<p>I thought the multiple choice was really hard...</p>
<p>to many Q's</p>
<p>MC was harder than previous years (i had 1994, 1999, and the 2004). FR was easier, way easier. so.... the curve would probably stay the same, i'm guessing.</p>
<p>If anyone wants to predict their score, here are the weights for each section/question (calculated from the percentage weights given in the "At a Glance" section on the back of the free response booklet):</p>
<p>Multiple Choice:</p>
<p>Number of questions right - .25 x number of questions wrong = Raw score
Raw score x 80/75 = <em>MC TOTAL</em></p>
<p>Free Response:</p>
<p>I don't know exactly how many points each question is worth before it's weighted (we can only speculate that, as in the past, Q1-Q3 are worth 9 points each, Q4 is worth about 15 points (1 point for reactants, 2 points for products, and 2 points for each question? for three questions), and Q5 and Q6 are both worth 8 points). However, after each question is weighted, the distribution for points should be exactly:</p>
<p>Q1: 16 points
Q2: 16 points
Q3: 16 points
Q4 (reactions): 8 points
Q5: 12 points
Q6: 12 points</p>
<p>Add up your scores out of 16, 16, 16, 8, 12, 12 from each of questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, respectively, to get your <em>FREE RESPONSE TOTAL</em></p>
<p>Add your <em>FREE RESPONSE TOTAL</em> to your <em>MC TOTAL</em> to get your score out of 160 available points in the MC and the free response, split 80/80 between the sections.</p>
<p>To hazard a guess about the curve, I would say anywhere from 100-109 is a 5, while 85-whatever is a 5 is a 4, and, well, look at old curves for reference about 3s, 2s, and...1s.</p>
<p>psat years it was a 67 % curve, hopefull they are more lenient this year cuz its a new format. </p>
<p>i thought mc was easier than the past years tests, but the last frq crushes me,</p>
<p>overall if you thought it was difficult you may want to rethink breathing</p>
<p>what iff you bubbled in 40 questions on the MC but are CONFIDENT that they are right + what if you got like 3 out of 6 FRQs, what score would you get?</p>
<p>would i get a 4? what is the min number of points for a 3, 4 and 5?</p>
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what iff you bubbled in 40 questions on the MC but are CONFIDENT that they are right + what if you got like 3 out of 6 FRQs, what score would you get?</p>
<p>would i get a 4? what is the min number of points for a 3, 4 and 5?
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<p>40/75 regardless isn't good and if you get 50% on your section II you are pretty much going to max out at a mediocre 3</p>
<p>Nurjahan, see my last post about calculating your score, and refer to old curves (they're on this website somewhere) to estimate what you'll get.</p>
<p>And actually, if nurjahan did indeed get all 40 right, missing none from the other 35, gets 3 FRQs and picks up a few stray points here and there, he can easily push himself up to a 4.</p>
<p>no way i got a 5 i can gauntee that one!</p>
<p>umm 40/75 = about 41 raw points
50% on the frq = 40 points</p>
<p>81 points is about the bare minimum you need to get a 4.</p>
<p>do you think with half and half right on both parts, i did bad & got a 2?</p>
<p>or is 3 guaranteed</p>
<p>Sweet, how did you figure out that point total stuff?</p>
<p>I thought that the MC was harder than it was in previous years. I think I got like seriously 15-20 wrong today. And I didn't study electrochem at all. You could figure most of it out, but I mean, agh. I screwed up part B, but part A should've been ok. Since my teacher's absolutely amazing, I'll feel really bad, like I failed her, if I don't get a 5...</p>
<p>for the 94' exam (which is too long ago) the curve was</p>
<p>99-160 5
76-98 4
49-75 3</p>
<p>since then i believe the bounds have increased by 10 (just a guess) so it might now look like</p>
<p>108-160 5
87-107 4
61-86 3</p>
<p>so most likely you'll get a 3, but therers always that chance</p>
<p>20 wrong is still on pace for a 5.</p>
<p>so i failed!</p>
<p>Dk blue, thanks for posting that; I didn't feel like dragging out the old chem stuff from my heavily laden (and full) backpack. Yep, I think everything's right on the dot.</p>
<p>I just hope the last three parts of the last question aren't worth alot... I should have spent my last 10 minutes making sure I answered everything but no... I drew pictures <em>sigh</em></p>