<p>So, in my Calc AB Class, I got a B (which isn't horrible, but I wanted the A, badly) but let's say I do get a 5 on the AP Exam with getting a B in calculus. </p>
<p>Does that give college the impression to dismiss the bad grade because I did well on the AP Exam or does that still reflect poorly when I apply to college even though I got a 5 on the AP exam?</p>
<p>No idea what the colleges will think, but here are some possibilities:
1. You are lazy and didn't do your homework or show up for class
2. You got lucky on the AP exam
3. Your teacher is really hard or your teacher is bad</p>
<p>Ask your teacher that if you get a 5 on the exam, if he can change your final grade.</p>
<p>Many teachers do that here at my school.</p>
<p>Mmm ... that was my first inclination (to change my grade if I get a 5 on the AP exam). However, my teacher is leaving to teach in abroad and I do not know if he is able to get me a grade change before time the to apply for college. any ideas?</p>
<p>but immortalix, number 3 is what is applied to me. only 2 kids got an A in his AP Class which is absurd in a class of 26 people. so, i don't know how to convey to colleges if i cannot get the grade changed.</p>
<p>bump ------------</p>
<p>Sometimes, and a teacher at my school did this last year, a teacher can have someone else change the grades in that teacher's name.</p>
<p>What that teacher did is leave a note with me that said: "Please allow {teacher's name} to change grades for students who meet the following criteria:" Then I looked through the scores and the grades to see if the criteria applied, and our registrar's office applied the changes.</p>
<p>If your teacher does such a thing but isn't sure how to make a change, you might suggest this possibility.</p>
<p>But colleges may not find 2 A's in a class of 26 to be absurd, and they may not care about this detail when trying to decide whether you're a worthy candidate. I'd try to avoid mentioning it, IMHO.</p>