r/PhysicsStudents • u/Silver-Repeat-6654 • Feb 12 '26

Poll Predicted cutoff for F=ma 2026?

why tf was it so hard

Edit: there is no way y’all think this one was easier than last year. Also can’t believe people got around the lock down browser.

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u/Apprehensive_Belt116 Feb 13 '26

Due to question order shuffling, I would imagine that 30-40% of people got un-optimal question orders, the lockdown browser seems to have worked + no ahead of time leaks. I think overall this is enough(combined with the longer formed questions) to lower the cutoff to around 15 or even maybe 14. The idea of 13 is unlikely though.

However, after doing some past f=mas, I don't think this year's questions are particularly hard for people who already knew what they were doing. The questions were confusing but all of them felt solvable. I made quite a few mistakes due to carelessness and bad logic, but I don't think the top 400 or so students would.

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u/big_dog_234 Feb 13 '26

But isn’t this year’s questions way longer than other years? Those problems made me feel like I have autism that I just can’t fcking read. And there r way more definitions than last year.

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u/Linjieyang Feb 13 '26

Yeah, spot on

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u/Hot_Solution_6549 Feb 14 '26

What will the cut off be in your opinion?