<p>I really didn't think the APCS A FRQ wasn't bad or who knows maybe i messed up incredibly on all of them. The MC was just daunting because i hate reading code for this and that.</p>
<p>lol same here karch, self studied and skipped all the marine bio stuff :[</p>
<p>I'm taking AP CS A on the late date.
Will the exam be harder, or similar difficulty?
if it's harder, will the curve be better?
I wont get the same exam as people who take it today right?</p>
<p>I took the A test. I thought the MC and the FRQ were both pretty easy. FRQ Q#1 stumped me for a bit but if you thought about it, it was pretty easy. I had to totally skip the MBCS because my teacher didnt cover it</p>
<p>self studied 30 minutes last night and 30 min before the test this morning
most of the MC were pretty simple, and the FRQ too
even though i had plenty of time to spare i only managed to think of 2 of the MC ones and write some dummy code for one of the FRQ ones.
ah well, anyone know what the curve is if i get 80% ish on MC and 70% on FRQ?</p>
<p>Yeah, after part I...top o the world....after part II...not so much...I'll elaborate in 2 days.</p>
<p>Wow, the AB test was a lot harder than I thought. The MC was definitely harder than the 2004 released MC exam. >_>; Plus, some of the Fish questions (which are usually easy for me) got me stumped.</p>
<p>The FRQ was deeeefinitely ridiculous. :( I'm hoping I passed lol</p>
<p>how many MC do u usually need to get right, and how many in the FR to get a 5 on the AB? a 4?</p>
<p>Well, the splits I gave were 24/29....although I'm feeling a 37/18 for myself, lol.</p>
<p>24/40? 29/40? huh...?</p>
<p>lol sorry</p>
<p>24 on the MC (uncurved) and a 29 on the FR (uncurved) for a definite 5...although I think I got a 35+ and...20-...lol.</p>
<p>conclusion: the AB was insanely hard?</p>
<p>The highest you can get on the FRQ is a 36...</p>
<p>24 raw score or 24 right? and how many points is the FR out of?</p>
<p>oh my bad, it's a 24 raw score, and the FR is out of 36, and I'm guessing I got slightly over half the number of points for FR and nearly 100% of the points for MC so I should be in with a low 5.</p>
<p>20- means I think the BEST I got was a 20, the worst being a 16 lol.</p>
<p>Does anyone know how similar it was to the relased test?</p>
<p>id say this was some heller hard FR...the multiple choice was about the same, so I'd put a floor for a 5 at about 67.</p>
<p>I'm not sure exactly how I feel about the test. Personally, I thought the multiple choice section was fairly easy. That being said, I did run out of time and left 3 answers blank. The free response wasn't the worst, but it wasn't exactly easy either. I know one of them I absolutely screwed up but the other 3 I'm feeling pretty good about. I got a 5 on the APCS A test last year so I'm hoping for at least a 4 on this one as to not feel stupid.</p>
<p>I feel so stupid ...</p>
<p>Took the A exam. MC was ok, nothing easy or hard. FRQ killed me. I've always been incredibly slow at those, and today was the worst case yet T<em>T ... the last FRQ, I started on part B (after making up stuff for A) and realized I had like 5 seconds left, and drew a big smiley face in the middle of the page ... ></em>></p>
<p>AB test was hard. I would not call it insane. I think I 5'd it even without a curve after doing some mental math after the test. In two days maybe I can help you guys understand what you were supposed to do.</p>
<p>Edit:
Maybe a little number crunching will help you guys feel better about the test.
This is all freely available information just so I don't get in trouble talking about it.</p>
<p>They get your MC score by this equation:
((__<strong><em>)-(</em></strong>_ / 4))*1.3157=__________
# right # wrong Score 1</p>
<p>Do not round this number.</p>
<p>Next you have the free response.
(FRQ 1 + FRQ 2 + FRQ 3 + FRQ 4) * 1.3889 = _________
Score 2</p>
<p>Total Score = Score 1 + Score 2</p>
<h2>AP Grade | Composite Score Range</h2>
<p>5 |68-100
4 |56-67
3 |44-55
2 |35-43
1 |0-34</p>
<p>So lets say you got 25 MC answered and 5 wrong. (This has nothing to do with score BTW)
20-(5/4)=18.75
18.75*1.3157=24.669375
So if you wanted a 5, subtract 68-24.669375
Now, there is 4 multiple choice sections so:
43.330625/4=10.83265625
now, divide by the weight of 1.3889.
10.83265625/1.3889=7.799450104 average from each FRQ.
So 8 8 8 7 out of 9 on each section.</p>
<p>Pretty much as long as you knew what you were doing each section, you should be fine.</p>