No more guessing penalty

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<p>[College</a> Board to end penalty for guessing on AP tests - USATODAY.com](<a href=“http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2010-08-10-IHE-College-Board-ending-AP-guessing-penalty11_ST_N.htm]College”>http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2010-08-10-IHE-College-Board-ending-AP-guessing-penalty11_ST_N.htm)</p>

<p>I can’t tell if this is for the better or worse.</p>

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<p>The curve may be a taaaad bit harsher, but it’s not going to do much since each AP score has a huge range.</p>

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<p>Great! Now do it for the SAT too, Collegeboard.</p>

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<p>That’s crazy /: anyone think this could be bad for like the Calc BC AP test?</p>

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<p>I think it depends on the person.</p>

<p>For me, it seems kind of neutral. I usually answer almost every question on those tests, and it is not random guessing. the only test where I had a significant number of blanks was Physics B (I still got a 5). </p>

<p>The benefit that will come not because I can guess a few questions but because I won’t be penalized for those questions I thought I knew but didn’t get right.</p>

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<p>My opinion:

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<p>personally I think this is a marketing plan for collegeboard to attract more people into taking the ap exams (aka giving cb more money).</p>

<p>those who originally had no confidence of acing the exams may, upon knowing that theres no guessing penalty, decide to take the test and try their luck.</p>