AP Exam Irregularity - Urgent Question

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<p>Hello,</p>

<p>To summarize my situation, I was taking an AP Exam earlier on and the time ran out but I continued to finish bubbling in the last of my answers and the situation was subsequently reported as a test irregularity. I urgently need to know what the consequences will be. If the entire room has to re-take the exam, I really don't know what to do anymore...</p>

<p>Please do not post if you are going to make pointless criticism, I know what I have done, it was completely stupid and spontaneous and a reiteration of the mental caliber of my actions will not be needed. The dramatic scene that the proctors created was definitely not worth one or two questions. This is not something I would EVER normally do and I truly regret my actions beyond words. So once again, please do not post pointless criticism, I would very much appreciate a direct and concise response.</p>

<p>Thank you in advance.</p>

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<p>Personally I think there’s a 50/50 of your score being invalidated. </p>

<p>A phone went off when I was taking the test at the very beginning, but Collegeboard told us that it wouldn’t matter because it was in the front of the room, so I’m not really sure.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the reply. By any chance, do you still remember when you received your reply from collegeboard for your matter?</p>

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<p>The proctors notified the irregularity instantly, and they told us of their response after the test was concluded.</p>

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<p>Hmm… that’s odd. My irregularity was also reported instantly, but there was still no reply… but the worst thing that could happen in my opinion is if the whole room has to re-take the exam. I’ll probably need a bodyguard in that case (not a joke).</p>

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<p>Bump. Does anyone know of a similar case or can someone elaborate on the situation above? Thanks in advance.</p>

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<p>They definitely would not make the whole room re-take it. I wouldn’t worry about that!</p>

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<p>They’ll probably invalidate your test, but the whole room won’t have to retake.</p>

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<p>They would lose a bunch of money by making the whole room take it again. Worst case is your score is canceled. Which, if they word the report as “student continued to fill in answers after time called” there may be a good chance that will happen.</p>

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<p>The exact wording was “student was closing test booklet but appeared to be filling out answers after time was called”. … There’s a good chance of my score being cancelled, right?</p>

<p>P.S. If my score were cancelled, would there be any other consequences? I heard that your transcript might be changed to say that you didn’t take the AP course at all and that you won’t receive a 1.0 GPA boost from that class. Is this true?</p>

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<p>^Pretty sure that’s not true. It might depend on the school though.</p>

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<p>I don’t think they can change your transcript. That would be completely out of line IMO. A whole semesters work gone for a 3 second mistake? Yeah right.</p>

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<p>That’s a relieving astute observation, thanks!</p>

<p>But does anyone know what the actual possible consequences are?</p>

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<p>CB would probably invalidate your score, unfortunately :/</p>

<p>The wording of the report is probably enough to get hyperactive CB to take action against you. They’d probably not require anyone else to retake it, and they also would probably allow you to take other AP exams.</p>

<p>This is all conjecture, of course. CB is a weird… entity.</p>

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<p>You shouldn’t have done that.</p>

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<p>Several options have been historically offered/used

[ol]
[<em>]Nothing
[</em>]You will be told that CB is unable to provide you with a score and will offer a refund.
[li]you will be told that CB is unable to provide you with a score and will offer you an opportunity to retake.[/li][/ol]</p>

<p>The rest of the class will not be affected by your action. #3 is the most probable, followed by #1.</p>

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<p>Thank you dearly for the information everyone (excluding GaussianPoop of course).</p>

<p>Does anyone know if this will go on my transcript in any way?</p>

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<p>Doesn’t go on your transcript, is not reported to your school or to colleges.</p>

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<p>I see… at least that’s a great consolation. It’s too bad that teachers and peers spreading rumors about this like wildfire is in essence the equivalent of having it reported to the school… sad face</p>

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<p>But back on topic, how does the “opportunity to retake” work?</p>