<p>So just want to get a consensus on how hard CC'ers thought that test was and what the curve might potentially look like. Personally, I felt the knowledge retention question were fairly simplistic but the graph and overabundance of genetics was killer.</p>
<p>Difficulty</p>
<p>Very Easy:
Easy-Medium:
Medium:
Medium-Hard: 1
Very Hard:</p>
<p>Curve Prediction: -5/6 = 800</p>
<p>when you say curve prediction…are you counting with penalties or not?</p>
<p>Yes with penalties.</p>
<p>I don’t know what I’m comparing it to, but I’d say Medium</p>
<p>I don’t think the non-E/M questions were easy either. I personally thought E was really very specific.</p>
<p>^^isn’t the curve for bio usually -8 to -6 raw score? so(i forget if bio is 60 or 80 questions) a 54/74 should be good for an 800</p>
<p>Whoa do you guys really think the curve would be -5 or -6 for an 800? I mean that would be amazing but in both the PR book, the official cb book, and sparknotes, its pretty much -2 for an 800 is the max</p>
<p>^ that scares me lol</p>
<p>Yeah, at this point I’m at like 71/80 which translates to like 730 =[</p>
<p>ouch, its THAT harsh? i feel like it might change this year, because what meadow said about the graph questions is very true. i feel like 5-6 wold be fair for an 800, lets hope the nation effed up this test</p>
<p>Yeah it looks pretty harsh… -3 would be nice but i think -5/-6 is pushing it too far lol. i guess its better to set your mind on a harsh curve and be surprised if its lenient than hope for a lenient curve and be disappointed if its harsh lol</p>
<p>How many of you guys feel like you’re going to retake it in October at this point?</p>
<p>Compared to the practice tests I took I’d say medium-hard. A lot of the questions could have been interpreted to get two answers and the pth graph threw a LOT of people off. I’d say a raw score of around 75 is an 800.</p>
<p>Actually in another Official CB practice test from a couple years back which I thought was a lot similar to this test in terms of the graph question perhaps even easier, had a curve -7=800. The Barrons, Kaplans, and Sparknotes to me, were significanty easier, and much less confusing, and far more straightforward. So I don’t think my curve prediction is unreasonable. </p>
<p>I might retake or maybe cancel. I’m not sure at this point.</p>
<p>wait, are the E and M curves that different?</p>
<p>I’m a freshman in high school, and I haven’t taken any high level Bio courses, and took Molecular…
I hope the curve isn’t TOO harsh, those graphs were difficult. :(</p>
<p>Not much. What I heard was that a raw score of -3 is the worst you could do for an 800. But who knows what they do for the real exam.</p>
<p>I thought the test was pretty difficult… on a scale of 1-10 probably a 7 or 8. Definitely much harder than the practice tests available in the Barrons and Princeton Rev. books as well as the tests on Sparknotes. I took the M by the way, after seeing how specific the first couple of questions were on the E exam. I hope the curve is good… I’m already down to a 74/80 as far as I know!</p>
<p>You’re still in the 750+ range so nothing to worry about.</p>
<p>I really hope that the curve is lenient, it it’s -2 for an 800, there is no way I’m getting it =(</p>