<p>the frq were as can be expected-but on the hard-ish side of that continuum. i didnt get #3 past part b…</p>
<p>on the other hand the mc were the hardest mc i have ever taken in my entire life. random topic distribution, much more of the more eclectic or obscure type topics/questions…and we prepped SOOOO much. we finished the course completely in december (and none had ever taken a physics class b4) and spent the rest of the year prepping and prepping and prepping…i musta done about 18+ practice exams!!!
we also every frq question administered since 1984!</p>
<p>i left about 25 blank.
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<p>IsabelB-- Your class covered the ENTIRE Physics B curriculum in ONE SEMESTER? That seems nearly impossible to me. I would’ve hated to be in that class… regardless of having five months to “prep.”</p>
<p>Our class finished before December as well. Three weeks before Spring Break, the class did well on their first mock exams. The scores were generally 150-160 out of 180. Some scores were in the 170s.</p>
<p>^yeah mc610 it was ridicuolously intense…it has really hard for me at first, then i picked up and got adjusted and started killing it…but by the time april rolled around I was just sooooooo burned out!!! i barely cracked a book from the 2nd half of march on…it was bad. and it makes me ****ed b/c i know i could have done better if it was less of a suicidal paced class…i did chem the year before and did very well!</p>
<p>apostle365, I am a sophmore. Only take the class if you don’t mind a lot of studying a lot of impossible material, want to be a rocket scientist, or enjoy having no life because you’re studying until the test is over.</p>
<p>As you can see, I thought it was hard and I hated the class. ^_^</p>
<p>the curve is much lower than 75%… the 1998 test was a 58% for a 5… yeah… this test wil probbaly be 62 to 65% for a 5… so probably 110-115 out of 180 (FR was only worth 80 points, so i think they’ll use some multiplication factor on each FR to make it out of 90)… based on what i just said, then a 110-115 on a scale of 180 will probably be a 5 (because they weight the MC too to make it out of 90 instead of out of 70… for the 50/50 weight)</p>
<p>but if they make it out of 160 and weight each section to be 80 each instead of 90 each, then a 98-103 out of 160 will probably be a 5</p>
<p>Ehh… I skipped about 15 multiple choice, probably. They weren’t terrible, but I honestly did not study all that much and figured I’d be better off not guessing when I can’t eliminate more than one answer.</p>
<p>The FRQs were pretty easy. I pwned the first two and the thermodynamic one, and picked up parts of the rest of them. I hope I did the last one right for the most part.</p>
<p>I just need a 3, want a 4. Don’t really care about the 5 because it doesn’t get me any more college credit where I’m going.</p>
