AP calc AB questions--abbreviations and scoring cutoffs

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<p>I will be taking the AP Calc AB exam this year, and I was wondering about a few things. In my AP Calc class, I tend to see and use some abbreviations. Are there certain standard abbreviations that everyone will understand and thus we can use? For example, I’ve used deriv, antideriv, CPs or crit. pts, inflec pt, pos., neg., A (area), V (volume), etc. What do you think? Do you understand all of these? Would the person who grades my exam?</p>

<p>Also, I have found old threads showing the cutoffs for the different scores for different years. However, I can’t find anything very recent. Since there have been some changes (MC having no penalty for guessing, format changes) since the most recent of the cutoff lists, what do you think the new cutoffs will be like? Does anyone have a prediction for how these changes would affect the scores? </p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Another few abbreviations I am using right now on a practice test: TLA for Tangent Line Approximation, MVT for mean value theorem, and func for function.</p>

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<p>Google “AP Exam Multiple Choise Worksheets” to get curves that take the new MC rule into account</p>

<p>I’d write all those out…it’s not like you need the extra time, and it makes you look less lazy.</p>

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<p>More than anything, remembering to write the whole thing out is my problem!</p>

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<p>Don’t use abbreviations. Many people use different abbreviations and you don’t want the readers being uncertain about your answer. I’m sure some abbreviations will mostly likely be understood by everybody (such as MVT and FTC), but write it out to be safe (you won’t save much time anyway).</p>