<p>So my mom just called me. I'm at work right now. She was in tears because my AP scores were apparently "really bad." </p>
<p>I got a 4 on AP Literature, a 5 on Calc BC (5 for AB subscore), 4 on USH, and 3 for Spanish. No one ever gets above a 3 at our school for Spanish.</p>
<p>She just texted me (I told her not to call bc I am in a lab) and she told me that she has never been more disappointed in her life and that she is done with me. Apparently she called my dad at work too and now he's extremely ****ed as well. I don't think I did that bad. Are these actually decent scores or am I missing something?</p>
<p>Are your parents Asian? Not to be stereotypical, but it seems that a lot of Asian parents demand perfection. But no, your scores are not bad in any way.</p>
<p>Well, the only reason I could see you ■■■■■■■■ is that your post kind of makes no sense. You said she called in tears, then you said she texted you. Did she call and text? If so, that makes sense.</p>
<p>Anyway, I’ll assume this is real. You need to tell them to **** off. Seriously. This is ridiculous. I would love to see them try and take 4 AP tests, one of which in a different langauge, and do as well as you. If people don’t receive a score higher than a 3 on Spanish at your school, then who are they to expect a 4 or 5? Also, the AP Lit curve this year was ridiculously difficult. I didn’t take it, but I know a lot that did and some super smart kids got 3s and 4s. As for USH, USH is hard with a lot of random qs. I got a 4 and I’m thrilled!! And the awesomeness of your Calc score goes without saying. </p>
<p>Tell them to get their own life and stay out of yours.</p>
<p>Yes, she called me, hung up and then texted. I’ll tell them that. I’m home now and she can’t even look me in the face. I am so ****ing frustrated.</p>
<p>I’ve been on CC for over a year and this is one of the worst things I have heard. She was in tears? Literally? That’s insane, you got three credit-worthy scores and language APs are known to be some of the hardest.</p>
<p>Your scores are good. Tell your parents to read this thread, so they know they are being ridiculous. Good lord, our AP Spanish teacher probably couldn’t make a 3 on the ap test.</p>
<p>Did you get a 2400 on your SAT or something? Were you getting high As in all of these classes?</p>
<p>Because otherwise, I don’t see why they should expect you to do be perfect at APs, which are pretty damn hard tests.</p>
<p>But, it is all relative, so I can see why they’d be upset (not in tears, but still…) if you had previously been some sort of supergenius at standardized tests.</p>
<p>In any case though, they are acting stupidly. Creating that kind of stress won’t help at all.</p>
<p>I can hardly believe it…you’re so accomplished and they’re upset? Maybe they just need a week or two to put it in perspective and realize that your scores are fantastic?</p>
<p>They sound like good scores to me, and they’re all passing scores. Most schools give credit for a 4, and some give credit for a 3 as well. Plus the language APs are really hard. My understanding is that if you’re not a native speaker of that language, it’s really tough to get a perfect score. The very top kids at my HS don’t get above a 3 in AP Spanish, and it’s the one course at our school for which you’re not required to take the AP test. Even the school recognizes that it’s a waste of money for most kids since they’re not going to get the score they need to get credit, whereas they’ll probably test out of the courses at many colleges when they take the college language placement tests.</p>
<p>Your parents really need to lighten up. To open up your results (I assume addressed to YOU!) and then call/text you at work about them is pretty lame. Most parents would be rightfully proud of your accomplishments rather than making you feel like you’re not good enough. I’d ignore their negativity and focus on how well you really did.</p>
<p>That is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. Those are good scores. Your parents need to really rethink their expectations. Wow… it just makes me depressed thinking that there are parents like that. That is not good parenting at all. They are going to build up such a fear of failure in you that one time you might just blow.<br>
Your parents need to lighten up because their expectations are ridiculous. I got a 1 on an AP test and my parents didn’t care, but I got 5s on all of my other ones. They didn’t care because they knew I tried my best and that it was my hardest class. They know I’m going to do fine and know what I am doing so they don’t get “mad” when my grades aren’t “good”. That is real parenting.</p>