AP Concentration Advice
Concentration Caution List
In 2007, over 30,000 AP portfolios were graded in one week. After viewing hundreds of portfolios, it is easy to spot recurring themes. Below is a list of very popular subjects for concentration. There is not a taboo on the following subjects, but a warning that they have been done OVER and OVER. It would be easier to find a new topic rather than find a completely new way to address these tired, overused concentrations. Be creative: think of something specific and unique. If you must use the following ideas, find an exceptional, distinctive approach to them.
PROCEED WITH CAUTION ON THE FOLLOWING TOPICS:
- portraits of emotions
- people who shape me
- nature
- memories
- shocking viewers with bizarre
- surrealism
- faces
- flowers
- eyes
- family and friends
- reflective gears
- illustration of inner thoughts
- moments I was happy
- self portraits
- music
- everyday life objects
- goddess/myth
- "different cultures"
- guitars
- reflections
- "ideas of beauty"
- dance
EXCEELLENT CONCENTRATIONS WERE DONE ON THE FOLLOWING TOPICS:
- a cross country meet
- construction
- road trip across the United States
- rear view mirrors
- glamorized 1940s jewelry
- barriers
- bras
- members of my family through portraits of their feet
- old fashioned circus
- porches in my neighborhood
- fashion and heavy machinery in rural Vermont
- smaller than normal size