<p>S1 will be taking the AP Physics exam on Monday. He's a 9th grader, and I am not familiar with these tests. I'd like to tell him what to expect. Is this a test where it is necessary to get most of the questions right to get a good score? Do most kids have time to finish it?</p>
<p>NYMomof2, if you look under SAT and Test prep, there is a separate forum for AP Test prep. I guarantee you that there is a Physics discussion going on. :)</p>
<p>In general with the AP exams you can get a surprising number of the multiple choice questions wrong and still get a good score. Or so my kids tell me, I've never bothered to look myself. They took the practice tests not me.</p>
<p>^^I don't think the AP Physics Exam was multiple choice (or at least it wasn't 10 years ago.) I don't think it's hard to finish if you know what you're doing. There is a smaller number of longer problems, so there really isn't a time crunch.</p>
<p>~65 Multiple Choice questions.
~7 Free Response questions.</p>
<p>According to my S, formulas are not given for the multiple choice but are provided for the Free Response.</p>
<p>My son took the AP Physics exam at the end of the 9th grade as well. We were hoping he would get a 3, but he managed a 4 instead. On the practice test, he only scored about 50% of the available points. Later, I found that getting 2/3 of the available points is usually a 5 on the AP Physics exam.</p>
<p>Wait are we talking Physics C or Physics B here?</p>
<p>Physics C has a far more generous grading curve.</p>
<p>I know that for the SAT subject test in physics , you can miss about a 1/4 or the questions and still do very well. Since the precise curriculum in physics can vary a good deal, I believe that the testers assume kids will be unfamiliar with at least some of the material on the test. I suspect it is similar for the APs.</p>
<p>Thank you all for the information. I'm not sure which test he is taking - I imagine it's the easier one, but I'll tell him that it is possible to get good score with many wrong answers.</p>