<p>I personally thought the multiple choice contained more trickier aspects than the free response section, which was pretty self explanitory. come on... area volume and series =D
we can all depend on the uber low curve on this test. last year it was like 64-108 points was a 5.</p>
<p>oh yeah double nn i believe that your school has "50 (no exageration)" people taking the ap calc. my school has 100 people taking BC and 220+ people taking AB every year.</p>
<p>we have 75BC and 140AB</p>
<p>haha...we had 9 BC to about 50 AB......and supposivedly we're one of the largest schools in the state</p>
<p>Hehe we had 5 BC to 50+ AB :-)</p>
<p>lol 5 BC to about 30 AB here</p>
<p>My school had 1 taking BC...me. And it wasn't my school; it was the local magnet in the Tech/Arts. Room was quiet....AND I had a rolling chair..weeeee</p>
<p>Well if College Board stumbles across your post, you just kissed away your 1,2,3,4, or 5. Have fun taking Calculus in College.</p>
<p>What do you mean? You're allowed to discuss the answers to part 2's, aren't you?</p>
<p>chaotic i was a little confused with that too, wasn't the 48 hours for the MC? Even if it wasn't don't do it, its not worth the risk</p>
<p>You cannot discuss the MC ever. You CAN discuss the FR after 48 hours. But it hasn't been 48 hours yet.</p>
<p>hm...really
Our class's general consensus was that it wasn' t too bad. (BC)
I'm no expert in Calc, but I thought it was a breeze. If more ppl thought it was hard, hopefuly that'll mean more curve and a 5 for me (yeah!)
I heard AB was hard!?!? hm.. anyway, what are all you doing now in calc classes? For us...MOVIE TIME!</p>
<p>The test wasn't that hard. I messed up two of the MC (realized I was wrong in both cases about twenty seconds before time was called, only had enough time to erase the answers), part the Euler question (went positive instead of negative), and the last part of the last question (forgot to multiply). I got 5s on the three practice tests I took, including one where I did fairly bad (two hours of sleep), so I think I pulled off at least a 4. BC has the easiest curve out of any test.</p>
<p>there better be a big curve. because people were stumped, doesn't mean they didn't know waht to do. For me, I would've gotten 100% if I was comfortable at home. But then, everythink went blank. I felt soooooo prepared for the exam, ready to tackle every trick, but the ap people tricked me. Better say sorry, by giving me a 5, i deserve it.</p>
<p>i feel the same as yagun</p>
<p>The only thing I can say is did you guys read the solutions guides posted for past FR questions at APcentral? Also, did you guys read the commentaries?</p>
<p>I self-studied it, and found those the most helpful. The trick is to know how their minds work. They specifically stated in the commentaries what they like to see kids do. Also, they show you how to write elegant mathematics.</p>
<p>everyone is saying free response was hard and multiple choice was easy, but did anyone feel like me:
multiple choice 1 - very hard, ran out of time, didnt even get to read let alone complete last 8 questions
multiple choice 2 - easy, finished early, got to check answers
free response - average/decent, a few small portions difficult but nothin overall too hard</p>
<p>sagar - where do you read the commentaries? I have only seen the actual questions and answer key. No commentaries or elegant math writing instructions.</p>
<p>The commentaries were at the end of the 2003 FRQ books you purchase off of the Collegeboard. It contains student responses ranging from different scores which typically have nothing to do with amount of neatness or such; but rather the validity of Calculus shown (reading the released exams book made me realise that a simple integral expression; and the rest of the junk calculated on the calc to produce a single numerical reponse was all that's needed for perfect sectioned scores on area questions...)</p>
<p>No. The commentaries are online at AP Central. They are there for every FR year. The section right before the student reponses describes what they were looking for in the question, how students should justify, etc. Very helpful.</p>
<p>Yep, you are write about the simple part. For everything, remember to KISS(keep it simple stupid). Plus, the grader gets impressed by elegant mathematics. They don't want to see you use some stupid way that waste time, but want to see you attack it with efficiency.</p>
<p>go to apcentral.collegeboard.com to get the FR questions. You have to be registered as a Teacher/AP Professional ;), which is free.</p>