AP Bio exam: How is it scaled? How many points for a 5?

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<p>wow im actually having second thoughts now lol...maybe it was 84 for the lowest 5, not 94...ahhhhh !!</p>

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<p>tkd, then how could one possibly get 150 with that?</p>

<p>100<em>.75 = 75
1.5</em>40 = 60
Which = 135 total.</p>

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<p>wait so whats a 3 for the new one?</p>

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<p>it's 100<em>.9 + 1.5</em>40= 150</p>

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<p>alright, what do you think range for a 5 will be?</p>

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<p>From the looks of it, probably about 95 to 150.</p>

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<p>So I can miss 20 MC and get 50% on FR to still obtain a 5?</p>

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<p>Is there no official consensus?</p>

<p>From REA practice book:</p>

<p>MC= Right-Wrong*.25____
Then, multiply by .9.</p>

<p>As for the essays, they are out of 60 with 15 pts for each essay.</p>

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<p>well its 10 pts for each essay, then multiplied by 1.5</p>

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<p>why is it that you guys thought that the Bio exam was so easy....I felt it was the hardest exam I have ever taken. Though I self-studied for the course, I didn't know that it was going to be THAT hard.</p>

<p>What is the curve based on? What was the scoring scale from last year, the year before?</p>

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<p>i wrote like 2 pages for each one, three for the beetle one, it seemed like grading that one will be pretty subjective. Anyone have anyidea what the rubric wil look like?</p>

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<p>say i attempted 86, got 43 missed 43 got about 18 altogether on the 4 essays, is that a 3???</p>

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<p>why do you guys relate the curve to over 150 UR JUST CONFUSING EVERYONE! Gah.. there are sooo many threads about this!! people want to know the curve out of 100 MC and i think 10 or 15 for each for the FRQ so 140 in total. So dont bother giving curves from the old tests...</p>

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<p>yeah...the beetle one about one was quite subjective. For 2010 I predicted a population boom and bust because I thought it would reach its carrying capacity and go over slightly. My friend predicted it would stay around the carrying capacity</p>

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<p>what is the highest cutoff for a 3 that anyone has seen?</p>

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The only cutoffs that anyone has seen are for the released exams, one every four years. If a cutoff is low, it means the test is hard. People tend to get fewer questions right on a harder test. This year's cutoff will not be made public, only the number of 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1's. Only a handfull of people will ever know what this year's cutoff is, and they're not talking.</p>

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<p>well the question is still answerable, just treat the released exams as an sample and make an educated guess.</p>