<p>I think the Calculus BC 2003 is MUCH easier than the test I took today!
So will the curve change?</p>
<p>could anyone tell me what my score might come out to be? I think i did very well on the multiple choice sections, but I ran out of time for the free response questions. I skipped about 4 sections (not whole problems, but things like (5a), (5b) etc... can i still get a 4?</p>
<p>I actually didn't know other schools had AB before BC. I thought that was sort of...stupid though because BC doesn't really cover that much more than AB. BC must have been really easy if you took AB before....</p>
<p>I agree. I always thought that it was either AB or BC--not AB then BC. I took BC right after pre-calc and AP Stats.</p>
<p>Anyhow, I hope the curve didn't change because I didn't find it as easy as some people are making it out to be. It was definitely better than expected, but I left 9 MC blank and left one of the FRQ parts completely blank. And No, I am not 100% sure about the ones I DID answer.</p>
<p>does anyone know how lenient the graders are for te frq</p>
<p>like for the pond one for c and d
i accidently took scubed instead of s squared and multiplied (h-3)s squared instead of (h-3)s
will they take full off for that</p>
<p>I took AP Calculus AB junior year. It's all of Calculus I.
Then in my senior year I took AP Calculus BC, which was all of Calc II.</p>
<p>But like I said before, the BC exam was a lot of AB material. And if you get a 5 on it, you get out of Calc I and Calc II (a full year of college).</p>
<p>Does anyone know the diff between the Q form and the R form? Which one was harder?</p>
<p>They were the same, just in different order.</p>
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Anyone store and want to share some random decimals on their calculator from earlier today. The policy says we can't discuss QUESTIONS...nothing about just throwing out numbers that could be misconstrued as answers.**
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<p>I wouldn't play that game. Just saying. :)</p>
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<p>does anyone know how lenient the graders are for te frq</p>
<p>like for the pond one for c and d
i accidently took scubed instead of s squared and multiplied (h-3)s squared instead of (h-3)s
will they take full off for that
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<p>I probably wouldn't even have included this much info until the 48 hour moratorium on discussions for FRQ's.</p>
<p>That being said, you're guaranteed to lose 1 point for those offenses. Whether you will lose more or not will depend largely on how much those questions are worth and how much you trivialized the question in the process.</p>
<p>For instance, when you're solving separable differential equations, and you're working with an equation where you end up with a ln |something| or (something)^2, the solution process will end up with you eventually having to decide whether a positive solution exists or a negative one does, based on your initial condition. If you have (something)^3, then you have effectively trivialized the problem, and may be ineligible for future points.</p>
<p>On the other hand, if you're doing sign analysis with (some quadratic) = (some constant) vs. (some cubic) = (some constant), then they'll usually read with you unless the reader senses that your adjustment was malicious and intended to simplify the problem (i.e. I don't know how to solve x^3 - x - 2 = 0, but I do know how to solve x^2 - x - 2 = 0 by factoring, so let's see... oops, I wrote x^2, and keep going... <em>whistles innocently, hoping no one noticed</em>)</p>
<p>Could any one please answer my questions? No one answered them yet! Thank you SO much.</p>
<p>The questions were:
Can someone please predict my score?
I am so WORRIED.... I thought the previous tests are way easier than this one! I am screwed!
noncalmc: skipped 5 assume I get 4 wrong
calcmc: skipped none assume I get 3 wrong</p>
<p>noncalcfrq: 9/9,6/9,5/9
calcfrq: 4-6/9, 9/9,5/9</p>
<p>Why the free response are so hard this year?
I think the Calculus BC 2003 is MUCH easier than the test I took today!
So will the curve change?</p>
<p>I am so sorry for the new post!</p>
<p>@eternaljoy</p>
<p>dude, you're FINE; if you do the "math" your predictions turn out to being 77/108 or 71%, that's a 5, easy. I too thought that the 2003 test was pretty easy, especially compared to yesterday's...I think the curve will be similar with a 64-68/108 being a 5 :)</p>
<p>How can I get access to the multiple choice questions from previous years? If I purchase from AP central, do then send it online or mail it? I'm in Canada so that could be a problem with time running out! Can anyone send me the MC questions? My school does not offer the course so I'm self-studying & will be the only one taking the Physics C exam.</p>
<p>^PM this guys he'll hep you out I promise, he helped me out :)
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/members/rchris173.html%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/members/rchris173.html</a></p>
<p>Thanks, I'll try to reach him. Hopefully, he'll get back to me by tomorrow.</p>
<p>I'm too lazy to read through this entire thread, but did anybody else think that the shaded area in FRQ #1 looked like a duck?? It was adorable. I added some feathers and a beak.</p>
<p>HAHA! I'm assuming you had a lot of fun taking the test. =)</p>
<p>That's... that's ingenious. I can't believe I missed that. I see it now though, el oh el :D</p>
<p>Unless they increase the curve by a lot, there's really not much to worry about.</p>
<p>Take my performance:
Skipped 6 on the combined mc (calc and non-calc)
Pretty good on the FRQ</p>
<p>For a super-conservative guess that I missed 9 in addition to the 6 I already skipped, take (45-6)=39 (39-9)=30 (30-(9*.25))=27.75 Multiply this by the 1.2 scalar, that gives you 33.3, of which to get a 70, that would require a 36.7 on the FRQ, which is averaging a little over 6 per question. Judging by the curve in '03 and such (it probably won't hit 70, more likely in the 64-68 range), and the fact that 40%+ get a 5, just relax.</p>
<p>And yes, the duck observation is quite fantastic</p>
<p>Whatever.</p>
<p>I thought it was ROCK-SOLID calculus since it will show that your hard work really pays off!</p>
<p>I thought it was kind of hard… Although I’m pretty sure we had different forms because I didn’t have one about a pond. Our Taylor polynomial frq was okay for a and b but for c none of us could even figure out what it was asking.</p>