Do private schools have it easier than normal publics?

mathyone
Thu, 06 Nov 2014 17:26:26 +0000

@ucbalumnus, yes but that is not the main issue. The curve on the AP test is incredibly generous. For instance, to get a 5 on the BC calculus exam, you only need to answer 65% of the exam correctly. Try that on the SAT. You’ll score about 580, hardly a top score.

(I got this scoring info from the site http://appass.com/calculators/calculusbc and haven’t tried to verify they have the right scoring info.)

And, if a student didn’t know more than 35% of the material that was on the AP test that day, I don’t think that’s a matter of bad luck in specific information that was tested that day. It’s a matter of not knowing the course material.