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so i took the test.
the multiple choice was all fine, i can't remember being stumped on more than 3-5 questions. allotting for mistakes, i probably scored at least a 51. however, i really misjudged my time in the free response and ended up leaving ~4 parts blank (this corresponds to approximately 5-6 points of the 34 total). i'm confident enough in the rest of my free response to not completely rule out getting a 5, but it'll be a lot harder to do so than i had previously estimated.
for reference i plugged my score into a score calculator (underestimating the scores to allow for whatever discrepancies there are), and i do get a 5, but if i do a more comfortable underestimation it pushes me down to a 4. so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
update 2: took another practice test ~5 days ago and i scored a tiny bit better; would have gotten a 5 relatively comfortably if i hadn't misread a free response and lost all 9 points ;-;
an update! so a few days ago i took my first practice test, though i hadn't finished studying all the material (just to see where i was). I scored a 50/60 on the multiple choice, with 7 of the 10 questions i got wrong belonging to topics i hadn't reviewed yet. i also scored approximately 66% on the free response, which, according to last year's (2022) grading standard, put me 3 points away from a 5. however, i will note this is inaccurate because 1. obviously the practice test i took is different from the 2022 test, and 2. i think i scored myself a LOT more leniently than i should have on the free response. this puts me probably solidly within the 4 range. i will try to err on the harsh side when grading future free responses.
next practice test, hopefully i will have learned all the material and be able to give some actual info about how i might do in the real test!
@ithildulin trust they score p leniently on the FRQ -- idk how i got a 5
@astyerche i feel like it's the other way around? IME they're pretty particular about the verbiage they want
@stq comparatively to other APs they seem more lenient, and my experience on it was whacko
@ithildulin So, 20 days or so remaining. If you had the exam today, do you think you'll get 5? what if it's a week after today?
@firstuserhere oops didn't see this! if i took the exam today, i'd probably (definitely) get a 4. a week from today, hopefully i'd be able to scrape a 5, though it would be by a pretty small margin
https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/about-ap-scores/score-distributions
In 2022, 15% of test takers got a 5. However, that includes loads of schools where the media score is a 5 and loads of schools where the median score is a 2. It’s hard to predict as an outsider without knowing the base rate for your school or your personal grades.
@stq The base rate is pretty low (like 5-15%). Proof Bio isn’t very aligned with the AP, and anecdotally I’ve heard that maybe 20 or 30% of proofniks who took the AP got a 5. I think Amelia is smart, but I think Pico overrates that as a factor and is betting memily. Also, she doesn’t seem to think she’ll get a 5.
I would like to officially state for the record that I will not attempt to sabotage Amelia’s AP Bio test in any way, and I wish her the best of luck, comforted in the positive expected value of my bet.
@astyerche tbt that time we were given literally the exact same assignment as the sixth graders were for all of block 5 lol
i enjoyed that course! but it was definitely less ap-aligned than the phys/chem courses i took
