@vries77 AP Chinese is among the less popular world language offered at high schools in the US. It is not a surprise that many students taking the test has some background with it or even without taking the class at school (but at a Chinese school). I know many students went to Chinese school since early grades. It does require effort to learn the language as it is not simply inherited from the gene. Those Chinese schools are usually a couple hours a week and most students go there throughout elementary and middle schools. The AP score is a measurement of proficiency. A high percentage of score 5 simply means there are a high percentage of students reached that proficiency level. If someone spent years in learning a lanugage or any subject, I don’t see any issue on it. Actually, it does not really help college admission at all. Think about engineer parents sending their kids to Kumo since early grades, should the SAT2 Math scores from those kids be counted? There are kids from family with strong music background started music lesson before grade school, should their AP Music theory score be counted?
The answer is simply yes. The test score is just a measurement of proficiency. Whatever way a student achieved that level, disregarding it is from AP class, self learning, or tutoring, the score would be counted. Think about something you can dedicate a couple hours a week for 10 years or so, may it be a writing class, a math class, a music class, or anything, you should be able to achieve something.
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