<p>I ask this question because when I asked one of my friend about his AP score he replied, and I quoted "I almost got a 5 just one point off on the AP grading scale" Is this even possible to know or is he just making excuse ?</p>
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The latter. There is no way to know. Score cutoffs have not been revealed, and students do not have access to their raw score.</p>
<p>hahahaha unless he got a 4, which is only one point from a 5. Clever, clever.</p>
<p>Nope. They don’t give raw scores out unfortunately. I wish they did! I would love to see exactly how I scored. I’m sure in the future they will in some way. But I think when you take the exam you know how you did. In APUSH I knew I made a high 4/ low 5 and made a 4. In Chemistry I knew I made a strong solid 2, maybe a 3 with luck and lenience. And I made a 2. When he said “AP grading scale” I think he was referring to the 1-5 and not raw scores. That’s clever I’ll have to use it. :)) </p>
<p>@guineagirl96 wow, this guy is not known for his cleverness but this one is cheeky</p>
<p>Lest you’re the only student to take an AP test and the teacher gets a breakdown of how the class statistics went :/</p>
<p>Yeah I do it’s kind of stupid that there’s no sub score/raw score given to students or teachers. I mean it makes it hard for the student and the teachers to determine what they need to do in order to improve on.</p>
<p>But to answer the OP’s question, it’s really just a gut feeling people probably have. People that feel like they did strong on the test but got one point lower than they intended assume that they were close to their goal. But like as above posters have stated, there’s no way of knowing. (Unless you’re a ninja.)</p>