<p>^ did u take form a or b? *just curious</p>
<p>I have really sloppy handwriting… hopefully it works out? what do you think? do these readers make an effort to decipher it or just throw it away?</p>
<p>the exam for the most part was fairly easy, the only thing that caught me off guard was the amount of graphs and charts on the mc and the frq</p>
<p>Well the MC always has a lot of graphs/charts, since the last group of questions (about 20 of them I think?) are all lab/experiment questions.</p>
<p>The FRQs only had one question that used charts other than the expected lab-based question.</p>
<p>seeking, i have really sloppy handwriting, that is very hard to decipher, do you think they will accurately grade my paper and make their best effort to guess or depict what i wrote?</p>
<p>^ depends on the reader/how tired of grading essays they are…</p>
<p>The last FRQ seemed really weird. It was a familiar concept but the question was so general that I only kind of understood it. But I’m so happy that the FRQ was everything that I at least had some idea of what to write. And I only skipped maybe 4 multiple choice q’s. :)</p>
<p>And what is this talk of A and B forms? I don’t remember seeing a letter on my form.</p>
<p>@ NSpired: If they look at your paper and cannot make a single word out, they’ll probably do whatever their standard procedure is for illegible responses. The directions DO say to write legibly or you may jeopardize your score.</p>
<p>If they can make a few words out at quick glance, they’ll probably put some effort in to read the rest. But they definitely aren’t going to sit there with a magnifying glass, for example.</p>
<p>@derek: The people who take the exam first (eastern hemisphere) take Form B, which is different than the form the western hemisphere takes. If the exams were the same, then there would be time for the eastern hemi. students to divulge the contents of the exam to the western hemi. students, giving them an unfair advantage.</p>
<p>Yes, there is a form number. You were supposed to write (and grid, I think) the form number on your answer sheet.</p>
<p>yeah its sloppy that like i wrote communication for example so it looke like connnuication or something like that… you think im good? </p>
<p>god im so nervous…</p>
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<p>They don’t care about spelling or grammar as long as it still makes sense.</p>
<p>If it’s readable, then yes, it’s fine. You could spell every single word wrong and still get the same amount of points, because as long as they know what you are trying to say, you’re good to go.</p>
<p>Mutashuns dryve evolushun.</p>
<p>god i hope thats the case, that i wrote it that they can at least tell what im saying lol… god i wish i had better handwriting.</p>
<p>I have a friend who writes in this really weird way. He’s left-handed and writes sideways, and you can’t even read what he writes. I have no clue if he modified his style just for the exam or what… I’ll have to ask him. </p>
<p>If he didn’t, I wouldn’t be surprised if his writing is declared illegible. :p</p>
<p>Can someone tell me about how many points I needed on the FRQs to score a 5 if skipped 4 questions on MC and got maybe 10 wrong at most?</p>
<p>^^^ my teacher rejected this kid in my class’s essays until his handwriting got better =P after some practice it got a whole lot better. u should try to improve it, it will help u in the long run</p>
<p>all you need is like a 45% on the FRQ for a 5</p>
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<p>I’m left-handed and I have to turn my paper sideways in order to write straight. :)</p>
<p>Derek: You’d need about 7 points on the FRQs (total, of all 4 combined). This is if the curve is as generous as last year or the year before. Otherwise, you’d need more.</p>
<p>If you answered two of the FRQs fairly solid with responses that you know will get full or close to full credit, you should be fine.</p>
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I’m left-handed as well, but I don’t turn my paper. I just write at a leftward slant. :p</p>
<p>I doubt that I scored a 5; however, I felt good after the test. The FRQ were okay for me. I hadn’t studied much, but I felt they weren’t too difficult. The MC were a little tricky. I also had difficulty choosing between two choices on multiple questions. I answered ~75 of the MC and felt confident on 65 or so of them. Hoping I scored a 4! :)</p>