<p>I only studied the FRQ's and chapter-by-chapter review we had in class. Besides that.. I worked through 20 FRQ's or so the night before the test and slept early. (the only AP I slept early for) I feel like I got owned on the MC. I had no time to check non-calc. on calc, there were derivatives and integrals i couldn't do (should figure those out for bc).. I didn't do one of the FRQ's. Everything else I think was right, besides the one in non-calc that ended with the section that asked you to evaluate the limit from the second part. I got the second part wrong by a little.. so.. >_>.. meh.</p>
<p>I thought the test was actually surprisingly easy compared to several example tests we took in class. I answered all the MC questions (with confidence) and the FRGs weren't too bad (although I have yet to receive my score, curse you CB).</p>
<p>I'm a slacker by nature and I pretty much cruised through the entire year since my teacher never checked homework. My grades were mid 80's, low 90's in class and my teacher thought I'd probably get either a high 3 or low 4 based on my final exam.</p>
<p>My college only gives credit for AP scores of 4 or 5 so I was praying for a 4...</p>
<p>You can imagine how surprised I was when I heard over the phone that I got a 5!!!!!</p>
<p>I thought I rocked the MC, but I felt like it was too easy so I thought I made silly errors. I thought I bombed the FR. I guess it all worked out in the end!</p>
<p>I actually thought the opposite, that the MC was super hard and the FR no problems, although I got all sorts of weird stuff on the differential equation one. But I was really worried about the MC, yet I got a 5. The curve must be super nice this year.</p>
<p>The MC was pretty easy, but I was really worried since I got like 6 B's in a row. The FRQs were really hard. I skipped about 3 sections, and I got the wrong answer for some of them... After getting 630 on the Math II subject test in May, I thought I was going to get a 3 or lower for sure.</p>
<p>But I ended up getting a 5 (yet I still struggle with limits!). (:</p>
<p>This year's Calc AB Exam was overall pretty easy. My teacher told us after the test that she thought it was a lot easier than last year and that the curve would be lower. I thought the multiple choice couldn't have been easier, but the free response was a bit difficult. My teacher prepared us very well with about 2 months of review and I got a 5.</p>
<p>^ Same here. Amazing teacher! We reviewed 1 or 2 month before the actual test. I didn't really study for this test, crammed for US History until 2 though.</p>
<p>I felt really good knowing that around 60% was a 5. I'm happy with my 5, want a 5 next year on BC though. The MC was okay, my class practiced a ton for the FRQ though, so I did well on that.</p>
<p>Oh, and I've always wondered, how can people cram for math the night before? I mean if you didn't get calculus all year, how are you suppose to see the light the night before the test?</p>
<p>so our calc class started with a robust 14 students. Bets were placed as to who would be the first to drop. Eventually that person dropped first. At semesters end we had another 3 students peter out. 2 weeks into the sedond semester saw 2 more students bow out, while at the same time gaining a transfer from another school. The final student to leave (as well as the final girl) left after getting caught shoplifting and getting expelled. Out of 8 students, only 3 had enough balls to actually take the exam. </p>
<p>I got a 2 on a practice test we took. I didnt know how to do differential equations very good. My teacher only graded homework on completion. I easily confused the Volume disk/shell methods with each other. I never learned how to properly use my TI83 calc program. My calcmate studies 3 hhrs the night before while i studied 20 min.i couldnt for the life of me get problems that asked you to find the slope of the cmposite of g of f of x and such and if h of f of x is f of g, etc.</p>
<p>I (by a miracle) got a 5. I didn't feel adequately prepared. I loved the MC. But, I figured I'd fell for a bunch of traps since it seemed so easy. FRQ was so-so...half-easy...half-hard...</p>
<p>lol @ HanSTAR
really just LOL.
well my experience is quite similar to everyone else's .
i was a junior, wasn't expecting to take calc this yr, had precal+stats planned out,but calc was in my schedule. i didn't back down, i stayed in the class.
first few days of calc was like greek T T
throughout the year i slacked off; i did portions of the hw my teacher assigned, most of the time i was lost. but i started to pick up the deeper concepts that others don't realize.
im really adept with my calc lol. i know the integrals,derivatives thing on my ti 83, but i never thought of getting a high grade.
till late march, our class started to prep, some frqs at a time. when i got home, i did collegeboard's past frqs, 12 frqs per yr, over an expand of 8 ? 7? years, i did almost 100ish frqs.
patterns emerged, i feel so confident with the frq.
then before the ap exam, we took a practice test, the MC was a breeze, frq(though i did all of them prior to the test) is not too hard too,even if i had never seen the questions before =p, i got a 5 on the practice
so a month of prep, im confident. i took the exam, MC was easy lol. frq, on other hand, was T T. it's slightly diff from the ones i studied in past frqs, i bombed the limit part, other than that,i did okay, some stupid mistakes along the way, but w/e lol
right after the test, i feel i got a high 4 or a low 5, meaning im on the brink of 4 and 5 lol.</p>
<p>score came in
Calculus AB 5
i laughed for 10 mins LOL.
im the only junior in my class(16ish students), so far im the only 5, there are like four 4's i know, some 3's. so proud =]
=]]]</p>
<p>on a side note: i never really understood how the shell's method thingy works, the revolution one. i never used the U-substitution,it's so unsmart.i used my own unique way lol.</p>
<p>The MCs were ridiculously easy. I answered all of the MCs with 5-10 min to spare. The FRQs, on the other hand, were REALLY HARD LOL. I didn't understand how to do the calculator portion until AFTER I finished the non-calculator portion. Fortunately I had enough time to finish the calculator portion DURING the non-calculator portion (yes, without the calculator)</p>
<p>Anyway I left the exam feeling not so happy about it, because my math work was all over the place and there were soo many scribbles that I can barely follow my work. Gosh, at that point I was hoping for at least a 4, but hey I end up getting a 5 LOL.</p>
<p>Update: I got a 5!!!
Sooooo happy!
But yeah, I thought it was rather easy comparatively.
Oh and LMAO that almost everyone on CC got a 5 on AP Calc AB.</p>