********Official AP 2008, Raw%=5 Speculation Thread********

<p>^ It’s only speculation. Scores usually are available by phone a couple of days before July 1st.</p>

<p>Apcs - 70%</p>

<p>I really think the curve predictions are meaningless and redundant. Just look at the past AP test curves. The curve for this year will only be give or take 3%. It wont skyrocket 10% points or even 5% just because you felt it was easy</p>

<p>haha, true. i think some of us are just trying to find company in waiting for the dreaded hour when scores will become available.</p>

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<p>You my friend are 100% CORRECT, but some people, including myself in some instances, that fell that since the AP Calc BC was so easy, instead of the usual ~65% being a 5, it’ll be a 75% ;)</p>

<p>if i remember correctly… phys C mech used to be 44.5/90 (~49%) for a 5 in the past. at least thats the case for a few of the released exams a decade ago. and EM seemed to flucutate around that range, too.</p>

<p>you are correct young one…:wink: </p>

<p>Psych, but yeah, the released exam in 2004 was around 45/90 = 5 :)</p>

<p>just speculating</p>

<p>Euro= 60%</p>

<p>So now that te scores are raking in, you can make a better guess to the raw percentages…lol</p>

<p>Anyone want to approximate the percentages for AP Calc BC and English Lit.?</p>

<p>i think the goal of collegeboard is to make you feel miserable about yourself. For instance, my lovely 2 in AP Calc translates to FAILURE! hooray!</p>

<p>Yes, scores are available by phone as of today. Don’t do it! Don’t ruin your life before you have to. Haha, then again I’m like the dumbest kid on this website. Go ahead, find out you got fives ya little genuises :D</p>

<p>Chem - 60-70% [not sure at all…]
Stats - 68%.</p>

<p>anyone for art history?</p>

<p>Chem: 65%
French: 87%
Gov: 88%</p>

<p>Voodoo_Santa:
It’s actually harder to achieve 65% on an AP test as on a regular test.</p>

<p>Let’s say you get 70 questions on a regular multiple choice test and 30 questions incorrect. Usually that would translate to a 70% (unless your teacher is curving), meaning you were awarded 70% of the points available.</p>

<p>However, let’s say on the multiple choice section of an AP exam you get 70 questions correct and 30 incorrect. In this case you would be awarded 70-(30/4) points, or 62.5 points, or 62.5% of the points available. Assuming you answer all of the questions, you would need to get 76 of the questions correct in order to achieve the same score (70) on an AP exam. That guessing penalty adds up more than you would think.</p>