<p>Man, I did not enjoy that test at all. I locked myself in my room and studied for a week straight, did multiple practice exams, and I still wasn’t prepared for that. The multiple choice was harder than previous exams, but not insanely so. The first few questions were extremely easy and I was feeling great…but then I got into it and realized that I was pretty much screwed. And that free response…NOTHING could’ve prepared me for some of those questions. I’m hoping for a nice curve. All I need is a four, so hopefully if everyone else thinks it was that hard, then the AP graders will adjust it accordingly.</p>
<p>Bioboy. . . why did you leave any MCs blank?
There was no guessing penalty!</p>
<p>I got a lot of doubles in a row, if that helps.
I might have gotten three in a row. . . but then I might have erased it and changed it out of paranoia! oh noooo.</p>
<p>bioboy… look at my post on the previous page for score breakdown. to get a 5, you neeed to get between 100-150 of the 150 possible points on the test.</p>
<p>They should make it a rule NOT to put triples ( on ANY test anywhere). I did change one of them out of suspicion.</p>
<p>I’m so *<strong><em>ed off right now: I got 90%+ on the 2008 FRQ, while 80%+ on the 2002 FRQ. But this one today, I got ~70%, maybe even as low as 66%… What the *</em></strong> happened? I also got around 70% on the multiple choice… Does anyone here at all think that 66% FRQ and 70% MC will yield a five? And does anyone have a reasonable prediction for the curve? I’m hoping it’ll be around 66% (100/150), but is it possible that it could be higher because of the discarded penalty?</p>
<p>I’m assuming the curve will be about 100/150. Because of the extinct guessing penalty, it would probably be like 110/150, but everyone said it was hard, so I’m gonna stick to the 100/150.</p>
<p>the curve is gonna be higher this year with the removal of the guessing penalty.</p>
<p>Mordred Id say that should be good enough for a 5 but who knows.</p>
<p>Whats with you people and this 3 in a row stuff haha. I never even notice something like that when im testing.</p>
<p>What do you think the curve for a 3 will be?</p>
<p>I want to discuss the FRQ, but I know we can’t. Oh well, 1) was not too bad, I think I got it. 2) was hard, 3) was easy, 4) was meh, 5) was incredibly simple (it was a freebie), and 6) was meh. I can’t wait until the moment we’re allowed to discuss these.</p>
<p>Does anyone moderate the boards? If not I wouldnt care discussing.</p>
<p>GODZILLA, Usually the curve for a 3 is around 43% but it may be lower this year since so many people think they messed up the FRQ. I’m estimating 5 (60%) 4 (46%) 3 (39%) etc…</p>
<p>I don’t think I got more than one 3 in a row.
That’s a problem. </p>
<p>For some reason I couldn’t solve the last two parts of some of the free-response . . .
I guess we can have a full out discussion on Wednesday.</p>
<p>@monarchy:
We really shouldn’t.
Plus it’s only two days, so we can wait.</p>
<p>Many people do. If you do discuss, your score will be jeopardized.</p>
<p>1.) Incredibly easy until f and g, at which point I just started stating things that I knew would at least get me partial credit.</p>
<p>2.) Easiest thing on the entire test. </p>
<p>3.) Easy, until I screwed up the last part</p>
<p>4.) Didnt get all of the equations… got some of them.</p>
<p>5.) Somewhat easy, I think I messed up the lewis structure, but other than that it was fine, I think. Probs lost some points here and there.</p>
<p>6.) AHHH KAY. did not get the order, so I just chose one and did all of the questions/calculations as though it was correct. that way I wouldn’t lose nearly as many points, in fact the only point I’d be losing was for the wrong reaction order.</p>
<p>My rating</p>
<p>1) 5/5
2) 5/5
3) 5/5</p>
<p>4) 1/5 - completely blanked
5) 2/5 - Did well for a-c, BSed the rest
6) 1/5 - Kinda BSed, got the order wrong so B was wrong as well. oh well lol</p>
<p>I might have 4-6 out of order but you guys should know what i’m talking about</p>
<p>FRQ was like deattthhh.</p>
<p>How does partial credit work on this test? Do you get points for, say, writing a formula that should be used?</p>
<p>The questions aren’t all out of 5.</p>
<p>And yes, you get partial credit. So hypothetical scenario?</p>
<ol>
<li>What is the Ka of the acid?</li>
<li>What is the pKa of the acid?</li>
</ol>
<p>obviously the answer to number 2 depends on number 1. BUT if your answer for number 1 is incorrect, but you still go about number 2 the right way, you will only lose points on number 1 for making the initial mistake, the grader will follow through with your incorrect calculations and reward credit where credit is deserved</p>
<p>FRQs were sooooooooo hard :O</p>
<ol>
<li>Stopped about halfway through… basically left the 2nd half blank :(</li>
<li>Okay, I think I messed up the last few parts b/c I was trying to get all the values from my calculator before time was called lol</li>
<li><p>Easiest of part A, but still :O</p></li>
<li><p>Okayish, my equations were probably wrong. I always hate this section…</p></li>
<li><p>EASIEST of the entire test, some points finally yayyy</p></li>
<li><p>Messed up the last part of this question… I just wanted to finish the test at this point though lol.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>Overall… I might be lucky to get a 3. I’ve been scoring 4s on all the practices, but I thought MC was kinda hard and FRQs super hard, so a 2 is entirely possible. Hopefully a 3 though!</p>
<p>I wasn’t calculating my score, just rating out of 5 on how well i think i did.</p>