AP Bio - Cutoffs for 5?

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<p>Can someone tell me how badly you can do on MC and still get a 5? And other scenarios? Thanks!</p>

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<p>whoaaaaaa!
you looking for the 5;
don't think about "how badly you can do . . ."
focus on what you know and shore up as much as you can on weaknesses instead of posting today ot tomorrow.
think about going for 150 pts - as many points as you can.
if i were to show you the cutoff for a 5 is 25% you might fall into a trap and aim for 25%. bad.
there are 150 pts up for grabs - get greedy!</p>

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<p>The score range for biology and chem is usually 60% = 5. Like what the poster above said, aim for higher score.</p>

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<p>Where's that one thread where it had the scoring guidelines for about every AP exam?</p>

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<p>Nevermind. Found it.</p>

<p>AP Bio:</p>

<p>MC Raw Score= Number Right - (Number Wrong x 0.25)
There are 40 points possible in the Combined Essay Score
Composite Score= (MC Raw Score x 0.75) + (Combined Essay Score x 1.5)
Compare your composite score with the ranges below:
5: 82-126
4: 63-81
3: 47-62
2: 29-46
1: 0-28</p>

<p>I hope that that's right..</p>

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<p>that doesn't look right because 100<em>.75 + 40</em>1.5 = 75+60 = 135 and not 126</p>

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<p>yeah i agree intellec, does sum1 wanna figure out the new range lol? it can't be off by that much i don't think</p>

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<p>multiple choice out of 90 (raw score / possible raw score * 90)
4 essays out of 15 each = 60</p>

<p>93 is a 5...</p>

<p>This is what we were given in class...</p>

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<p>On Cliffs...</p>

<p>Raw score from MC x 0.6 = 60 pts max
Each essay = 10 pts max. 4 essays = 40 pts max</p>

<p>61 - 100 = 5
47 - 60 = 4
39 - 46 = 3
30 - 38 = 2
0 - 29 = 1</p>

<p>So the curve is extremely good. If you somehow get 100% on the MC and just get 1 pt out of possible 40 pts on the essays, you will be at the cutoff for a 5.</p>

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<p>thanks guys for this</p>

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<p>awesome... i'm feeling confident.</p>

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<p>i'm not... we didn't cover half the stuff.</p>

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<p>I'm probably more screwed than all of you. I've got PhysicsB, my class covered about 1/2 to 3/4 of the topic, and I haven't read the book the whole year...</p>

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<p>we didn't either, but the cliffnotes ap review really helps. besides, the test is designed so you don't have to know everything and still pass.</p>

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<p>gblob. i'm self-studying physics... haven't started yet.
and my bio class hasn't covered half the topics yet.
:D</p>

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<p>^good luck then!</p>

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<p>haha you too :)
we need it :'(</p>