<p>I heard that for AP Biology, one cannot get a 5 on AP Biology if he/she scores a 0 on any of his four FRQs, even if his total composite score is well above the needed score for a 5. Is that true? More importantly, is this true for any other AP Exams as well? </p>
<p>Note: This isn't a scenario where the math forces you to get a 4 if you score a 0. You can still get a composite score in the 5 range after getting a 0 on an FRQ for Biology.</p>
<p>I haven’t ever heard of this, but I doubt they would knock your 5 to a 4 because you had no idea what you were doing on 1 prompt.</p>
<p>NO WAY!</p>
<p>my senior friend drew a cow with a bubble that said “yay mad cow disease” instead of answering one of the frqs and ended up with a 5. D:</p>
<p>I hope your right…more so for AP Calc BC haha but yeah, both biology teachers in my school said this was true.</p>
<p>You can get a 5 in AP Bio if you have a high enough MC score (90+ i think). You only need a 60% ish to get a 5.</p>
<p>That’s BS. You can technically get 0’s on all your FR and get a 5 if you perfectly ace the MC exam.</p>
<p>That is definitely bs.</p>
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<p>Depends on the curve. In past years, the curve has varied from ~60%-67% so getting 60% might not necessarily be enough for a 5.</p>
<p>Notice how I mentioned that I said it was still mathematically possible to earn a 5 with your composite/raw score with a 0 on an FRQ. According to our teachers, the Collegeboard’s logic is that if you can’t squeeze one point out of one entire topic, you don’t deserve a 5 and they automatically (no matter how high your composite) dock you down from a 5. </p>
<p>However, I’m still leaning toward the position on this thread and that that isn’t true.</p>
<p>Unless your teachers are CB graders, you have no reason to believe them. Remember, the multiple choice is graded by a computer, and the free response by seperate graders. None of the graders have any idea what the other one did.</p>
<p>I would assume that each grader enters your score into a system or something and then the computer calculates your grade. In other words, I agree with everyone else in this thread.</p>
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“my senior friend drew a cow with a bubble that said “yay mad cow disease” instead of answering one of the frqs and ended up with a 5.”</p>
<p>Haha that’s hilarious. Today I wrote “I (heart) Biology so plz give me a 5 :)” on one of the prompts. Dunno if that’ll help much or not tho lol</p>
<p>Today I drew my phylogeny tree in the shape of a *****. I hope the grader is a man with a sense of humor.</p>
<p>I drew a spliceosome with a happy face. :)</p>
<p>thats such a teacher thing to say haha. Word of advice, don’t trust your teachers unless theyre the absolute best ever, and trust a curve of numbers.</p>
<p>I wonder what kind of things people have drawn in place of the FRQ’s that the reader’s see, i bet that would be pretty funny
Someone should start a thread</p>
<p>trust me. thats a myth. i wrote about how i should get a five anyways since i know all the other stuff on a specific frq i didnt know. and i got a five. so dont worry about it.</p>