<p>Anybody think they know the range this year? My teacher said that 2 years ago you only needed like a 65 to get a 5 and that was an easy test compared to this one.</p>
<p>the range does not change more than 2-3 points usually.</p>
<p>um if i got a 65, i would be completely shocked... the free response were completely ridiculous. and if i cared, i would have done much better... but that test was merely a formality to get out of taking a final.</p>
<p>i would love to be shocked (in a good way) by my test scores though.</p>
<p>but havent the scores necessary to get a 5 changed like over 20 points over the past 15 or so years?</p>
<p>yeah, but it's been constant over the past 6/8 years.</p>
<p>The last released cut scores were in 2003, so I'm not sure how exactly your teacher would know what the cut scores were two years ago.</p>
<p>Reposting from an earlier thread on this topic:
"Here are the cut scores for the six most recent full exams for which the data has been released. Keep in mind that a philosophical change from computational calculus to conceptual calculus occurred for the 1998 exam.</p>
<p>1985 AP AB exam
84 to 108 = 5
68 to 83 = 4
49 to 67 = 3
34 to 48 = 2
0 to 33 = 1</p>
<p>1988 AP AB exam
83 to 108 = 5
68 to 82 = 4
48 to 67 = 3
32 to 47 = 2
0 to 31 = 1</p>
<p>1993 AP AB exam
67 to 108 = 5
53 to 66 = 4
36 to 52 = 3
24 to 35 = 2
0 to 23 = 1</p>
<p>1997 AP AB exam
72 to 108 = 5
56 to 71 = 4
39 to 55 = 3
25 to 38 = 2
0 to 24 = 1</p>
<p>1998 AP AB exam
74 to 108 = 5
57 to 73 = 4
39 to 56 = 3
24 to 38 = 2
0 to 23 = 1</p>
<p>2003 AP AB exam
66 to 108 = 5
47 to 65 = 4
29 to 46 = 3
16 to 28 = 2
0 to 15 = 1</p>
<p>It's been generally agreed upon that the 2003 cut-scores were considered "low", meaning that most people think the marks for a 5 were too easy, despite the fact that less than 20% of the nation earned them at the time."</p>
<p>I wouldn't doubt a score of 65 has a decent chance of ending up at a 5, but I would be tremendously shocked to hear that it dropped lower than 60.</p>