2010-08-14, 03:24 PM
WillDaSnail Wrote: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.
It's still a load of bull, though. You're already getting marked off for getting the problem wrong.
This also punishes people who simply got the problem wrong; it's not like College Board can tell whether you guessed or just screwed up.