To be honest, I guessed on 4 or so MC from Non-Calc MC, got one wrong in the Calc MC section, and then got #1,2,3,6 to a good extent and then messed up on 5 (kind of tricky) and then 4 ( i was totally lost but got some points for this) . What do you guys think I got the exam (out of 5), using that I probably got 33/45 MC and 37/54 FRQ (give or take a few points)?
@thebeastizhere If your predictions are accurate, I’m 90% sure that constitutes a 5
@thebeastizhere if u get anything but a 5, then you missed a lot more than you think you did.
My teacher told me a raw (or idk curved maybe) D+ to low C equivalent on this test gets you a 5?
It isn’t against the rules, the tests alternate #2 from polar to parametric, #6 is always taylor series, and they always have a table.
It’s what they release, and I’m not saying anything that’s against the pattern, and I don’t even know how to edit lol.
On last year’s test, a 53.33% netted you a 5. I wouldn’t worry if I were you guys; missing a few questions is perfectly fine. I am a sophomore and I just took the BC calc exam, I know I messed up on the non-calculator FRQ stuff but I am still confident I will get a 5. I am fairly certain I got a perfect score on everything calculator based, so that helps.
@Soccer1235 Yeah, but we aren’t allowed to talk about specifics of the question, like numbers involved, specific directions, and answers until the FRQs are released. And I agree. My teacher told us that 2011/2012-2015 followed this pattern:
- rate problem (something draining/filling)
- polar/parametrics
3-5 is basically free range, but one of them is heavily integral involved. - Taylor/McLaurin Series
That’s all I was saying, I was saying I missed 1,2, and 6
@MathsAre(Not)Fun that makes me feel a lot better about it
@thisisfine2020 yes, that’s what my teacher informed me as well. 66%-70% is generally the cutoff for a 5.
my teacher always told us throughout the year that if we scored higher than the national average on a particular frq, then we would get extra points on that frq. so say for example that the national average on that 5th frq was 3.78 for BC students (which seems probable considering its difficulty). if you scored a 4, you may actually get 5pts for that frq, or if you scored a 6, you may actually get 8pts. the better you perform over your peers the more weight your frq gets.
idk if others already knew that i just thought i’d share. BC students tend to average in the twos and threes on series frqs, and on AB frqs (there’s always three on BC test) BC students tend to average in the fives and sixes. although that 5th frq was AB, i doubt the BC average will be high at all.
my teacher always told us the national average for each past frq we did in class and they rarely extended above a six average so i think a lot of us here will get additional points if our peers had a slightly lackluster performance on the free response this time around
Overall thought the test was easy. The middle of the first mc took some time because I blanked out a bit but overall I think the test was pretty reasonable. Btw what was FR 5?
I’m with you guys. I thought MC no calculator was really tough and the MC with calculator was surprisingly easy. FRQs were about what I was expecting, except for all the algebra. Did anyone else find the algebraic simplification pretty nasty? I’m glad the exam focused on general calculus concepts though. Hoping for a 5!
Is there any consensus as to whether this exam was more difficult than the previous year exam?
Don’t you not have to simplify completely though? I left my answer for one of them un-simplified.
For a taylor series where it is not an obvious simplification you do not have to simplify it.
@MathsAre(Not)Fun How do you know a 53.33% was a 5 last year?
Anyone know when the frq questions are released?
Last year multiple choice score was (number correct)x1.2
This score was added to the number of points earned on free response.
Perfect score would’ve been 108, and 63 was required for a 5 (IN 2015 ONLY)
This very well might correspond to 53.33 % accuracy but I didn’t do the math to verify.
@misterstax Saturday at 5:00 pm.
This is a general question, so I’m assuming it’s ok to ask.
Will the graders usually dock points in the FRQ if you forget to put the differential in an integral?