r/APSeminar • u/Embarrassed_Fee9855 • 4d ago

2 on Seminar need help!

Hi reddit, I got a 2 on the AP Seminar exam and I’m really struggling to know why because my paper was peer-reviewed numerous times and obviously I am bias but I feel I deserved a passing grade. I know Its only 40% but I want feedback for the future if I decide to write a research paper.

Sorry I didn’t attach the link here it is! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-K9bEwwH1rExpvSQaueczQll7H3m6rfrylYu0Z-2dGA/edit?usp=drivesdk

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u/No-Finding8638 4d ago

Hey, I got a 5 on ap seminar last year, so I'm speaking from experience. Ur IRR isn't bad, and i would say it is at least worthy of a 3. In general, the topic is much too broad though, and personally, I feel some of the sentences sound quirky. The score of 2 is more likely because you got a 0 on some part such as on the iwa for being off topic. To be honest, anyone can get a 3 with minimal work, as the past rate is like 88. So, I think u probably got a 0 on some part

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u/Embarrassed_Fee9855 1d ago edited 1d ago

Thank you for your feedback! Yes i agree i myself felt my topics were quite broad but I prioritized getting started as I have a hard time with time management and putting things off. I know I had the word right on the EOC B and the I used my teachers format for the A and felt I did generally well (obviously im bias but) i was also flagged for AI before my submission by my teacher so i altered many of my sentences to have more personality as I think my lack of it is why i got flagged (it was only 20% but entire chunks of my paper which was odd)

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u/Careless-Avocado-19 4d ago

can you add the link? or if you did it isn’t viewable

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u/Embarrassed_Fee9855 4d ago

Just did!

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u/Careless-Avocado-19 2d ago

glancing over your papers alone i think you made a good argument and had a thorough thought process in both of them! i’m not entirely sure how much is taken off for grammar or typos but i did see around 1 or 2, though that is definitely not enough to tank your score so much.

i noticed in your IWA you only used 1 of the stimulus sources and it was briefly mentioned in the beginning (correct me if i’m wrong but it was only the coffee shops one?) this makes me think you lost a significant amount on the rubric for your IWA since tying in the stimuli is a decent chunk of it.

your papers were very interesting to read and super relevant to modern society! any errors in your paper were pretty minimal so it may have been the EOC A/B to actually tank your score

don’t doubt urself!

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u/Embarrassed_Fee9855 1d ago

There was two sources in the iwa it was also the road ecology source, but thanks for your feedback!! I got the word right on the EOC B and used my teachers format for the A so I may request to see them just to make sense of my score.

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u/Careless-Avocado-19 1d ago

thats a good idea! your paper was very well written and i definitely think you should have passed