<p>Hi, I was wondering if having a 100 in an AP class, yet only a 1 on the exam (AP French is near impact lento pass if you are not a native speaker), will affect my chances of admissions? I have 4 5s and 2 4s on my other exams taken, just for reference.</p>
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<p>Damn you, Autocorrect!</p>
<p>I have no idea of the answer to the question you posed, but I think you’re overestimating the difficulty of “passing” the French AP. It’s hard to get a 5–though you hardly have to be a native speaker to do it–but it’s not “impossible to pass.”</p>
<p>Then I’m sorry to say that your HS is a joke.</p>
<p>I suppose you could try taking the French SAT Subject Test–you could at least take some sample tests to see how you do.</p>
<p>Nah - it won’t affect your chances at admission. Just don’t report that score on your application. Don’t worry about it</p>
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<p>This, x1000, if you get a perfect final grade on any AP class and then don’t pass the exam there is something wrong with your school.</p>
<p>It means that your school’s AP French course does not teach enough French compared to what is expected by the AP French test.</p>
<p>Well, it might mean that, or it might mean that the OP had a bad test day, or that he’s not great at standardize tests, or something else. It certainly will make colleges wonder how well you’ve actually learned French, which is why I suggested you might consider the SAT subject test, if you think the AP test didn’t accurately reflect how well you know French.</p>
<p>I think it’ll just reflect how the french course at the OP’s school is horrible.</p>
<p>Our teacher treated our class like a French 2 class ( same curriculum). Out school rates in the top in Texas for test score, but our french teacher didn’t care at all. As far as reporting goes, I’m not going to cancel the score, and I already sent the scores to my first choice( duke) through the early reporting option when I registered for my tests :(</p>
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Your parents ought to be in the principal’s office complaining about this. They are paying for your HS and this teacher, as is the rest of your community, and they deserve better.</p>
<p>I smell grade inflation lol.</p>
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<p>Well, that’s why. Unless your high school French courses were more like university level French courses, there should be no realistic expectation that a student who has completed high school French 2 will do well in the AP French test aimed at those who have completed high school French 4 or 5.</p>
<p>Texas doesn’t seem like the kind of state that cares much about getting high quality French teachers :D</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>That’s a ridiculous statement.</p>
<p>Why did you take the AP French exam having only completed French 2? I just took the AP French exam as a senior and got a 3, although I’ve done very well in class and have been ranked nationally on French exams for NON-NATIVE speakers. It’s just extremely hard to do well on the exam if you’re not a native speaker or haven’t learned French with a native speaker. I wouldn’t worry too much about the 1 at any rate. In fact, if I were you, I wouldn’t even report the score to colleges.</p>
<p>Ok thanks. Our French teacher actually quit this year and moved back to England (good riddance), and our school just cut the French 5 program due to lack of interest…</p>
<p>I took US History AP and the teacher made the class 100x harder than the exam. I scored a 3, whereas I only had a 74% in his class. Chances are your teacher didn’t challenge you enough and the test was just a big more complex than you were anticipating. But no, it shouldn’t affect you much at all. If anything they’ll be impressed that you did so well in an advanced class, despite not getting a high score on the exam.</p>
<p>“I smell grade inflation lol.”</p>
<p>I wish this were facebook so I could like this. I despise these kinds of schools.</p>
<p>Only one class out of 8 in a year my friend, you need these easy classes (unfortunately I wish it would have been much harder)</p>