<p>I've gotten many B's in AP classes in high school. I am a senior currently. My school is extremely difficult. However, on most of those AP tests I have gotten 5's. I also have good SATII scores to back that up.</p>
<p>Would colleges view the B's less critically? Would they view it as an A?</p>
<p>A Harvard Admissions counselor told me that if you get a high score on the AP but a lower score in the class, that indicates that the class was hard, and if you get a high score in the class but score low on the AP, that indicates an easier class.</p>
<p>eh...it doesn't matter how hard the class was. getting B's still is a negative thing.</p>
<p>deflation.....................?</p>
<p>Come on, 1 B isn't gonna kill you anyway. But I think they'd view it as a hard class/grade deflation.</p>
<p>This is good, because I KNOW I'm getting a B (if I'm lucky) in World History, but I'm sure that with some good studying, I can get a 5 on the exam.</p>
<p>Bs aren't always a "negative" thing. In a hard class a B is an accomplishment.</p>
<p>yeah, i got a 5 on the ap english lang exam but a mid B in the class.</p>
<p>The real kicker is when the class is hard but it isnt an AP class. Curse you, Spanish 2 teacher who actually came from Spain!!!</p>
<p>well, its not 1 B. Its more like 3/4 B's. I have a horrible GPA (3.5 or 3.6) for top schools' standards.</p>
<p>Hey hey me too! Join the club!</p>
<p>My son got a few Bs and still got into Duke, Brown and Yale. He received 5s on his APs in those subjects - so maybe the schools realized his teachers were tough graders (or maybe that was acceptable while taking 6 APs).</p>
<p>You should be fine man... a 5 is basically saying that you learned the stuff!
Especially if you're taking a lot! I took 6 APs junior year and 6 senior year and got a lot of A-'s & B+'s.. but got 5's on many of those.
(Even though senior year was kinda.. lol.. I don't need to go to class anymore..)</p>
<p>Yeah Bs aren't really going to kill you, unless that's all you get ever....even one C probably won't be a deathkiss, depending on the circumstances.</p>
<p>No............</p>
<p>It might just mean you had a teacher who really gave you a challenge and also happened to do a good job prepping his students for the test, as evidenced by your getting a 5. I don't think it's negative.</p>
<p>what if you're me and you never get A's ( :( ) but you have a pretty rigorous schedule?</p>