<p>I'm really scared right now. The 2014 AP Exam results are just out and I can't believe I got a 2 on AP lang and APUSH. What should I do? Is that passing? PLEASE HELP IM SCARED</p>
<p>What are you scared of? Just don’t send them to colleges if you think those scores are bad (based on your standards).</p>
<p>It is not passing and will not get you credit at most if not all colleges. It is pretty bad and shows you did not learn most of the material or show any mastery of it. It is quite bad since it looks like you may have signed up for 5-6 APs next year based on your other posts.</p>
<p>Don’t take 5-6 APs. I took only 1 AP last year (sophomore) and got a 5… but added 3 more APs (Chem, Lit, USH, AP Calc AB overall) along with another honors class (difficult as an AP class) and my grades suffered noticeably.</p>
<p>If you’re struggling with 2 APs, you should take at max 2, preferrably 1. </p>
<p>Is it possible to cancel these scores? If I don’t cancel them and end up sending these scores to colleges, how will it affect me? Will it lessen my chances of getting accepted into certain colleges</p>
<p>It won’t affect your chances and I don’t think you can cancel them after they have been released. Colleges don’t care about your AP scores at all really. It just means you won’t receive credit. I would be more worried about whether or not you are having second thoughts about your next year’s schedule.</p>
<p>Don’t worry about the scores…they have nothing to do with “passing” , they are used to place out of and/or recieve credit for college level courses… The schools do not see these scores unless you self-report or send in for credit. As others have noted this should be a wake-up call for future APs… Are you worried that your school is not adequately preparing you for the AP tests? What grades did you receive in these classes in school? This might indicate grade inflation or poor preparation on your part.</p>
<p>As Sdgal2 stated, DO NOT WORRY about the scores. When you apply, do not report them on your application. The College Board will only send scores of 3,4 & 5, so no one will see them except you.</p>
<p>Thanks for everyone’s help! I will reconsider whether or not I should be taking 5 ap classes next year. I just have one more question: If I don’t pass the lang and apush exams, then do I have to take English and History in college? I want to major in Biology and I don’t want to waste my time taking classes that don’t help me in my major. What exactly are college credits? Thanks ^__^</p>
<p>It depends upon the College you will be attending. My older son got 35 college credits from UC Davis but did not get to skip any classes. The credits did help him during class registration for a higher priority.<br>
My younger son got about 42 credits and will able to skip 2 Calculus classes, 2 Bio, 2 History and 1 Econ at SDSU. </p>
<p>Credit is what a class is worth. For example a college semester can be 12-18 credits and majors will have certain credit requirements. A rough comparison would be credits are equal to hours (going towards a degree or basics)
For example, after these past two years of AP testing I may have 18 “credit hours” at my choice university. Some classes have different values.
However score of 2 is not “qualified” (a 3 is qualified) and is “somewhat qualified”. Very few (if any) colleges will give you credit (class hours)
I suggest looking your university up on College Board’s Credit Policy directory
<a href=“AP Credit Policy Search - AP Students | College Board”>Get the Most Out of AP – AP Students | College Board;
<p>Yeah you have to take usually at least 30 gen ed credit hours and you will probably have to take most of them. My advice is to take dual enrollment instead of AP especially if you got A’s and B’s in your APs this year. This route will almost guarantee credits and I would suggest taking comp 1 comp 2 next year if you go this route. That is a required course at almost all Universities and a 2 on AP lang means you didn’t get those credits.</p>