****AP BIOLOGY - POST-exam discussion*****

<p>And there you go again. You are jeopardize your score being cancelled. This conversation is over, I am not discussing this and “thepotato”… I recommend you delete that post</p>

<p>Better safe then sorry!</p>

<p>I feel like a lot of my studying has gone to waste. All that stuff about **** and **** and **** is just kind of floating around in my head, waiting to be put to use :P</p>

<p>I left 4 blank, guessed on a few more- I know two guesses were right and one was wrong.</p>

<p>We hadn’t covered topic of #1 (b I think it was?) in depth, but luckily, what they asked for were the only two “things” I knew.
We didn’t even mention #4 topic at all in class, I was struggling to recall anything at all from freshman biology on that one. a lot of bs.
and number 3b I had to leave mostly blank. I couldn’t make any conclusion because it I didn’t know what would skew it like that.</p>

<p>oh well, it could have been much worse… and now it’s over! I’m feeling some funky postpartum depression thing going on here. like, “it’s really all done?”</p>

<p>For all those that have questions about it… write all your questions down on paper so you don’t forget them, and the come back here in 48 hours.</p>

<p>Or will everyone forget by then?</p>

<p>Maybe thats the whole point of the 48 hour thing HAHA</p>

<p>All I know was that last year in AP Euro I got a 3 without knowing anything about history.
So that must mean I MUST get a 5 in biology if I actually know what I’m talking about this time.</p>

<p>I agree with heylen’s first part (even though I think you gave out too much info :/)</p>

<p>Easier than i thought
MC-left 10 blank (hopefully I didn’t miss too many XD)
FRQ-anywhere from 21-24
I think I got a high 4/low 5
Hopefully low 5! But I’ll be okay with a 4, if brown’s okay with it then I’m okay with it lol XD</p>

<p>Not divulging into the questions, what score can I receive if I ****ed part c of one question, part c of another question, and the rest are perfect.</p>

<p>oh well, it could have been much worse… and now it’s over! I’m feeling some funky postpartum depression thing going on here. like, “it’s really all done?”</p>

<p>^ Same here. :p</p>

<p>Not divulging into the questions, what score can I receive if I ****ed part c of one question, part c of another question, and the rest are perfect.</p>

<p>^ You could still get a 5 depending on how well you did on your MC.</p>

<p>@indianjatt, easily a 5</p>

<p>worst case scenario; i got 20 wrong on the mc + 8 blank.
and then i knew all the essays except number 1, in which i knew part a, and mixed up stuff in parts b and c.</p>

<p>what score would that leave me with?</p>

<p>Each section is generally 4 of 12 points… even though 10 is the max. points you can get per question. SO if you only messed up on that one question if everything is as perfect ( score of 8 on those two that you messed up on) as you say it was (and perfect 10 on the other two question), then your raw score for the FRQ should be 54.</p>

<p>If I chose not to study this past weekend, I doubt it would have made a difference. Most of what I studied didn’t even show up.</p>

<p>MC - I thought was fair; 70+ is what I’m hoping/expecting
FRQ - Bombed most of it. Ugh - I should have read everything more carefully but as usual, I can never do it. There were bits here and there that I definitely knew and then for some questions - I was like “wth?” I made a lot of errors, which I will get into detail after the 48 hours. Lots of BSing though.</p>

<p>Hoping my MC is strong enough to make up for poor FRQ responses. Other than that, I’m DONE w/ this AP madness.</p>

<p>Next: Focus SAT II Bio</p>

<p>@coffeecup2945: First of all: You can only get a max of 10 points for each question.
Secondly: There is a limit on how many points each part (a, b ,c) of an answer is worth. You cannot get 10 points on any FRQ if you do not complete each part. Even if you earn 5 points in part a and 5 in part B, if you leave part C blank, you won’t get 10 points (because there wouldn’t ever be a case where two of three parts yield 10 points).</p>

<p>There is absolutely no possibility that he gets full credit on section II if he didn’t properly answer EVERY part of EVERY question. BTW, how did you come up with 54?</p>

<p>I only skipped two of the multiple choice, and felt pretty confident on the FRQ…though now I think I should have gone into more detail on all of them…Can’t wait to compare answers with CC in 48 hours! Now on to Latin.</p>

<p>Dude that AP calculator that whoever posted a page or two back is AWESOME! I have wanted something like that lol
I like playing around with scores to see what I might make haha
that’s a lifesaver : P
save from total shock in July hahahaha</p>

<p>I thought it was interesting how plants and cellular energetics didn’t come up AT ALL.</p>

<p>yeah not much about plants lol
I’m kinda glad though : P
I just wish there were more questions about cells, cell respiration, and photosynthesis haha
I knew the 3 or 4 that were on there though! haha</p>

<p>YAYYY finally done with my first AP test ever :smiley: </p>

<p>I think I did pretty good … on the MC I finished bubbling in question 100 RIGHT AS the proctor said stop haha. I thought he was going to give us a warning or something for 15 minutes left…
Skipped like … 10-15 probably. not sure, didn’t have time to count. :P</p>

<p>As for the free response, I think I did decent, except for the last part on number 1 and number 4 … number 4 I think i just totally crapped up lol.</p>

<p>@ SeekingUni, I know that you can only get a max of 10, and I even said “even though 10 is the max. points you can get per question”</p>

<p>Have you ever looked at a FRQ grading rubric? If you have you will see that normally, the ones with 3 parts per question have each part with 4 points max per part. That means you can technically earn 12 points (although its highly unlikely to happen), but 10 is the most they will award. It basically gives you more opportunities to earn points. </p>

<p>So Indianjatt said in two question he got 0 points in part c, meaning 4 points were lost. But apparently, everything else was perfect
so this is how it’s graded in his situation:</p>

<h1>1)</h1>

<p>part a) 4 points
part b) 4 points
part c) 0 points
Total points = 8 </p>

<h1>2)</h1>

<p>part a) 4 points
part b) 4 points
part c) 0 points
Total points = 8</p>

<h1>3) Perfect</h1>

<p>Total points = 10</p>

<h1>4)</h1>

<p>Total points = 10</p>

<p>Now to calculate RAW score you must multiply each questions total points by 1.5</p>

<h1>1) 8 * 1.5 = 12</h1>

<h1>2) 8 * 1.5 = 12</h1>

<h1>3) 10 * 1.5 = 15</h1>

<h1>4) 10 * 1.5 = 15</h1>

<p>Then add all those points together 12+ 12+ 15+ 15 = 54 RAW score
The raw score is the number that gets added to the Multiple choice question raw score, which is then added together to form a final composite score. The composite score is located within the range ranking with a corresponding score numbered from 1-5 that determines you AP score. </p>

<p>More info: <a href=“Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board”>Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board;

<p>By RAW score… I mean Weighted Section II Score</p>

<p>I’m so glad plants and cellular energetics didn’t come up… :slight_smile: I purposely skipped reviewing it because

  1. It was giving me a headache
  2. I had a feeling it wasn’t going to be on there! Boy did I get lucky</p>