<p>AP Pharmacology!</p>
<p>^The problem with many of these newly proposed courses is that they simply are too high a level for many high school students to simply take (therefore will have low numbers taking exams).</p>
<p>@RAlec114</p>
<p>Agreed. BSing is the only thing that you learn in school thatâs directly relevant in life, anyway.</p>
<p>I have the best idea for APâs that isnât an actual AP course:</p>
<p>Add a score of 6 to the scale.</p>
<p>It would make students have to really actually learn and understand the material. The standard deviation for a score of five is too high, it doesnât give credit where credit has truly been earned. For example, a student who gets ~60% correct that is a 5 for a certain exam, gets the same exact score as a student who gets 90% of them right. 90% certainly is doable, and I bet many students in fact DO get 90%+. So a 5 doesnât really distinguish exactly where on the scale of competition you really are.</p>
<p>EngineerHead - do you realize what that would do to College Confidential students? (:</p>
<p>No, what would that be?</p>
<p>I like whoever said AP Real Life Situations haha</p>
<p>It would make them so much more insane than they currently are. Seriously.</p>
<p>AP earth science</p>
<p>I donât believe so. It would be like getting a true A at a prestigious university. If you split the 5 into exactly two, youâd have 60-80%, which is only a C at the highest, for 5. And then youâd have 80-100% which is a B at the lowest, for a 6. You can still do B- performance and get a 6. Itâs not hard at all.</p>
<p>Hm⊠gonna start a thread about this topic. Seems like an interesting idea.</p>
<p>Engineer - itâs certainly harder than you assume so when you consider the multiple choice penalty and the specificity of essay grading rubrics. It can be done, but itâs going to make CCers lose what semblances of lives they might have to try to get those 6s. Itâs a very interesting idea, though, especially in its exclusivity. :D</p>
<p>EngineerHead⊠i love that idea. And if not a â6â score, atleast a âhigh 5â or â5+â</p>
<p>No, because the multiple choice penalty isnât truly a âpenalty.â A more accurate description for it would be a âcanceling-out,â or a âbalancing.â All it does is calculate for random guessing, but it doesnât necessarily punish you for random guessing. It is only in attempt to make sure that your random guessing canât help you, but nor can it harm you in technicality. </p>
<p>Out of 5 problems, you will statistically get 1/5 right, and therefore you get 1 problem right, which is 1 point. Then you, statistically, get 4 wrong; 4*(-1/4)=-1.
1+(-1)=0
It simply makes up for your random guessing to ensure you donât get credit for something you donât deserve it for.</p>
<p>Iâm sure LOADS of students get over 90-95% correct on their Calculus BC with ease.</p>
<p>Yes, but you effectively lose 1.25 points for every wrong answer you have. That adds up, and it is significant to factor in when you think you got an answer right but got it wrong.</p>
<p>You lose .25 points for every wrong answer you have, not 1.25</p>
<p>Statistically, for every 5 that you answer randomly, you will get 1 right and 4 wrong:
1 right = +1 point
4 wrong = 4 * (-1/4)= -1 point
Net points = +1 - 1 = 0</p>
<p>0 points, no balance on either side.</p>
<p>I said you effectively lose 1.25 points for every wrong answer if you include the 1 point that you would have for getting it right. Iâm not talking from a strict statistical perspective.</p>
<p>Okay, and if you didnât have the cancellation for random guessing, then you would lose 1.00 point for every wrong answer. Thatâs only a difference of .25 points. If you got 4 wrong, itâd only be a difference of 1. A difference of 1 is not that much. If you got 8 wrong, itâd only be a difference of 2. If you got 12 wrong, which already is too much to be getting wrong in the first place, it would be a difference in composite score of 3. Do you get what Iâm saying?</p>
<p>Anatomy and Physiology is a great idea. Bio has such a massive curriculum, it could definitely do away with some of it, plus you could go a lot more in depth than Bio would. </p>
<p>I would love philosophy and I think a lot of people would too. Itâs a popular introductory class in college.</p>
<p>@EngineerHead lol, the curve for each ap test fluxuates every year by how students do on the test. Thats y u have such a insane curve. Like in 2009 or 2008 calc ab to get a 3 was like 33% cuz the test was hard for that year of students. Also by adding a 6 you would just cause a group of people from the upper end of the 3 group to a 4 which is the new three, then the majority of the 4 group to go to the 5, and a majority of the 5 going to the 6. This wouldnt change much cuz most colleges dont even accept 3.</p>