2010-08-14, 03:34 AM
AAR Wrote:Ha. Of course this happens after I graduate. Then again, I only got a single 4 on any exam (I hate you Euro), so I guess it doesn't really matter anyway.
You can talk about the curve and whatever, but seriously taking off an extra 1/4pt was pure idiocy. You're already getting -1 for getting the problem wrong.
The original purpose of having the additional 1/4 point penalty for every wrong answer was to deter people from purely guessing through the multiple choice portion of the exam. (In another words, its a deterrence against BSing through the MC) AP Exams are designed to see if you really know the material or you don't.
I'm okay with both the old and the new system. As I said before, with the removal of the guessing penalty, CB will definitely up the minimum threshold needed to obtain the high AP scores. CB never gives anything away for free; you should already know that they work with having two faces, if you know what I mean. I take anything CB says with a grain of salt.