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<p>We only have to pay $26 to take an ap exam if we're in the class 52 if we're not. But we get paid $126 for each test we pass, I'll get a little over 500 dollars this year for passing 4 exams. Last year I got $378.</p>

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<p>yeah, but how much do you have to pay for tuition each year...</p>

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<p>you get paid? lol i heard my teachers get paid</p>

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<p>wow....we get to PAY $85 per exam...the year i had 4 so do the math</p>

<p>and we get zilch if we pass</p>

<p>wat school do u go to</p>

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<p>Do you go to St. Stephen's Episcopal or St. Mark's?</p>

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<p>No, I go to a mediocre public 5A (the largest classification A being the smallest) high school in West Texas. Through some kind of grant program they pay for us to take the exams and pay us and the teachers for passing.</p>

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$0...unless you count my parents' taxes...</p>

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<p>WOW..thats an AWESOME way to make money ...i would take ALOT (maybe like 20..lol) ... if by pass u mean 3 .....if not than i d go for at least 10</p>

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<p>They're using tax dollars to entice kids to study? </p>

<p>Sorry, but that's wrong.</p>

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<p>He lives in West Texas, give him a break. I live in North Central Texas and I wouldn't touch that with a ten foot pole.</p>

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They're using tax dollars to entice kids to study?

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<p>Hey, it's practical. Unless, u plan to entice these kids by saying the satisfaction of the quest for knowledge is reward enough. Pshhhhh.</p>

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<p>Actually its not a bad idea, except they should charge kids if they fail. This would be a good breakdown:</p>

<p>(assuming kids pay 82 dollars per exam)
5- earn 150(net 68 dollars per exam)
4 - earn 120 dollars(net 38 dollars per exam)
3 - earn 82 dollars(no change)
2 - kids must pay 20 dollars(- 92 dollars per exam)
1 - kids must pay 50 dollars(- 122 dollars per exam)</p>

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he said that the SCHOOL pays for the tests..lol
but it is actually a good idea to let them pay if they fail..that way it adds a little negative to it..so that students dont wrecklessly sign up for all the tests and then fail most of em</p>

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<p>^But that just makes the curve easier for us. :P</p>

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^But that just makes the curve easier for us. :P

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o yea.....i 4got abt that..in that case....the school should PAY THEM TO TAKE IT .... and pay them MORE to fail it..BWAHAHHHAH</p>

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<p>HA! Our exams are free, which is pretty awesome, but some students literally doodle on the exams rather than bother filling them out. What a waste.</p>

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<p>same here, (FLA) i've heard of people drawing, writing stories/letters...</p>

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<p>It's this grant program called SOAR, cheesy yes I know. I think the grant may have run out or it only has one year left, anyways that would suck because i'm going to take like 10 tests next year.</p>

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Haha, I can't wait for college so I can get out of here.</p>

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<p>"Hey, it's practical. Unless, u plan to entice these kids by saying the satisfaction of the quest for knowledge is reward enough. "</p>

<p>Umm... the main reward is that you get college credit... That can save you $400 per test, or possibly thousands if you go to a private college. Then if you take enough and can graduate early, you also don't have the opportunity of being out of the workforce an extra year. Finally, if on your college apps you can put down your scores, good test scores provide standardization for your class grading system, strengthening your application. There are many reasons to study for these exams (not even these exams-- for the whole AP class) ... To make taxpayers pay students for what they should be doing anyway is wrong.</p>

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<p>So the school gives out 126 per pass.</p>

<p>Lets say your school has about 3000 people and the ap test/student ratio is 2:1.</p>

<p>So 6000 AP tests.</p>

<p>Lets say about 2/3 pass.</p>

<p>So 4000 passed AP Tests.</p>

<p>So that's $504,000.</p>

<p>Is that really worth it motivating the students to take AP tests? You could use that money for so many other things for the school.</p>

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<p>Its a grant through the SOAR program so that money is allocated just for motivating kids to take/pass ap exams, it is not the schools money. Our district is wayyy to poor to afford something like that haha, so what if im milking the system $1500 bucks is $1500 bucks haha.</p>