<p>I don’t understand why everybody had trouble with #5. I think that maybe people were confused by the way the problem was presented, or that they over-thought it, because the math involved was not particularly difficult…</p>
<p>Here is what we are allowed to discuss:</p>
<p>"EXAMPLES OF ALLOWABLE CONTENT
- A general discussion of topics on the exam.
- Comments on how well the course covered those topics.
- Comments related to preparation.
- Comments on how well the student thinks s/he did.
- Comments on the difficulty of the exam."</p>
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- The articulation of multiple-choice exam questions and answers.
- The articulation of free-response questions* within 2 days of the exam in which they appear."</p>
<p>Just like the general consensus, I thougt this test to be alot more difficult in overall compared to the past exams I have done. </p>
<p>Section 1 MC |Non-Calculator: </p>
<p>Okay this was alright but I found it to be a wee bit more difficult compared to Section 1 MC Calculator. The problem I had here was time related. The problems all required thinking and I had to guess on like 8 problems. There was just not enough time to do this section.</p>
<p>Section 1 MC |Calculator:</p>
<p>This was alot easier than the first section and I pretty much breezed through this. Guessed on like 3 questions? Hopefully I didn’t make any careless mistakes on the others.</p>
<p>Section 2 FRQ, Calculator:</p>
<p>I answered the first question completely, because I remember doing a similar problem just a day before the test. The next question was also pretty easy, but I sort of fudged up on the last part. Overall I think I scored around (hopefully) ~16 points of of the 18 points.</p>
<p>Section 2 FRQ, Non-Calculator:</p>
<p>The fourth question was alright but I don’t think I answered half of it. At this point I was getting rather nervous. Ok so I just skip the two parts and move on to question 5, praying that it would be easier. Unfortunately, this was not the case. I just like ~80% of the poeple on this thread as well as everyone I talked to after the test thought this question was ridiculously difficult. I remember answering the last part on question 5 (hopefully it was right) but the first two my mind drew a complete blank. I spend a few minutes looking at question 5 I just skipped it. </p>
<p>Again my hopes for an easy quesiton 6 was crushed again. This question was almost as challenging as question 5. So for the entire time I just wrote random BS for these two questions. </p>
<p>This section was the most brutal out of the entire test. Everyone, I talked to after the test, saw this section as the most difficult. The questions were nothing like past exams. I am not kidding, I got raped on this section. </p>
<p>Also [AP</a> Calculus AB Score Calculator - May 2011 Test Scoring Changes](<a href=“http://www.free-test-online.com/ap/ap_calculus_score.html]AP”>http://www.free-test-online.com/ap/ap_calculus_score.html) is this AP Calc AB Calculator accurate? It says its for the 2011. The calculator says I would get a 4. But I honestly think I got a 2~3…</p>
<p>I have never felt so utterly defeated by a test in all of my life.</p>
<p>The MC- easy.
The FRQ- by the end, I was hysterically laughing at the ridiculousness of the whole thing.</p>
<p>Were we required to circle our answers? cause i did for some questions and didn’t for others. (FR, that is)</p>
<p>^ As long as they can follow your work, I don’t think so.</p>
<p>on the FR, i forgot to put dx at the end of every integrals…
do you guys think i won’t get any credits for the equations because of that?</p>
<p>I felt rushed on the non-calculator mc (random bubbling for 3 or 4) and I thought the frqs were moderate, but I probably did something [or many things] wrong. FRQ #6 o_O - I hope I at least got a one on it.</p>
<p>@Bioboy if you’re pm’ing secrets, i wanna knowwww :D</p>
<p>Considering alot of people did bad on the FRQ, I predict the national average would be lower. Thus there will be different score margins. </p>
<p>I think that this was an experimental year for the AP. With the new scoring and crazy problems.</p>
<p>Haha for some reason, people think it’s like cheating or something. Guys it’s not a pattern or anything. I was just really fortunate and got extremely lucky. I’ll let you know after the 48 hours, so just chillax :)</p>
<p>bioboy: what are you talking about?</p>
<p>the test bent me over and did me good. expecting a 3, praying for a 4.</p>
<p>my thoughts on the test:</p>
<p>MC: The non-calc part screwed me up big time. My strategy/pace didnt work at all as I skipped bunch of questions I should have spent more time on. I end up rushing on couple of questions. The calc part felt much easier and I performed on my level. Overall, pretty bad lol. probably 23-27/45. </p>
<p>FR: I was extremely prepared for this portion since my teacher made us do around 40 FR questions for the past month (not so good job on MC =.=). Number 1 and 2 are ridiculously easy to me. Probably 8-9 points each. Number 3 and 4 are reasonable from my experience; I did pretty well on them. Probably 6-7 points each. Like everyone else, I had trouble with 5 and only genuinely answered part B. Hoping for 2-3 mercy points. I dont remember number 6 lol. If I had major problems on it I would have remembered. So I would give myself 4-5 points. </p>
<p>I really hope I got a 5 on this test because my college does not accept anything lower. Hopefully the curve is very generous.</p>
<p>am i the only one who had NO idea what was going on throughout the entire test? I wrote S.O.S. on some of the FRQ -_-</p>
<p>wow it looks like im completely opposite from most of you guys. i thought the mc was hard but the frq’s were pretty easy. number 5 was kinda tough but i think i may have scrambled 4-5 points out of it. so umm…lets say i got 25 on the mc and 40 on the frq’s, around what score should i expect?</p>
<p>^Thats a 5 according to someones link.
[AP</a> Calculus AB Score Calculator - May 2011 Test Scoring Changes](<a href=“http://www.free-test-online.com/ap/ap_calculus_score.html]AP”>http://www.free-test-online.com/ap/ap_calculus_score.html)</p>
<p>Wow… That test killed me. I seem to be with the majority here. No calc mc’s were much harder than those with. The frqs…theres nothing to be said. Unbelieveably difficult. 1 and 2 moderately difficult, 3-6… 8^(</p>
<p>jyng822,</p>
<p>THANK YOU SO MUCH for posting that score calculator. I felt so bad after taking it, but now I think I got within the 3-5 range. One can hope…</p>
<p>In comparison to the practice tests i’ve been taking (Princeton Review + Barron’s), this test was actually pretty rough. </p>
<p>Section I Part A - straightforward. Still, I had to be alert and tenacious (especially since I am NOT a morning person) to make sure i didnt blindly skip any questions or fill in the wrong bubble. All were do-able, nothing complex ie. Simpson’s Rule.</p>
<p>Section I part B - easiest calc section i’ve ever, ever taken. I was prepping like mad for the calc section’s since i got the feeling that since you were allowed to use a calculator, CollegeBoard expected you to do super advanced stuff. ANYWAY, this calc section was more about using your calculator correctly than about calculus.</p>
<p>Section II Part A (Calculator) - THUNK! Completely missed #1, maybe i wriggled a few points out of 1a and 1b, but 1c was impossible and 1d was difficult.</p>
<h1>2 was also pretty challenging, but as long as one’s careful, this question shouldn’t be a problem.</h1>
<p>All in all, I was NOT ready for this section. Scared the jeebers out of me, but i figured that it was hard for everybody (am I correct?)</p>
<p>Section II Part B (No calculator) - pretty straightforward. Personally, I felt that there were too many computations and that the focus of the section was shifted away from calculus and problem solving.</p>
<p>All in all, i think I scored well, probably a 5, at least thats what the AB Score calculator says.</p>
<p>@richardliu7896:
Wrong thread buddy :)</p>
<p>I’ve never heard of Simpson’s rule in AB and there was no part d to number 1. I think you should be in the BC thread! ;)</p>