<p>I have 2 formulas.... one is the cliffs and the other is the one where you multiply by 0.7563... which is the real one?</p>
<p>What do each say a 5 is?</p>
<p>5 for cliffs is 61-100 and for other tests its 84-150.</p>
<p>wait, so college board hasnt released official calculations for finding out your score?</p>
<p>technically no… so someone please enlighten me.</p>
<p>The curve differs each year. For example, with the 2008 released exam, the score calculator has you multiply by 0.9nnn where n are numbers that I don’t remember.</p>
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Actually they have. My teacher gave us the 2002 released exam, and the curve for a 5 was 91/150. I think the curve is somewhere around 60%, give or take.</p>
<p>[Here’s</a> a link to the 2002 scoring worksheet](<a href=“Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board”>Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board)</p>
<p>^ why does it say number correct out of 119? I thought there were only 100 questions…</p>
<p>The exam used to be out of 120 questions, but they changed it recently to only 100 questions. You can just cross multiply, if you want to get a rough estimate of how it would translate out of 100 questions</p>
<p>@Olleger: ^ Only after the 2004 exam.</p>
<p>@Harambee: Do you have the scoring worksheet for other released exams, such as the 1999 and 1990 exams?</p>
<p>That would be helpful. :)</p>
<p>No, unfortunately that’s the only released sheet I’ve been able to find. Don’t worry too much about it though, AP Bio has a fairly generous curve and if you’ve studied for it, you should be able to pull out a 5.</p>
<p>Yeah, after taking two released exams and getting 60+ on the MC (without even covering the animal systems or reproduction yet), I’m feeling pretty confident; they were much easier than I anticipated. The 2008 curve was kinda high, so I’m hoping that is a trend that continues into the 2010 exam. :p</p>
<p>60+ correct on MC??? or like 60 composite score? and what are you doing; multiplying by .6 or .7563? Im getting destroyed by cliffs, the questions seem SOOOO much more indepth than the actual ap released tests. and can it be expected to see some of these questions from the released tests to be on the actual test? im getting 5s on cliffs but thats cuz i do well on the FR since they happen to be easy topics i know lol…</p>
<p>AP Bio is difficult, an E is usually still in the 5 range. The average is about 85/180 from what I hear, so a huge curve.</p>
<p>bump to seeking uni?</p>
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<p>I’m only counting my raw score for the MC section. On the 2008 released exam, for example, I got 68 right and 20 wrong, so my raw score came out to be 63. According to the 2008 scoring guide, you multiply by 0.9something to get your MC section score (which in my case turns out to be 57). This means to get a 5, I’d need to earn approximately 15+ points on the FRQ section out of 40 possible (since 70+ is essentially a 5).</p>
<p>^ lol no way. That’s too easy to get a 5</p>
<p>lookin for the released 2008. NOT THE AUDIT</p>
<p>It really is that easy, olleger. ESPECIALLY with the 2008 exam, since its curve was very high compared to past years. If this year’s curve is as high, it’ll be even easier.</p>
<p>According to this thread - <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/ap-tests-preparation/700107-consolidated-list-ap-exam-curves.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/ap-tests-preparation/700107-consolidated-list-ap-exam-curves.html</a> - an 80/120 will probably yield a 5. Scaled down to 100 possible points, it’s only 66.6667 raw MC points needed to be on your way to a 5. I had 63 points. </p>
<p>I just took the '94 released exam and my raw score is hardly different than it was for the last exam: 64. So basically, if I can get at least half of the possible points for section II, then I’ll be pretty good to go. :)</p>
<p>It really is easier than you think.</p>