<p>Well its about that time where I'm starting to stress out waiting for admission decisions and I was wondering if anyone had ever heard of admissions officers considering the AP scores of an entire class to see where a student falls. I'm asking because I got a 4 on the AP Chem, which I see as respectable but obviously not a 5. The rest of my class got one's or two's and failed miserably. Our teacher didnt really teach us also, he found slides from the books publisher and just clicked on them, typically being unable to explain them. So in summary, would admissions notice that I was able to pull out a four with the same teaching as those who got ones? Would that stand out. </p>
<p>(in typing this im starting to realize the ridiculousness of this possibility)</p>
<p>Also I skipped AP Calc AB and went straight to BC, would they notice that too?</p>
<p>There’s no way they would know that, unfortunately. </p>
<p>And just because some classes are typically paired in schools (Calc AB/BC, Mirco/Macro Econ, US/Comparative GOPO, etc.) that doesn’t mean that’s how it must be done, so that won’t make very much difference.</p>
<p>Agree w/David that there’ s no way for them to know.</p>
<p>That’s the reason colleges like to see students take the test after taking an AP class. A grade is school & teacher specific, while the test is standardized and sees if the student learned the material that was supposed to be covered.</p>
<p>No, colleges don’t do that and your experience, even if reported, won’t help because there are many kids who take AP Chemistry by self-studying and still score 5’s and 4’s.</p>
<p>Colleges do not know what others in your class scored on APs. Colleges do not care what others in your class scored. Most who have AP Calculus BC did not have AB so you will not stand out on that basis. Most colleges do not even use AP scores for admission. None require official scores. If you provide scores to the high ranked colleges they may get some minimal consideration along with everything else but they do not have anywhere near the importance of SAT and SAT II scores for admission.</p>
<p>Agree with drusba. And as for the scores counting as credit, colleges have a minimum score they will accept, somewhere between 3-5 depending on the academic level it’s at. That minimum isn’t up for negotiation regardless of circumstances. And besides, only VERY competitive schools won’t take 4s as credit.</p>
<p>Some schools do report the percentage of their students who pass the AP tests by subject on the school’s profile sheet. It does not necessarily apply to the OP’s situation.</p>