<p>I thought that the BC topics composed the BC grade, and the AB subscore was independent of the BC score, but I've heard from other sources that the BC exam score was a combination of both the AB and BC topics. Which is more accurate?</p>
<p>BTW, I took the BC exam under the assumption that the BC score was based on purely the BC topics, so I started with those and ran out of time on some of the easy AB free responses.. needless to say, I got a 5 on the BC exam but a 4 subscore. Oh well, no big deal.</p>
<p>The BC grade is comprised of a combination of both the AB and the BC topics.</p>
<p>Thank god it's composed of both AB and BC..</p>
<p>....on the first part of the MC I skipped nearly all of the pure BC questions and did the easier AB ones. I got a 5 with a 5 subscore, but if it's wasn't a combination, I think it would've been more like 3, subscore 5</p>
<p>WHAT THE HECK?! Is it even possible to get a 5 on BC and a 4 on the subscore?!?!?! </p>
<p>That's just stupid in my opinion because won't colleges give you credit for the actual BC score and not the AB?</p>
<p>That's kinda dumb, they should never make your subscore lower--because that means you got a 4 on Cal I and a 5 on Cal I AND II...</p>
<p>whatever...</p>
<p>It's possible to do worse on the AB subscore. Someone at my school actually got a 3 on the subscore and a 5 on the BC exam, which I didn't think was possible until I saw it.</p>
<p>All the AB subscore does is say how well you did on the AB topics themselves. If your BC score is higher than your subscore, it really just means that your BC knowledge was pretty good, but you should brush up on your AB topics. :)</p>
<p>I'm SOOO glad that it's a combination... I did the same as Reticulum on the first part of the MC... I left a more than a few blank. I thought the FRQs were easy though.</p>