Things got a little weird on this year’s AP Euro exam — and Mickey Mouse might have been involved?
High school students know that a good way to get a boost on college credits — or a leg up in the competitive college admissions process — is to sign up for Advanced Placement courses. But at the end of the year, that means taking AP tests, and scoring a 4 or 5 isn’t easy. Especially for all of the students who took this year’s AP European History exam.
Though this year’s AP Language students scored an opportunity to troll President Trump, there were no softballs for AP Euro. Instead, test takers had to answer questions about pseudoscience, the Glorious Revolution, and, uh, Mickey Mouse?
when you spend 3 months on the french revolution and get a question about Mickey Mouse #apeuro pic.twitter.com/6nbcoMa4Uv
— marianna (@marithememe) May 12, 2017
Students all across the country took to Twitter to air their complaints (and post some fire memes).
We totally get it. Okay, so we can’t remember taking any history tests that actually asked us about specific Disney characters. But we’ve all sat down for an exam only to face questions we could’ve never even imagined. Like this one.
When the test asks you to explain how Newton was a magician #APEuro pic.twitter.com/q8LzQz75mL
— Linette Ray (@linetterayy) May 12, 2017
According to Twitter, there were two different test booklets — Booklet O and Booklet M — and both came with their own unique challenges.
https://twitter.com/udfredirect/status/863159113689288705
When the #APeuro exam doesn't have a single question about the French Revolution, Napoleon, or the Protestant Reformation pic.twitter.com/fDWsetgpAk
— LD (@dannetta_07) May 12, 2017
https://twitter.com/udfredirect/status/863433483275948032
College board: We are going to test u on everything u didn't study for. Also, here's a question on how Newton liked pseudoscience #APEuro
— moni (@monicoolzzz) May 12, 2017
me: *spent an entire semester on renaissance, middle ages, french rev, ww1&2, russia*
college board: isaac newton went to hogwarts #apeuro— caroline 🙂 (@carolineslater_) May 12, 2017
https://twitter.com/udfredirect/status/863128644226560000
When they tell you that 2×2 is six but you don't want to get lost in Siberia again for 20 years #apEuro #APEuropean #APEuroExam pic.twitter.com/m2nG9HZIH4
— Tony Fuentes (@King_tonyyyy) May 12, 2017
Some Twitter users weighed in on the general test-taking experience.
And they did it using their AP Euro knowledge. Shouldn’t they pass just for that?
Me entering the #apeuro exam vs leaving pic.twitter.com/LHXeGjuc0j
— Luis Robles (@robles_luis4) May 12, 2017
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At least this student has a fool-proof studying strategy.
When people are complaining about how what they studied wasn't on the test, but u didn't study #apeuro pic.twitter.com/ZeXrFYPI3d
— Ben Garside (@bgarside29) May 12, 2017
You can check out everyone’s tweets in the #APEuro hashtag.
College Board: don't discuss exam material
everyone:#APEuro pic.twitter.com/QctAETbYp2— kel ☭ (@kelltweetss) May 13, 2017
We just hope everybody gets to keep their scores after chatting about the test — unless it was really as bad as they say. If that’s the case, some of these students probably feel just fine about cancelling their scores.
