<p>At my school, if you take an AP Exam, you are exempted from the final in that class for the second semester</p>
<p>Also, a senior in a semester class can be exempted from a first semester final if they have and A in the class and if a senior has an A in ANY class second semester, they are exempted from that final as well.</p>
<p>I made this thread because I'd like to see what other schools do. =P</p>
<p>If in an AP class, have to take the AP exams, no more than 5 excused absences including college visits, 0 unexcused absences, no more than 5 tardies, and have an 80 avg.</p>
<p>For senior expemptions, no more than 5 excused absences including college visits, 0 unexcused absences, no more than 5 tardies, and have an 85 avg.</p>
<p>AP Exam usually exempts you but the final may or may not be available. If it is available, it usually gives students a chance to get a grade higher for the class for the year. Very rarely do students find themselves in that position so most AP teachers do not offer a final.</p>
<p>Ohio Graduation Tests for sophomores also exempts them from finals that year if they score exceptional or whatever (very easy to do). Also I think that if you get A's for all four quarters and on the midterm, you are exempt from the final.</p>
<p>An A with =<3 absences
A B with =<2 absences
A C with =<1 absences
A D with =0 absences</p>
<p>No exemptions except for medical/family situations.</p>
<p>Personally, I think it's better to just take the final...it'll prepare you for college. I know someone who didn't take a single final in high school (at her school, you were exempt from finals whenever you had an A in the class) and then had no clue how to study in college. Needless to say, she didn't do too well first semester.</p>
<p>WOW!! Some of you guys are so lucky!!! No exemptions at my school! If a family/medical situation did arise, you would be expected to take the final when that situation is all said and done.</p>
<p>We only have senior exemptions and they apply to both midterms and finals:</p>
<p>Must have A, 0 unexcused absences, 0 tardies, no more than 4 excused absences (including college visits).</p>
<p>No exemptions for AP during midterms - </p>
<p>We have to take AP test as final if enrolled in any AP class</p>
<p>All seniors are exempt from final exams if they have like a 2.5 GPA. No exceptions for final exams any other way.</p>
<p>Re: mflevity</p>
<p>I would argue that getting in the habit of going to class, studying for tests, and making good grades is much better than learning how to cram for a final. Your friend, I would argue, is the exception rather than the rule.</p>
<p>But that's just my opinion.</p>
<p>There's no way to get out of finals at my school.</p>
<p>You guys are lucky!</p>
<p>No exemptions, no matter what.</p>
<p>less than 7 absences and 93 semester average.</p>
<p>exemptions from finals? lol</p>
<p>didn't know such things existed...</p>
<p>Almost completely at teacher discretion. Most teachers are pretty tough about it, but I know one person who's getting exempted from all of her finals because she's going to be a congressional page.</p>
<p>I didn't know you could get exempted from finals. If some medical/family situation occurred, you would need to take the final later and your grade would be an incomplete.</p>
<p>Also, many teachers require you to take the AP test when in an AP class, and the second semester final for AP classes are a couple weeks or so before the actual AP exam.</p>
<p>Mine used to give exemptions for seniors with an A for both quarters of the semester, but now they've done away with that. However, the worst part of the exams is that everyone has to be at school for all exam periods (except for an excused absence like normal), so if you have two study hall periods in a row (quite common at my school), you're just stuck sitting in study hall for 3 hours on end. Also, all 8 exams are given over just 2 days, each being a full school day. It's really exhausting to have that many exams in such a short amount of time.</p>
<p>Basically, if you are a senior w/ at least a B+ year average in all your classes (no weighting). AP's don't have any role in exemption.</p>
<p>You only get out of finals in my school if the teacher decides not to give one. Most Regents count as finals, though, so seniors taking physics have to at least take that one. Other than mandatory Regents, AP classes don't usually have finals...my evil AP Calc teacher being the one exception.</p>
<p>In my school, only seniors can be exempted from finals, and only if they have a B or higher in the class or they are taking the AP exam for that class. Technically, the AP teachers supposed to give us finals, but they all admit that they just plain don't want to have to grade them while their other classes are passing in final projects.</p>
<p>Also, some teachers substitute projects for actual exams and such, so we either don't have to come in during the testing period or we just come in and chat for two hours.</p>
<p>Exemptions are a senior privilege at my school, and then only eligible if you have an A average in the class with no unexcused absences. However there's no exemptions for AP's.</p>