<p>I will be taking the AP Spanish exam my senior year and i was wondering how everyone did. Is it hard?
Thanks</p>
<p>Uh.... I was one of the best Spanish students for the 6 years I took the class, and my teacher gave me feedback on sample questions and essays for the AP, and we preped in class a bit, and I thought I did pretty well on the exam (i.e. 4). And then I open the letter from the College Board..... Hmm.. Spanish Language: 2. I have absolutely no idea how I could have done this badly, and, in fact, I'm going to tell the CB to regrade my multiple choice answer sheet. There must have been some kind of fluke. Even so, the exam is extremely difficult for any non-native speaker. Good luck, my friend.</p>
<p>I didn't take it (even though i took spanish throughout junior high and high school) because i heard almost nobody gets a 4 or 5 unless they're a native speaker.</p>
<p>I'm non-native and I self-studied and got a 4 this year. I put a LOT of effort into Spanish these past two years, however.</p>
<p>I took Spanish for 6 years and I was always one of the top students. I got a perfect grade on the state Spanish exam, and my teachers kept saying I was going to get a 5--a 4 at the very least. I got a 3. I'm going to ask for a regrade too.</p>
<p>I was able to pull off a 5 as a non-native speaker, but it wasn't easy. We practiced the exam format a lot in class, and my teacher was very difficult when it came to memorizing vocabulary/learning the grammer (try 200 words in two nights...lol). Even at my school (which is a magnet HS), not too many kids get a 5 on the foreign language exams unless they are native because it is tough in general. Based on last year's numbers released by the College Board, roughly 3/4 or so of the 4's and 5's on the exam were awarded to native speakers. However, I guess it bode well for me that I did well in the class and got in the 97th percentilie for the National Spanish Exam. </p>
<p>The main thing is to practice/learn the test format and otherwise immerse yourself in Spanish whenever you can (I liked to read in Spanish on my own, and sometimes I listened to Spanish music). If you watch Spanish news on TV, that would really help too.</p>
<p>I received a 5 (as a non-native speaker), and was extremely surprised. I seriously thought that I would receive a 3-or less! I thought the exam was fairly difficult (mainly the listening/fill-in-the-blank/speaking sections-those are my weak spots), but the reading/writing sections weren't too bad.</p>
<p>I'm a non-native speaker and got a five. The advantages I had were that I spent a month of the previous summer in Spain, spring break in Mexico, and there were a couple of native speakers in the class that I could talk to. With the appropriate background I think it's not too bad to get a 5 if you're determined to work and willing to memorize a couple vocab lists now and then.</p>
<p>My son got a B in AP Spanish class and a 2 on the test. Two of his friends got A's in the class, with one getting a 3 and the other a 5 on the test. The "5" also spent a summer somewhere in South America.</p>
<p>i had a b+ in class and got a 3, i basically suck at speaking and listening so writing and reading were the areas i got most points in. i was actually pleasantly surprised with a 3</p>
<p>when did you all get your spanish scores?! my ap score sheet for my other classes came in and said spanish would be coming soon.....well. it is almost august.</p>
<p>don't worry, dande. The same thing happened to me and I still havent gotten my spanish score either.</p>
<p>I took Spanish for 3 years only and got a 4. Non-native speaker. I had an A- in Spanish 4 (never took AP Spanish, and skipped Spanish 2).</p>
<p>ah good dna3, im glad im not alone. i hope, for our own sakes, our scores come soon!</p>
<p>is anyone still waiting for their spanish score? :(</p>
<p>I'm still waiting :(</p>
<p>Even when I call, it says "not all of your scores are available." I took the test on the regular exam date! Does this mean it STILL hasn't been graded? gahh why is it taking SO long?</p>
<p>(I'm assuming you're talking about Spanish Language...).</p>
<p>When I got my AP scores back, I was extremely surprised (in a good way) to see that I got a 5 on my exam. Granted, I am more than a little obsessed with foreign languages...</p>
<p>In my opinion, a lot of it depends on how good your teacher is and how much you prepare. Part of it is, of course, happening to get a "good" test. (i.e. the essay is on a topic in which you have a very strong vocabulary base). </p>
<p>I have two main tips for you for next year... 1. Listen to different accents. If your teacher is Cuban and all you ever hear is the Cuban accent, you're at a disadvantage. The AP exam includes people with completely different and varied accents, so be prepared for that. 2. PRACTICE! I can't stress that enough. When you get the opportunity to chat with someone in spanish, do so! Read spanish, listen to spanish music or radio, write a message to someone in spanish... use it as much as possible. </p>
<p>Finally, on the exam itself, if you are completely blown away by a section, don't let it rattle you. For one of the audio sections, I literally left every single question blank. We were all looking around the examination room blankly, and someone even started to laugh. No one understood the audio clip at all, but that just happens sometimes. Don't psych yourself out, even if you think that you missed a section of the exam.</p>
<p>Hope that helped. :)</p>
<p>On wikipedia, it says only 3.02% of non-native speakers get a 5 on this test. ;</p>
<p>3.02%? Wow. I'm glad I didn't see that before I took the test...</p>
<p>wow. just by reading this thread im really sad. i thought i was a still relatively smart, as im a nonnative and i studied for the exam, and was happy yet dismayed at the fact i got a 4 =/. how the heck do you people do it? i mean, i thought i did pretty good after listening. but heck its still nonetheless very difficult. </p>
<p>heck seriously, if youre a normal person here, reading these threads seriously makes you feel ambivalent. like not even depression, but the sheer fact that i still stand in awe at the fact that i thought i was good at spanish and did badly. ahhh. at least i have enough 5s that i dont have to put it on my common app haha.</p>
<p>oh well. my quest for a 7 in sl begins now. can anyone tell me how hard that is relatively considering how i did on ap?</p>