<p>Getting a 1 is better than not taking the test.</p>
<p>rather not take the test</p>
<p>that’s worse though</p>
<p>Just as a matter of curiosity…what were your grades in the AP classes? Did you grades seem to indicate that you would be okay on the AP exams? </p>
<p>Seems like straight As in AP classes would indicate at least better than a 1 most of your exams. </p>
<p>I know there is not a direct correlation but you should have had at least some practice tests. I agree with the posters who said perhaps your pencil marks went unread.</p>
<p>^
I am wondering the same thing. </p>
<p>But look on the bright side, you didn’t get 6 1’s.</p>
<p>Alright so I have two quick points to make:</p>
<p>1) First things first, I think you should call CB and ask if you can have the APs manually graded (I don’t know if they even do that, but still). The one problem I have with this theory is that FRQs are graded manually, so it is doubtful that there is any problem with that. On the off chance, though, that you received a SICK multiple choice score, but the scantron read it incorrectly, then your score could bump significantly. Will it make your 1 become a 5? Probably not. However, it could bump them all to passing range. </p>
<p>2) I have a little theory about AP exams. Whether or not students *pass<a href=“getting%20at%20least%20a%203”>/I</a> is more a reflection of the teacher than the student, especially if the student is motivated. Obviously there are exceptions to this (i.e. if a student is sick/has a bad test day, or if the student is just a terrible slacker). Once you’ve passed, then it goes onto the student’s shoulders. I think students who are motivated, have good teachers, and are strong in the subject will get 5s. On the other hand, if a student has a good teacher but just isn’t a fan of the subject, he/she might get a 3 or 4. In this same vein, this is not a poor reflection on the student, it just shows that the student isn’t 100% amazing at the subject.
Essentially, my point is that I believe colleges will view a 1 as more of a reflection on the class than the student itself. </p>
<p>In the end, first see if there was some sort of mistake made. Secondly, I would just not send AP scores period. I don’t know what the policy on not sending AP scores is, but if you can’t send any, then just don’t send any. Your 4 in English Language is an AWESOME score, but it isn’t going to gain you automatic admittance to any school. Just do what you can, because 5 1s is not going to look great on college transcripts, but it is NOT the end of the world.</p>
<p>I did really bad last year… and I was so embarrassed to see my teachers.</p>
<p>Though, one of my teachers really bugged me. Just because I didn’t do well, I was ignored and everything by him. I would be with friends and he would acknowledge their presence and not mine. It made by self-esteem plummet a bit.</p>
<p>That’s what really made me feel bad. It’s not like I didn’t try and plus, I honestly came out of the test thinking I did well. But it’s okay, eventually, you’ll get over this like any other thing.</p>
<p>Did you take any practice tests? And for tests with unexpected scores, try rescoring, but also ask for your free-response booklets. I heard of stories where collegeboard lost the booklets, and that resulted in low scores.</p>
<p>dood 
that seriously sucks. i do well in practice and bomb the actual thing so i know what you feel like;; i got 2 on french too! </p>
<p>but it’s okay. easy to get rid of. plus, it doesnt even matter much :)</p>
<p>Ah don’t sweat it. It was probably dissapointing, but honestly nobody is going to give a flying **** about your ap exam scores. In the end, they’re mainly just for credit. High school’s kind of useless anyways.</p>
<p>That’s bull ftaiia! If a teacher were to judge you entirely based off of some score, then that only demonstrates their own incompetence.</p>
<p>Just from my own personal experience, I’ve noticed that many students don’t have a good sense as to the level of their own preparation. As a teacher, the number of times where students have said, “I knew how to do the homework, I just had no idea how to do the questions on the test!” when we asked questions that were symbol for symbol, number for number identical to some of the homework questions makes me wonder how some of these students prepare.</p>
<p>I’ll agree to an extent with what dreamsofivy has said. My first two years teaching AP Calculus AB, working with the most motivated students in the school, I had absolutely no idea what I was doing, had no knowledge about AP trainings that were out there (this was in the time before they had the audit), had very little idea even as to what was on the exam, and not surprisingly, every single one of my students scored a 1 on the exam.</p>
<p>In my newer school, I’ve been teaching AP Calculus AB for quite awhile now, with students who are obsessively grade motivated and not very motivated to even sit for the exam. The really motivated kids take BC instead. But the support structure for AP teachers is fantastic in my new school: they pay for me to go to an annual workshop to brush up my skills, double-checked my Audit based on information they had obtained from the College Board, provided graders to assist in grading mock tests. And not surprisingly, 90% of my classes pass the AP Exam, year in and year out. (Well, maybe not this year…)</p>
<p>The other thing I wanted to mention to the OP is that I am the kind of teacher who will seek out a student who didn’t do as well as expected on the AP Exam, but it’s not as a form of mockery or because I’m ashamed of your performance. It’s because like you, I too am surprised by the score, and am looking for input for how to remove the disconnect between the expectations and the actual performance. I would venture that more teachers than not would only talk to you about your score for these reasons (and maybe to try to console you a bit).</p>
<p>I agree that a teacher should talk to a student if the student didn’t do as well as expected. It’s not so much of a “Shame on you, you did so bad, now the whole school is going to know that”, but it’s more for the teacher’s improvement. If I was a teacher, I would want to know what went wrong so I could prepare the students better next year.</p>
<p>Maybe if you weren’t swallowing so much shampoo, you would’ve done a bit a better on your exams.</p>
<p>Wow, just wow higher up, you’re bringing back a month long thread to make fun of this guy, I mean seriously, you think you’re funny or something?</p>
<p>Shutup you whore! You know you’re talking to me right now on xbox and you laughed when I posted this. lolol</p>
<p>Uh oh guys, look like the ■■■■■ just came out of its cave, but I guess it is kind of funny to bring back a thread like this, lol. But in all seriousness now that this thread is back, let’s hope that it will motivate people to study even harder to make sure they don’t get a 1 on their AP Exams.</p>