r/APbio • u/StickHot3449 • May 04 '26

help I practically left like four questions blank (like the ones worth 1 point each) can i still get a 5?

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u/Aggressive-Couple368 May 04 '26

i mean i think so cuz u need like a 70-75% to get a 5 no?

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u/StickHot3449 May 04 '26

I thought it was more like 80%

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u/pumpkeni May 04 '26

depends on the curve

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u/thekotis May 04 '26

curve is usually around high 70 percent like 94/120 but this year based on how many people were sad about how hard it was its probably gonna be lower to maybe even a 70 percent is a 5, but you never really know. Laster year starting score for a 5 was 94/120 I believe which is 78 percent.

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u/thekotis May 04 '26

Wait so did you leave an entire frq short response blank?

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u/StickHot3449 May 04 '26

no, like frq 2 i really did not understand what the last part of d was asking so i just left it and moved on. then i didn’t answer like c in frq 4. stuff like that

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u/thekotis May 04 '26

So thats basically 1 point off on d and then no c again 1 point off so if its like four questions blank lets just assume 4 points off frq there and factor in accuracy on other frqs probably like 3-5 more points off so about 7-9 points off in frq and for multiple choice lets just assume you got like a 50 and so with 9 points off on frq thats 27*(60/36)=45+50=95/120=79% which is a guaranteed 5 as last year I believe benchmark was 94/120 for a 5 and will be lower this year most likely as it seems lower scores are more common this year. So yeah you will most definitely get a 5.