<p>For you who took chem this year, do u guys think the curve was really low? like 50-60% above to get a 5, cuz i thought i did really bad and i got a 5 somehow o.O
Also, are the curves so lenient for all the other tests? like calc and us history, etc.</p>
<p>same here it must have been a great curve for chem</p>
<p>the curves depend year to year...</p>
<p>i haven't received my scores yet, but i took ap chem. this year, and everyone in my class felt doomed (partly b/c the teacher sucked), but your post just made me feels lots better... the whole class was just praying for a 3</p>
<p>oh btw, how did you find out the curves?</p>
<p>well, i had taken the released exams for chem and i looked at the score needed for a 5 and it was around 90/150 for a 5 if i remember correctly. </p>
<p>rspn, hey man, dont worry, im sure u did great.i remember coming out of the classroom thinking that i missed at least one part of every single free response which i still think i did. i thought i was gonna get a 3 for sure.</p>
<p>can you find it for calc ab and english (lang. and comp.) by chance?</p>
<p>rspn 70 - In the practice tests I took for AP Lang the cutoff for a 5 was around 108, 109/150. Last year I believe it was 110/150. It is safe to presume it is about the same this year.</p>
<p>curve is usually around 100/150</p>
<p>2002: 107/160.</p>
<p>Thought question: If you barely get a 5 on an AP Exam (60-70%), should you really move on to the next course? (Along the same lines, if a 3 is a 35% and a 4 is a 50%, isn't that, er, failing?)</p>
<p>well he might have actually done very well, but came out feeling like he did terribly. it happens a lot.</p>
<p>I also took the AP chem test this year, but I haven't received my scores yet... or I don't think :P When are these released? Thanks and sorry if that's a stupid question!</p>
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<p>I've never understood that. I mean, if you look at your performance analytically (not like "OH NO! I'm doomed, I missed 5 out of the 75 questions of the multiple choice and I didn't know a half of an entire FRQ"), you should be able to get a pretty good estimate of your composite score and should know exactly what you got unless you estimate your composite to be borderline. I mean, most of the FR answers are solved when questions are released and the AP scoring method remains relatively constant.</p>
<p>To KRabble: scores are sent to you this week and next week. If you don't get them by the end of next week, call AP Services.</p>
<p>Hecatonchires, that may be true with you, but some people are always unsure of themselves, and always seeking reassurance. It may have something to do with a lack of confidence, but that's just the way some people are. I know I feel like that sometimes.</p>
<p>no, the lowest it's been (that I've heard of) is 99 out of 160 to get a 5, and that was '94 or something. The score for 5s usually hovers around 100-110. The 1999 test required takers to get 100/160 whereas on the 2002 test, takers needed 107/160.</p>
<p>Am I the only poster on CC who did worse on AP Chem then originally thought??? I was expecting a 5 and I got a 4!!!! NOOOOOOO...maybe my FR grader was smoking weed at that time. :)</p>
<p>tanonev - yes the percentage may be failing, but they take a long time settingup a scoring scale that is accurate... i can only assume that that is why different scales accept different scores... for a more average college, a 3 on everything would be equivalent to the amount of knowledge they would expect you to learn, while an ivy would expect you to learn a lot more and thus would only accept a 5... that is just my opinion, i'm not trying to start an argument or anything</p>
<p>The thing is, my mom (a lecturer at Cal Poly Pomona, certainly not Ivy level) has seen many people with 4s and even 5s on Calc AB do really poorly in the next Calc class in the series. Actually, on average, 4s do worse than people with no AP credit. 5s do better only after failing the first couple of assignments, possibly the first midterm as well.</p>
<p>well even if that is not ivy level, that is certainly a good school... so that's where i think that school should change their policy to only accept 5's for math... at many schools near where i live (ga) they accept 3's, and the students are fine in the next level... and i also think that if you get in a 3 in a history exam or something else completely unrelated to your major than you should take the credit... my point was that i would hope that schools would set their credit policy so that if you receive credit that should mean that you would be able to do well in the next level class, so at some schools that may be a 3, while others only a 5 or no credit at all... i just don't look at it as percentage on the test sort of thing</p>
<p>Tanonev, since your mother is a lecturer at Calpoly, would you have tuition waved if you chose to attend that university? If so that would be an incredible savings and you would still have the opportunity to attend an incredible school (well, maybe not MIT, but you know)</p>
<p>The only reason I am asking is my friend's dad is a researcher at MIT lincoln labs and said if he got into MIT, he could go for free. That would be insanely cool</p>