Official AP Calculus Thread for 2009

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<p>gotta think positive =]</p>

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<p>No AB doesn’t have series/vector/parametric/polar at all</p>

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<p>The Ap BC calc test will be a cake walk.</p>

<p>Multiple choice is pretty easy, and you can usually get high enough on that to still be able to bomb the free response questions and till pull off a 5.</p>

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<p>^not really, unless bombing means getting 30+ pts on FRQ</p>

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<p>how isthe calculator MC section weighted against the non calculator? Do the questions have the same weight (noncalc has 28 questions and calc has 17)</p>

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<p>Yes, same weightage.</p>

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<p>The curve for BC calc for a 5 is about 60 to 65%</p>

<p>I usually get 75-80% of the MC questions right, meaning I would only have to get roughly 40% of the possible points of the free response questions right, or about 22 - 25 points for a 5.</p>

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<p>How long is the BC test?</p>

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<p><a href=“http://ww2.wyomingcityschools.org/~harmsm/ap%20central%20practice%20bc%20exam/college%20board%20bc%20practice%20exam.pdf[/url]”>http://ww2.wyomingcityschools.org/~harmsm/ap%20central%20practice%20bc%20exam/college%20board%20bc%20practice%20exam.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>that better be harder then the real exam or I’m so ****ed. been getting 80% on the PR tests, and 40% on that.</p>

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<p>whats the formula to find the raw score?</p>

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<p>whats the curve for AB?</p>

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<p>65% or so for a 5. Does anyone know if that audit is about on par, seems so much harder then anything I have done before</p>

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<p>how many MC’s do i need to get for a 5 for AB if i got like a 55-60% on the FR part</p>

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<p>60-65%</p>

<p>10chars</p>

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<p>Jenova, I heard that Audits are around 5~7 points harder than the real exams.</p>

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<p>Woo! Just did the free response questions from 2005, which were a bit challenging as they had a polar problem on there. I got about a 68% on that, and seeing as I usually get 75-80% on MC, I’m set for a 5, I hope. :)</p>

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<p>so it’s like 45 MC’s * 60-65%= 25-28 MC’s?</p>

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<p>can anyone comment on how accurate the “Be Prepared” exams are</p>

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<p>Someone please explain lagrange error to me</p>

<p>ahhhhhhhh</p>

<p>Also my calc teacher gave us this site that calculates what score you would get.</p>

<p><a href=“http://tech-shep.com/Calculate/APCalcGrade.php[/url]”>http://tech-shep.com/Calculate/APCalcGrade.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I’m not sure what curve this is based on but it should be pretty accurate.</p>

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<p>sigh…</p>

<p>I’m bad at math, and I dont know how I made this far to AP calculus.</p>

<p>I think the MC is really hard and FR is relaly hard too…</p>

<p>cuz u have to apply urself into the question, and I’m an ESL student, so sometimes the wording is really weird to me…</p>

<p>good luck everybody!</p>

<p>i think I’m gonna get a 2…:-(</p>