<p>i got raped brutally on the e&m. my graphs were wrong, and i had no clue what the equations even were. probably because i had no sleep the night before trying to study..</p>
<p>good lord, ill be thankful and go to church if i get a 50%</p>
<p>how come everybody thought frqs..2 was hard
that was INSANELY easy</p>
<p>number 1 was INSANELY HARD
I THINK I GOT 0% ON NUMBER 1</p>
<p>NUMBER 1 FRQ WAS IMPOSSIBLE</p>
<p>VERY TRICKY.. I DON'T THINK I GOT ANY PART RIGHT</p>
<p>2 was ULTRA EASY.. OMG.. I TOTALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND.. AND I'M REALLY BAD AT PHYSICS..</p>
<h1>3 was ultra easy, what are you talking about?</h1>
<h1>3 was easy too but not as easy as #2</h1>
<p>but #1 was impossible</p>
<p>Probably because I didn't go to #2 until the end, ran out of time, only did half of it! DOH!</p>
<p>why is it out of 90? Anyway, so that means the cutoff is like 50-60% correct for a 5?</p>
<p>45/90 E&M
4990 Mech</p>
<p>That was indeed last year's cutoff, but my physics teacher told us that he thought last year's curve was significantly larger then previous years.</p>
<p>what do you mean by larger</p>
<p>in other words..</p>
<p>this year - it is easier to get 5 or last year it is easier to get 5?</p>
<p>sorry, to clarify, last years scores were very low....hence a bigger then normal curve.</p>
<p>the test was ok, but it was quite different from the previous years' tests that I practiced in class... for mech, there was def a ton of emphasis on rotation.</p>
<p>overall, the mech test was really easy mc and frq, too bad i couldn't focus on the test cuz i was so tired, then ran out of time on frq and didnt chek any of my work. I answered all of the mc, and for frq, i got wrong answer for two parts of #1 although i had most of the right equations, just wrong values plugged in. #2 was ridiculously easy, and #3 was pretty simple too (the answers simplified pretty nicely).</p>
<p>E&M was harder according to the other ppl in my class, but i think i did much better on the E&M part cuz i was actually awake after the first half... Answered all of the MC again (there were some tricky ones in there... i think i got them all tho), and i beasted the frq (wow, I was surprised when they actually asked you to solve the equation in number 2, cuz they normally say write, but dont solve; but it was pretty straighforward so it wasn't that bad).</p>
<p>i predict a 5 and a 5; but then again, physics is my kind of subject =P</p>
<p>as for the curving scales, mech will probably have less of a scale than last year, but E&M will probably have more of a scale. (they have separate scales for each one rite?)</p>
<p>yeah, separate scales...I'm hoping for a good scale...I NEED A 555555555555555555555555555555555555555... well..a FIVE...~_~</p>
<p>I didn't get to check any of my answers for MC...</p>
<p>both parts were really easy.</p>
<p>then again, i do physics problems in my spare time</p>
<p>Didn't you make USAPhO, iostream? :rolleyes: I do agree it was easy though.</p>
<p>Hey, I have such a borderline grade ;x I'm not sure if I got a 4 or a 5. Anyone know the average cruve for a 5? I'm pretty scared right now; I made sooo many stupid mistakes and took too long on MC =/</p>
<p>for mech
a 5 is like 55-90
4 probably 43-55</p>
<p>Ohh thanks... jeez I got in 52-61 range... guess I'll have to wait ;[</p>
<p>Mechanics:
I answered 33 of 35 multiple choice questions and probably got somewhere around 36-40/45 on the free response (although that number is probably low because I got the last 2 completely right). It was almost too easy.</p>
<p>EnM:
I answered 34 of 35 multiple choice questions, and I realize now that I should have left more blank because many of them were WRONG. I got the EnM 1 completely right, the EnM 2 mostly wrong, and probably got 8 or 9 for the EnM 3. Yeah, it kicked my ass. I hope I get a 5 because I don't want to retake the course. That would suck.</p>