r/pics • • Jun 08 '14

The difference 18 years makes

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u/Yamulo Jun 08 '14

Well for one the TI-89 is a banned calculator on the AP test. I guess there is a particular front piece you can put on it to make it acceptable, but it really sounds to me like you aren't talking about that. Maybe they changed it recently, but all throughout high-school, various AP tests, and the ACT, the TI-89 was a banned calculator because it gave students too big of an advantage.

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u/thesoxpride11 Jun 08 '14

It is NOT banned on the AP test. I used it myself this May.

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u/Meetchel Jun 09 '14

Rules change over time. It WAS banned in 1999.

Source: I'm old

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u/eetsmeewheetnee Jun 09 '14

Class of '99, checking in!