<p>I was wondering if it would seem rational to have a few tests re-scored if I felt that there might be a problem with the grading. For example, I received a 3 in French Language, which is passing; however, the college board practice test that we took at school, on top of the other practice tests, indicated a 5. Also, I took French Literature and received a 1. If you are unaware, a 1 basically means that you do not know anything in French. Now this test I have been studying for 11 months and I actually wrote decent essays with real french sentences (btw, the essays in french lit are 60% of your total grade). My question is if I should have them re-scored? I have nothing to really loose, and it seems unreal to ace a subject that I have a passion for and then receive a 1/3 on the AP tests that I felt good (not perfect) about. Any thoughts/comments???</p>
<p>Well, there is no way CB messed up with BOTH of your language exams…</p>
<p>Isn’t the re-score MC only? So it’s unlikely that your scores will change.</p>
<p>Well, it is unlikely, but not impossible. Anyway, yes they do regrade the MC only, but there was an error on the French MC section this year, and there could also be an error when they added the scores, which would be fixed during the regrade. The main reason why I’m even considering a re-grade is because I got a 1 on a test that I know I did not fail, because a 1 on a foreign language test means that you don’t know the language. I do know the language well.</p>
<p>You should consider the number of native speakers taking the exam…</p>
<p>But native speakers wouldn’t bring the grade down to a 1. If so, it would be more likely a 2 or 3. The sample essays of the students receiving low essay scores are ridiculously apparent of their failure.</p>
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<p>Did you use sophisticated grammatical structures (si clauses, a wide variety of tenses including the subjunctive, decent vocabulary, etc.)? Everyone writes essays with “real french sentences” (duh). Did you demonstrate mastery of the literature without summarizing extensively? Did you provide evidence of critical thought and unique ideas?</p>
<p>I also took the French Literature exam (woot pour la litt</p>
<p>By French sentences (for Language) I used subjunctive, passe simple, and probably conditional/imperfect. The prompt kind of forced me to use a lot of present tense though, but still. As for the language vocabulary, I used many idioms that I have studied from about.com. In litterature, I wrote essays with exact references to the text (for the short repsonse) and also explaining it. I even noted that Ariel (in une tempete) is a boy. Also, for the long response (I wrote about L’ecole des femmes) I compared the relationship of Agnes and Arnolphe to that of a modern day relationship. So, yeahhhh…very depressing. I also talked to my French teacher, who has been teaching AP French for a long time, and she thinks something is odd, but who knows.</p>
<p>I totally would have those tests rescored. The college board had some problems with the french tests when they were being administered (i.e. the pauses in the cd was not long enough to give the students time to answer the question).</p>
<p>C’est la vie!</p>
<p>I would rescore the French Lit, and not the Lang. Usually if they only added one section of the test, you’d get a 1 or 2, and only a 3 if you nailed it.</p>
<p>Hi guys, I was wondering about that too. Because I received a 2 on my AP lit exam and my teachers think I should get it rescored but I don’t know if it was really a mistake. They thought I would of done better but I’m a little embarrassed and a couple of my friends got 3s and 4s and usually I am at their level on the practice exams we had in class. So, do you think I should get it rescored even though it’s unlikely they would miss up?</p>
<p>I’ve heard stories about students receiving 1s or 2s when they studied their brains out, but when they requested a re-score, their grade shot up to a 4 or 5 because of an adding error. I’m not quite sure how many of these errors AP encounters, but that doesn’t mean that they’re perfect. For example, AP administered a faulty CD (extremely quick transition times on certain questions) to ALL French Language students at this year’s testing. In conclusion, I’m having both re-scored, even though I know that I may end up with the same scores, but if I were to go on with life without making an attempt and discover that there was an error, I would be very depressed. In other words, I rather do everything that I can do, and when all else fails, it will be confirmed that I’m just a bad test taker in the Language Arts department, but not a uneducated student. So you should do what you feel like doing, if your re-score is the same, that does not mean that you are dumb. Oh P.S., 6/7 people in my well-prepared French class got a 1 or 2, making me believe my AP French Language score.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t say that a 1 is supposed to mean that you don’t know the language.</p>
<p>I took Calc AB & BC this year and I got a 1/2 (1 BC, 2 AB subscore).
That doesn’t necessarily mean I got nothing out of the class. I know how to differentiate and integrate, but it’s applying the skills that was hard for me. I can follow the steps, but I couldn’t tell what the questions were really asking. Formulas are useless if you can’t apply them. Knowing the language and applying it well aren’t the same thing, and maybe that’s why you got a low score. Believe me, I wasn’t expecting a 1 either, but now that I think about it I’m not all that suprised.</p>
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<p>Not true. I’m not a native speaker and received a 4 after two years of French (block schedule). You should get a rescore on at least the Lit exam.</p>
<p>" Now this test I have been studying for 11 months and I actually wrote decent essays with real french sentences"</p>
<p>this is a language course and everthing can’t be learned in less than a year. </p>
<p>most ppl in our spanish 4 class taking the AP spanish test get a 3 or 4 and they have been learning spanish for 4 yrs</p>
<p>To alyssa83201: I know EXACTLY what you mean. Last year, I took AP English and received a 2, I thought I passed, but when I thought about it, I didn’t really understand the test, hence the 2. However, French I know I applied every drop of foreign language knowledge to. In conclusion, good scenario, but in this case, I know that my “heart” doesn’t match with the grade, so we’ll see!</p>
<p>When I mean I’ve been studying for this test for 11 months, I mean I have been studying the official AP questions, essays, topics, you name it since then. I’ve been learning the language since my freshman year (my school goes a bit quickly in the learning new verb tenses).</p>
<p>i can understand your desire for a rescore and all, but why’d you even ask our opinion if you knew what you were going to do anyways? (sorry, that’s just one of my pet peeves–people asking for advice when they really just want justification that what they’re doing is right.)</p>
<p>There’s no harm in having the exam(s) rescored… go for it!</p>