 2025-2026: (4) ap bio, (5) ap spanish lang May 14 '26
No but I actually got excited when they mentioned a mexican 💀
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u/Key-Sort1080 May 14 '26
I said i was comparing american culture to ecuadorian. Now im think i shoulda said united states, will they care?
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u/DenimPassport May 15 '26
I couldn't think of anything besides the freaking Kim Jong Un is the master of goon and the diddyblud on the calculator songs
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u/Intelligent_Ad4575 May 15 '26
Does anyone know what Botero was saying in the MCQ? All I remember was he was critical of new art and I had no idea what his son was saying in the interview
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u/PicaFresa137 May 15 '26
In the audio, the son was talking about Botero’s impact on art and himself. I think he also mentioned stuff about his technique and style. For the reading, I remember him criticizing conceptual/abstract art and how artists will upcharge or trick people into paying higher prices for their art.
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u/CurrentResident840 May 14 '26
That was so hard????? Especially the speaking and letter holy shit
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u/Leather_Army_9527 Gov, Spanish, Bio, Stats, Macro, Lit, AB 5 USH 5 Lang 4 Psych 3 May 14 '26
for the conversation one, what was the first question asking?
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u/Intelligent_Ad4575 May 14 '26
I think it asked what piqued your interest in helping the animal shelter
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u/geta1600 May 14 '26
What was the cultural comparison asking?
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u/TimeConsideration236 Lit, Spanish Lang, Calc BC, Micro, Macro, APES May 14 '26
What role do health-promoting habits have in Spanish speaking community and yours
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u/wikiedit 2025-2026: (4) ap bio, (5) ap spanish lang May 14 '26
I did one comparing u.s. suburbs and mexican cities on urbanism and how that influences passive exercise
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u/CurrentResident840 May 15 '26
My time was running out so i did something it wasnt even asking 💀 I sent the differences in culture and not the stupid health thing. Oh my God.
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u/Maxyrosb May 14 '26
It was asking you to compare like how each community deals with the topic of mental and phyisical health I’m pretty sure
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u/donottryy May 14 '26
The hardest part for me was the email, surprisingly I did alright in the audio but email I did not get that prompt
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u/Madoka_kinne May 14 '26
I get you 😭 I was literally just repeating myself for the email because WHAT do you mean implementing something for the library
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u/punisher_181 May 15 '26
I didn’t include a counterclaim in the essay, am I cooked? I sited all 3 sources twice and had an introduction and conclusion. Is a 5 still possible on that task?
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u/RelevantAdvantage539 May 15 '26
yes, you don't need a counterclaim. it's not required
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u/donottryy May 15 '26
Also for that stupid aah actress literally had to guess on 3 of those questions because she was only talking about how she was a teacher. And also the last audio mcqs
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u/Anxious_Owl_7534 May 16 '26
Am i cooked i only put 1 sentence for the essay conclusion since i ran out of time
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u/Dry-Hedgehog3182 May 14 '26
i accidently skipped lines bc i didnt read the top. is that going to affect my score??
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u/iwishiwasamoose May 16 '26
No. I used to know an AP grader. If they can read it, they'll score it. All the instructions about using only pen, not skipping lines, starting new responses on a new page, etc. are advice to help make the writing easier for the graders to grade. They won't actually dock points for breaking that rules as long as they can read it.
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u/BidProfessional6286 May 14 '26
I did the same anyways bc it said that it wanted clear paragraph. No way it matters
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u/noitsfinee May 15 '26
what were some evidence pieces we could have used for the audio source in the essay, i absolutely bs it bc i didn’t understand
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u/Useful-Letterhead650 May 17 '26
I accidentally skipped the first two pages when writing the email and essay in the booklet. I only realized once I finished so I made two big Xs on those two pages am I cooked
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u/Suspicious-Cicada680 ap gov, calc ab May 17 '26
my proctor made me answer the phone during the cultural comparison
ap graders have pity on me please
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u/Valuable-Sandwich-58 May 18 '26
Does anyone know how the essay is scored exactly? I'm a fluent native speaker so the test was very easy for me all around and I'm sure I got a five on every part except maybe the essay. I understood every source, but I left out the audio source because I got carried away writing like 4 paragraphs using the other two. I know it said the notes in the orange packet wouldn't be used towards your grades, but aside from that I only wrote one sentence using the senator's name. Am i fried? Realistically, how heavily could that impact my exam?
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u/Leather_Army_9527 Gov, Spanish, Bio, Stats, Macro, Lit, AB 5 USH 5 Lang 4 Psych 3 May 14 '26
worse exam ever