<p>Has anyone failed an AP Class in high school, but pulled out a 5?
maybe the teacher was over preparing you?</p>
<p>..because in my school, if you can get a 5, your class grade is changed to a 100% because that is the main goal/purpose of the course</p>
<p>That hasn’t happened to me, I’m a senior in high school and have taken 11 AP classes. However, I find that your school changes the grade to a 100 pretty interesting, but at the same time that’s not really fair. What about the kid who slacks off the entire year (clearly deserving a failing AP class), but gets a 5 b/c he’s just a smart kid who doesn’t do any hw and sleeps in class? I would rather earn my grade and be judged separately from what I get on my AP test, but that’s just my opinion.</p>
<p>we just get graded on tests/quizzes which tests your ability during that time period… i mean you don’t need a 90% on an ap test for a 5 right? only somewhere between 60%-70% which is a C to a D</p>
<p>The grading scale on the AP exam might be 65% for a 5, but quizzes/tests in classes aren’t AP exams. They don’t translate so you can’t just equate a 65 in class to a 5… And if you’re good enough to take the exam and get a 5 after failing the course, why bother taking the course in the first place?</p>
<p>we get actual ap questions though</p>
<p>Doesn’t matter. The reason AP exams have those curves is because an entire two semester’s worth of material is tested in ~three hours. It’s easier to prepare for a specific topic (e.g. Indefinite Integrals or Supply and Demand) and only be tested on that topic than it is to prepare for the breadth of knowledge that is tested in an AP exam (e.g. ~250 years of U.S. History).</p>
<p>It really shouldn’t matter. If you’re going to get a 5, you should be able to get an A in class.</p>
<p>yup I pretty much agree with 4khaos. You should work for your GPA, not depend on a 3hr test to boost your grades up.</p>