<p>I read in an article that AP exam scores can be looked at on a scale of qualification, but they also have letter grade comparisons. The article said:</p>
<p>5 --> A
4 --> B
3 --> C
2 --> D
1 --> F</p>
<p>And the letter grade would correspond to the grade received in the college course that credit would be given to (i.e. a 4 on AP Calc AB is equivalent to a B in Calc 1). </p>
<p>My question is, is this correlation true, because a B for a 4 seems kind of low, although I guess it kind of makes sense. Like, for exams such as English and US History, such few people get 5s, whereas I'm sure more people would get As in the college class.</p>
<p>Our school does AP Mock exams, which are given under the EXACT same testing conditions during school hours. Most teachers give a high A for a 5, low A for a 4, B for a 3, C for a 2, and F for a 1. So basically, passing the exam will guarantee you a B.</p>
<p>I am not sure how your AP score correlates to what you’d get in college (since these are supposed to be college-level classes we’re taking) but I know at some high schools there are huge amounts of grade inflation/deflation so it’s hard to make such a broad correlation.</p>
<p>OP: I’ve seen that too, and I think the CollegeBoard itself says that. Your AP test score is supposed to represent how you’d do in the equivalent class at a university, not how well you did in high school. And since the AP tests are only graded with five numbers, they have to equal a single letter grade.</p>