<p>Screw the collegeboard. They have raped my parents and I of hundreds of dollars... I guess it has paid off with my admission to UCLA and USC (will attend UCLA, prefered SC, but financially it was not possible), but still, they have a virtual monopoly on students and the college admissions process, the only close competitor is the ACT. I feel so bad for a classmate of mine... he was not allowed to make an AP exam because he had a previous commitment, he and his family had received tickets to attend the Kentucy Derby on behalf of a special program, and he let the school know MONTHS IN ADVANCE, and they still said no, with no refund of course. With this, his AP standing for the class is dropped, and he may have his admission to UCBerkeley revoked because of it. Additionally, they do a terrible job at preventing cheating and such. You know for a fact that at least 25% of those taking AP exams CHEATED! I'm not saying anyone on here did, but you know it is true. Cheating has become the backbone of the American spirit, sad to say, and the so called proctors are so lousy and poor. Finally, I hate how so many teachers actually LOVE the collegeboard, thinking it is some opiat to the masses. </p>
<p>With this, I would like to refer to the so-called "ETS Police", those people students are scared of because they will come after them, hunt them down, and cancel their AP scores as the .....</p>
<p>Haha jk no i totally agree with you 100% but what can we do about it? And for your friend he shouldnt lose his AP title for not taking an exam, and with trying times in the economy out there colleges seem to be narrowing down the variance of admissions, making atleast 7-10 AP classes on your transcript a neccessity…</p>
<p>^^ passed all of my exams last year, a 4 on APUSH and a 3 on APELC. Took APGOV, APENGLIT and APSTATS this year. I took 5 AP’s and got into UCLA, sucks to all of those who have been denied admission and have done more, I didn’t think I would really get in, but hey, I’m glad they like my big leadership :). And my friend’s thing is a school policy (and district). They created these a few years back, along with a bunch of other crap, I remember they expelled a kid for cheating on a stupid AP quiz, yes cheating on a small quiz. The AP portion of my school has seemingly overstepped its bounds…</p>
<p>I agree, the Collegeboard is really greedy. From how much it costs to take an AP test or an SAT, how much it costs to send those tests to colleges, how much it costs to have your MC re-graded by hand, how much it costs to send the CSS profile to colleges…if they had any close competitors, there’s no way they would get away with charging so many high prices.</p>
<p>I don’t think anyone here can count themselves as huge College Board fans, but the school definitely should have asked the College Board about late testing. If that couldn’t be done (and believe me it could, even if they still assessed the $40 late fee, with advanced notice), then the school could have given him a refund very easily. The lack of a refund is the school’s fault, not the College Board’s. </p>
<p>The College Board is supposed to be a nonprofit, but the high charges for everything indicate to me that something odd is going on under the table, like everyone being paid unusually well to work there, or the organization is even more bureaucratic than we perhaps realize.</p>
<p>While I despise the Collegeboard, that kid has a lot coming to him. If he has a couple of staunch professors, he’s going to be in for real trouble if he tries to make up an exam because he just “had” to go see the Kentucky Derby because he had “special tickets”.</p>
<p>I actually don’t hate them. They charge way too much, but the AP tests are actually fairly well-written. The SATs fail though.</p>
<p>RE Cheating: I don’t really care if people cheat. They are just setting themselves up for failure later in their pathetic lives when there is nobody to cheat off of. Unless they are part of a political dynasty and become one of our nations leaders, of course.</p>
<p>The SATs and the APs both are good tests. They assess what they set out to assess very well. But really… if they’re a nonprofit, where is all that money going?</p>
<p>If you really don’t like CollegeBoard don’t support them with your fees. Do what I did and only take the ACT. It got me into a top 20 university.</p>
<p>ya i do too, collegeboard is comin to my school sometime next week because of cheating on the psych test… i also might be in trouble cuz i cheated on the usap test w/ my friend and somebody my snitch on me</p>
<p>The College Board is a not-for-profit membership association whose mission is to connect students to college success and opportunity. Founded in 1900, the association is composed of more than 5,400 schools, colleges, universities, and other educational organizations. Each year, the College Board serves seven million students and their parents, 23,000 high schools, and 3,500 colleges through major programs and services in college admissions, guidance, assessment, financial aid, enrollment, and teaching and learning. Among its best-known programs are the SAT®, the PSAT/NMSQT®, and the Advanced Placement Program® (AP®). The College Board is committed to the principles of excellence and equity, and that commitment is embodied in all of its programs, services, activities, and concerns.</p>
<p>Sadly enough, even with my agreed hate of college board… im taking a total of 9 (possible 11) AP exams… and the SAT and 3 SAT Subject Tests…and i took the PSAT… but i am taking the ACT…</p>
<p>and i hope you get your scores canceled… i hate cheaters…</p>
<p>collegeboard has every right to have this “gestapo” of which you speak because they are the only people able to ensure the integrity of their product.</p>
<p>however, collegeboard’s non-profit status viewed in context of its immense fees is utterly outrageous.</p>
<p>where is all that money going? i suspect a substantial portion goes to cancelling out the losses from fee reductions and waivers.
The rest? nobody knows…</p>
no i totally agree with you 100% but what can we do about it? And for your friend he shouldnt lose his AP title for not taking an exam, and with trying times in the economy out there colleges seem to be narrowing down the variance of admissions, making atleast 7-10 AP classes on your transcript a neccessity…</p>