<p>The title says it all. I failed AP us history (walked out after 1st section). I knew most of the answers but didn't keep track of time and just started bubbling answers in when they called time.
Excluding this one, I will have 5 ap tests by the end of this year (my junior year). Will this Ap test, assuming I would have gotten a 5 on it, be a substantial loss in my application to top colleges like ivies/mit/etc, or it is more or less negligible in the grand scheme of all the test scores i have?</p>
<p>Eh… that’s not good.</p>
<p>Don’t worry about it. AP test scores are not supposed to be used in college admissions. You don’t send AP scores to colleges - only after you graduate - to the college you are actually going to attend - for placement/college credit pruposes. Focus more on your grade in the class - that will appear on your transcript and that will matter in the admissions process. You can self-report your other AP scores on your college apps if there is a place for it - but don’t worry about this one test too much.</p>
<p>Do you need some kind of help?Maybe you should see a counselor?If you know the answers but can’t get them on paper, maybe setting up a plan for future stressful times now would be a good idea.</p>
<p>I am under the impression that it reflects negatively on a student if that student takes an AP class but does not report the AP grade</p>
<p>@oldbatesiedoc, whut?</p>
<p>What i do in all my multiple choice tests is mark the answers on the question booklet and at the very end transfer all my answers and bubble in. The latter usually takes about 1-2 minutes (because I’m fast at that) so it’s usually never been a problem. This time, I was pretty darn tired from cramming the night before, so I wasn’t as cautious as I should have been. And I was subconsciously expecting a time warning.</p>
<p>I’m not sure how this is a problem that should be addressed to my counselor</p>
<p>@rockvillemom
I was pretty sure many college applications have sections for AP scores. Am i mistaken?</p>
<p>@Drought
well even assuming that the colleges assume I got a bad score, is it really that important?</p>
<p>On the app - you are self-reporting the AP exam grade. If you don’t report it - you could use the additional info section on a supplement to explain what happened OR have your GC address it in the counselor evaluation. Right now - speak with your AP coordinator about what happened. Your system of marking answers in the book and bubbling at the end is not recommended - as you now can see why. Have AP cancel the exam score - so that rather than getting a 1 - you have no score on the score report.</p>
<p>If you’re an impoverished inuit who works nights to support his family and then goes to school and gets straight A’s during the day then no, it really isn’t that important.</p>
<p>If you’re white/asian, you come from a middle class family, you’re smart and you do pretty well in school, you have pretty good test scores, and you have a smattering of solid but unremarkable extracurriculars… then every little bit hurts.</p>
<p>Could you elaborate on what kind of extracurriculars you would view as remarkable? You got me though, I am asian, come from middle class, do pretty well in school and on tests. But not certain if my extracurriculars are “solid but unremarkable”.</p>
<p>Well
A) I’m almost 100% sure that walking out of the test cancels your score, so you didn’t fail.</p>
<p>B) SAT II’s > AP tests. Just take the SAT II later</p>
<p>C) You don’t have to send your score if they decide to score it anyway.</p>
<p>In a nutshell, you are perfectly fine. Relax.</p>