<p>To be clear, I have no idea what my AP scores are yet. When I took an AP exam in march, there were SO many disturbances, and I didn't say anything about them afterwards. I recently told my dad I was worried (because only now am I thinking about them again) and he told me to "suck it up," you know, that attitude of It's nobody's fault but your own. First, my answer sheet was lost and my test was delayed while they searched for it, and finally they just gave me a new blank one and I had to fill all the information out again. I was the only student taking the test, so they put me in a tiny study room, and there were three adults crammed in there in the beginning, because they were trying to figure out how to play the CD. One adult left and two were in the room; the proctor was a slow old lady (because teachers aren't allowed to proctor the tests). While the CD was playing, the other adult was talking and using her cellphone (reading something, not talking). I couldn't hear the entire end of the CD and guessed on all the questions at the end. I didn't say anything to be accommodating and not "rude." During the non-audio part of the test, the old lady who was the proctor was sitting down at the same table as I was (it was a tiny study room, there was only one table), and EVERY FEW SECONDS made a old-person loud heaving noise. She was two feet away from me. She was also reading a newspaper and doing a crossword, so the paper crinkled every time she opened and refolded it. I tried to concentrate on the test obviously, since if I mentioned the distractions I could be accused of not concentrating and would lose more time for myself besides, but I was gritting my teeth. The worst part was that the old lady who was making so much noise THOUGHT she was being considerate and quiet (since she didn't talk). None of the adults proctoring the test cared that I had to concentrate, it was like I was inconveniencing them by making them sit there for a few minutes to three hours, I was SO MAD that the woman who was playing the CD ( I shouldn't mention this, but she was fat and her cell phone was tacky) was using her cell phone that made <em>pinging</em> noises while the audio questions were playing, and all the while she was concentrating on whatever she was reading on her phone, and even laughed out loud at one point. Even though they are paid to proctor!, and I had every wish to kick them out while I was testing. But I was such a meek person and didn't want to seem "rude" to the adults. I hate it. Reporting anything was the farthest thing from my mind after I finished the test; I was actually worried I was in trouble for some reason! But now it's probably too late to report anything (it seems like the ap college board doesn't want it either, seeing as there is no information on how to report testing disturbances on the internet). My dad was so unsympathetic and even mad at me for having a problem. I almost started crying... Please give your thoughts on this, even if it is just "suck it up" again.</p>
<p>oops I wrote march instead of may</p>
<p>Even if you can’t report these incidents to Collegeboard, I would still report them to your school. I can definitely understand how frustrated you are.</p>
<p>Thanks. I will probably tell the teacher of my AP class in the fall, but ultimately, like my dad said, there’s nothing anybody can do about it.</p>
<p>The thing is, if I get a bad score (I am guessing 2 or 3), everybody will blame me. This is why I specifically wrote this BEFORE my scores came out. They will just say “you should have studied harder” or “how dare you blame anyone but yourself” or even “that’s just an excuse, you wouldn’t have gotten a good score ANYWAY.” But I’m sure I would have done better on the audio (I LITERALLY did not hear the entire last two passages read. Complete 100% guesses 
, which I’ve never done before because I’m a good student), and probably better on the essays too with the extra time from not being distracted by the old lady’s noise.</p>
<p>A few comments:
• There is nothing wrong with growing a pair and saying, “Excuse me, could you keep the noise down?” Although I didn’t really thing they were being noisy from your account.
• If you truly felt there was a testing discrepancy, the time to report it was in May.
• You will win no points by using adjectives like old, fat, and tacky.</p>
<p>Despite the “setbacks”, I hope you get a good score.</p>
<p>Suck it up.</p>
<p>Should have cancelled and retook on the 22nd. </p>
<p>@skieurope oh really? heaving, pinging cellphones and unfolding newspaper two feet away is silent? I don’t think so. Also, “old” is not derogatory. She actually was old. Neither is “fat.” She really was fat. I don’t know why she was even there, because she wasn’t a real proctor. They needed her help to play a CD?</p>
<p>@BassGuitar 1. you need a special reason to take the test on a retake date 2. I obviously didn’t know there would be any problems on the scheduled date 3. It would have been the same anyway, as I would have been the only student again. If only ONE other kid had taken the test with me, they would have moved us to a real classroom.</p>
<p>Ariana Grande went off during my test lmao</p>