r/APResearch

I took seminar this year and am hoping to research something along the lines of traditions vs indie publishing in books and how the rise of ai is contributing to a rise of plagiarism but idk yet

hey guys I’m a newly finished ap researcher and I’m really paranoid about my paper. Last year for AP Seminar I got my paper flagged for fabrication and falsification of information and it potentially not being my own original work. I never ended up replying to the email out of anxiety and others telling me it wasn’t worth it to appeal even if I was innocent, so I ended up taking the L and getting a 3.

This year, I’ve worked really hard to make sure my paper stays on the straight and narrow, and my teacher required us to submit drafts throughout the school year for ai checks and plagiarism checks, and all came out with a * symbol on turnitin, indicating that I had 20% or less AI found in my paper. However I am still chronically anxious about anything getting flagged, and obsessively ran it through every single checker I could find.

All my results varied, but usually I tended to get pretty OK scores. I’m still so paranoid though, because this is the last AP class I need to pass in order to get a really important scholarship in my state, and accepting a 0 for my paper isn’t an option like it was for AP Seminar (paper is 75% of my grade)

Is there anybody out here (students or admin) that could possibly give my paper a look and let me know their thoughts about possible AI flagging? I have a rather distinct writing style (use of transition words) and my paper isn’t exactly the best academically. I’ve gone through a lot this year with family passing, but I did try my best to keep up in this course. I’m really hoping to get by at least with a 3 (smart redditors please don’t shame me) and get my scholarship.

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title! i want to know what grade my paper will get (1-5) based off of collegeboard's official rubric. my pod was bad and my paper was lowkey rushed, so if i can't get at least a 3 i might cancel my score

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NcVV2AkdH1C23ylu3k_vZj0Xugptqxws/view?usp=sharing

Would love to receive some insight on where my paper stands on the AP scale now that we are done with the class. For context, my research was a bit technical focused, and my POD went really well so I think I definitely got a strong score on that!

Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TJFrBExOOA-MjJDzuWO5Ej3nXEhO1glV/view?usp=drivesdk

Thank you!!

the paper is done and final but i was just curious to see what it would score according to the college board standards.

my POD was mid i got mostly half to full points on it i think

paper: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hmuPozdFW44QB-qRQj4PTdrvGvKl6p7a/view?usp=sharing

Im planning on taking AP Research next year to get the capstone diploma since I already finish AP Seminar and im wondering what is it about as well as how different it is to AP Seminar and how will it go. If you could provide some tips you used to help find your research question and how you did your study that would be extremely helpful. Accepting all advice that I can get!

I’m trying to get an academic advisor to start my AP Research project early for next year. I’ve been trying to contact professors from some ivy league schools that I’d be interested in going to for some time, but I have gotten no responses from anyone. What is a good way to get a response from someone?