<p>In the past couple of days on College Confidential, I have seen a lot of people complaining about how they "couldn't possibly have gotten that score [on the AP exam]." I've even heard this from people who got a 4. In response, many posters have been suggesting that they request a re-score because the College Board probably forgot to add the FRQ and MC scores.</p>
<p>Personally, it sounds like a bunch of people are trying to blame the College Board for their low scores. Does the College Board really screw up this often, or are the complainers just in denial?</p>
<p>I believe the complainers are definitely in denial. The reason is because generally it’s extremely rare that mistakes are made especially on the MC. A possibility could be that the test taker themselves bubbled incorrectly. Moreover the essays are based on credited readers so even if a different reader reads their essays it’ll just be the same score</p>
<p>@achiever900 eh. it could mean the difference between a borderline 3 (or a high 2) and a 3 or a borderline 5 and a 5. </p>
<p>most of the complainers probably are in denial, but honestly, better safe than sorry. honestly if you think you did amazing and got a 3, CB may have mistake. if you think you did fine-well-amazing and got a 1/2, CB definitely made a mistake. if you got a 4 and you think CB screwed up, you’re just whining lol.</p>
<p>edit: this is by CB standards ofc, since most ppl on CB tend to know the curves, the mc questions, answers, and rough mc estimations (lol all those docs), etc. </p>
<p>I wouldn’t think so. I think you are right though. Is this a method of ColegeBoard protesting? I feel that if they would screw up on all these exams, then AP shouldn’t be a thing. I don’t think they would want to constantly hear, “Where’s my 5 AND 2400?!” hahaha</p>
<p>Lmao yea people who were like “OMG I THOUGHT I GOT A 5 BUT I GOT A 3, COLLEGEBOARD SCREWED ME OVER,” were probably overconfident on the test and did poorly as a result.</p>
<p>I mean they grade the tests on scantron-like machines, and I’m sure those are extremely accurate.</p>