<p>It seems to me that the grading scale is very hard for Bio, yet 20% get 5's.</p>
<p>The 5 cutoff is at 118/150, right?</p>
<p>So I'm estimated I got an 83/100 on the MC and a 10, 10, 7, 6.
So that's .9(83-.25*17)+1.5(10+10+7+6) = 120, a 5. Right?</p>
<p>I think it's a lot lower than 118 - my cliffs book says 94-150 for a 5</p>
<p>yah, I think the cutoff for a 5 is lower than 118; also where did you hear 20% get 5s--where are you getting your stats?</p>
<p>it is usually 90-97 range to get a 5. SO basically if you get a 60 percent on the exam, you are bound to get a 5.</p>
<p>collegeboard.com has all the numbers for the percentages of people who earn each score</p>
<p>Wow, a 5 is SO EASY.</p>
<p>I was getting nervous because I thought I got around 120~.</p>
<p>bump bump bump</p>
<p>Flippy, why do you multiple the essays by 1.5?</p>
<p>i heard its only out of 135 points now instead of 150..i don't think that makes sense though....</p>
<p>I heard a full 10 is really hard to get?</p>
<p>hey it seems like everyone though the ap bio exam thought it was easy but found themselves to get at least 5-10 (minimum) on the multiple choice wrong and many confused the a + B species as well so i think the curve will be nice maybe i hope so>>>>>>>>></p>
<p>does anybody have the scale from Cliff Notes? It doesn't say multiple by 1.5...the essays that is.</p>
<p>MC = 60%
Essays = 40%</p>
<p>So if the MC is 90, then the essays must be 60.
90/150 = 60%.</p>
<p>I don't know about the new scale though. If it's 135, then then the MC has to be multiplied by like .86 while the essays are multiplied by 1.2 or something.</p>
<p>2002's released scoring guide is 91/150= 5</p>
<p>Ok...straight out of cliffsnotes, here's what it says:
MC:
# questions right=____
# wrong*1/4=____
Total=____</p>
<p>FR:
Add the score of 1-10 for each=____</p>
<p>for the final score:
MC score<em>.75 + FR Score</em>1.5 = Combined score</p>
<p>For the number score:
94-150 is a 5; 73-93:4; 54-72:3; 34-53:2; anything below is a 1</p>
<p>How many pages did you write on average for each FR question?</p>
<p>so how do u compute the new score with 100 questions??
HEEEEELP :D</p>
<p>hmmm ap-bio did yall think it was easier than expected or something.. b/c the realeased exam from college board was alot harder.</p>
<p>i saw today in the 5 Steps to a 5 AP book (the one with like 11 different tests) the new conversions: MC raw score multiplied by .907 plus essay composite multiplied by 1.5. i think the lowest 5 was around a 94...verification?</p>
<p>how about the highest raw score youve heard to get a 5?</p>
<p>i still beleive it was 150</p>
<p>i mean like out of 150, you need say 95 points to get a 5, but since this varies, what's the highest you guys have heard...like over a 100 or 97 or something?</p>