no 1 1/4 penalty for guessing

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<p>I just heard!!!! I know great news!!!!</p>

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<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/ap-tests-preparation/940263-2011-exams-no-more-deduction-wrong-answers.html?highlight=penalty[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/ap-tests-preparation/940263-2011-exams-no-more-deduction-wrong-answers.html?highlight=penalty&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>In my opinion, I rather have the old rule.</p>

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<p>I can kinda confirm this actually. Friend’s dad is a ap grader, idk what subject, but said that the deduction would be gone next year (May 2011).</p>

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<p>Yah, you are right!!! Cuse it would be more competetive as more people will get 5 and 4’s.</p>

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<p>I just heard by my teacher.</p>

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<p>and why in the world couldn’t they have changed it last year?
grrrrr</p>

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<p>If you were more strategic with your omissions than the average test-taker, this move will hurt you.</p>

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<p>no…just no…it can’t be</p>

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<p>[OFFICIAL:</a> 2011 AP Exams will no longer penalize for wrong answers](<a href=“http://www.apexamreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=577:official-2011-ap-exams-will-no-longer-penalize-for-wrong-answers&catid=33:blog&Itemid=17]OFFICIAL:”>http://www.apexamreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=577:official-2011-ap-exams-will-no-longer-penalize-for-wrong-answers&catid=33:blog&Itemid=17)</p>

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<p>^How can something not published by CB be “official?”</p>

<p>Though I completely believe that the penalty will be gone for next year’s exams. :(</p>

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<p>The no-penalty rule has been mentioned in some of the course descriptions.</p>

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<p>^Right. I remember seeing it in the APUSH Course Description.</p>

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<p>If you look at the Revised Score Conversion Tables (Raw-> Scale) CB has out, you’ll see that the curves for each score (1-5) have gone up.</p>

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<p>Unfortunately, the statement of the no-penalty rule is not conspicuously bold or underlined or boxed to show there has been a new update.</p>

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<p>But without a guessing penalty, the average raw score (if you will) will go up too. Personally, I don’t predict a drastic change in the number of 5’s, 4’s, etc. I just think it puts strategic MC takers at a disadvantage (albeit a small one).</p>

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<p>Ah dang, the year after I left. And I had just started to be strategic with my omissions too. Lol.</p>

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<p>WTH Of course this happens right after I graduate.</p>

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<p>Well it definitely won’t change the number of 5’s, 4’s, 3’s, etc. That’s a scale: it’s relative to the average raw scores, so if the average raw scores go up, the scale will become less generous. Still, it will change the strategy. Instead of ever thinking about leaving something blank, you just go with your best guess!</p>

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<p>^i’ve always been doing that sooo it doesn’t hurt me one bit.</p>

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<p>Well, my strategy has always been to answer every single question, so I’m glad that I am done with APs as soon as they implement this rule ;)</p>