<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:
<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>