AP Calculus AB Exam curve question

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<p>So, on friday, my teacher told us about the scoring system for this exam.</p>

<p>He said to get a 5 you need to get 76 Points.</p>

<p>But I've been following this guideline for all 4 of the practice tests:</p>

<p>~70-108 = 5
~55-69 = 4
~40-54 = 3
~25-39 = 2
0-24 = 1</p>

<p>All four practice tests, my scores were in the range of 65-75, which one point below what I need to get to get a 5, according to my teacher.</p>

<p>I getting scared now, being this close to a 5 and getting a 4 would **** me off.</p>

<p>Which guideline should I follow: the 76 or 70?</p>

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<p>The curve in 2003 was 66-108 for a 5, so I'd be more apt to say 70.</p>

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<p>The number varies from year-to-year. I've been advising my students to shoot for 75 to play it safe, so that when they miss a multiple choice question due to stupidity and didn't answer a free response question as well as they thought they did, they still end up closer to 70, which probably should be a 5 more often than not.</p>

<p>As long as your practice scores have generally been improving, you'll probably be fine. That being said, it probably wouldn't hurt to brush up on a couple of topics that are easy to brush up on and that you're making some simple mistakes on.</p>

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<p>whats the calc bc curve?</p>

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<p>From the data I've seen, ~65 out of 108.</p>

<p>edit: That's for a 5. For a 4, I believe you need 50% or so, and a 3 came out to be.. 33%? See <a href="http://www.skylit.com/calculus/Ch1-AboutExam.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.skylit.com/calculus/Ch1-AboutExam.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>are you serious? Those scores are really high… Ugh I thought I’d get at least four…</p>

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<p>Remember that everything has changed because you now can guess with no penalty added for wrong answers. Because of this, the curves are going to go up, so you can’t really use any old curves to judge your score. Don’t worry about it though; i’m sure you did just fine.</p>