<p>what would ur ap bio score be..if u get all mc right and a ZERO on each essay</p>
<p>Let me look up the scoring scale quick in the Cliffs...</p>
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<p>Alright, the probably AP scale for Biology is:</p>
<p>94-150: 5
73-93: 4
54-72: 3
34-53: 2
0-33: 1</p>
<p>So, since the MC is worth 90 points (75% of 120), assuming you do badly on the FRQ (you HAVE to write something for each of the FRQs, otherwise your AP exam grade automatically drops to a 1), you could get a 4 maximum.</p>
<p>wait ..you HAVE to ...or else u would get a 1??..WOW..omg..lol..what if like...u did three of them PERFECTLY ..but u just left out one ...
Oh and would leaving out one section (a,b or c) of a FR question affect ur grade that much?</p>
<p>yea wth.... i did exactly that</p>
<p>good MC.. answered all but one right, i left it completely blank... that can't be right</p>
<p>that doesn't happen. they can't just take away all your points because you didn't answer a question - you would just get a zero for that question.</p>
<p>lol... i think it's just advice so you dont bank on getting 90 of the MC. FR always grants partial credit. Therefore, you HAVE to put something down. lol..</p>
<p>if we leave one FRQ blank, our grade becomes a 1? what?</p>
<p>That's not true. The AP graders <em>give</em> you points, they don't take them away.</p>
<p>The strategy is, as with MC questions, if you don't know anything at all about the question, skip it and come back if there's time. You may get a zero on that particular question, but you can still get points on the other FRQs.</p>
<p>For FRs, its best to put SOMETHING down for EACH question, then elaborate later if you have time. The reasoning is that, while you might have nobel prize worth of info for 1 answer, you can only get so many points, no matter how good. And the other answer will still be 0 pts if you have absolutely nothing down.</p>
<p>.....so answer all FRs, put something down.</p>
<p>What Strykur said is not true. Your grade is dependent on a raw score, which is a sum of your multiple choice and free response question scores. On many tests, it is possible to pass, or even better, just by the multiple choice. And you do NOT have to write ANYTHING for the free response questions, technically, to get that holistic score based on your multiple choice. There is no such thing as a procedure whereby a student's score automatically drops to a 1.</p>
<p>thx johnny</p>
<p>Well, I was told, at least for AP Literature, if you leave one essay ENTIRELY blank, you AP exam grade defaults to a 1.</p>
<p>Sarorah, I read those lines in the opening of CliffsAP a few days ago. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Strykur, you were told wrong.</p>
<p>Q: In the essay booklet, do you get to choose which order you right in? As in, is there going to be a box at the top that says "put the number of the question you are answering here"...or have they arleady laid out the q's so you can flip to the one you want?</p>
<p>Wow it's not that difficult.
Essays = 40% of final grade.
MC = 60% of final grade.
Depending upon the curve they multiply your raw scores by the said percentages and then calculate the score. Usually a 50% equates to a 3, upper 50%/lower 60% equates to a 4, and anything above a high 60% equates to a 5.</p>