<p>when i took the AP calc AB test i accidentally skipped a question on my answer booklet and i didn’t realize it until i got to the last question and i noticed it didn’t match up. i was so freaked that i couldn’t correct it in time that i totally screwed up the free response part and ended up with a 1. stuff happens on test day</p>
<p>Here are my scores.
Grade deflation much?</p>
<p>SAT:</p>
<p>SAT Subject Tests:
Literature:800 class: B+/A-, AP grade:5
Spanish:800 class: B+
Biology:800 class: B+/B/B, AP grade:5
USH:800 class: A-/A, AP grade:5
Math II:800 class: B+/A-, AP grade:5
German:800 class: B+/A-, AP grade:5</p>
<p>AP Scores
55555/ 55555554555
AP AP US
AP Gov (Comp.)
AP Lit
AP Calc
AP Bio
AP German</p>
<p>AP European History
AP Stats
AP Eng Lit
AP Eng Lang
AP Chem
AP World History
AP US Gov
AP Art History
AP Psychology</p>
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<p>What did you do to get so many perfect scores? Did you study a lot, or you are a genius? </p>
<p>Well, that is not impossible. Sometimes, the teacher just inflates their students grades. Perhaps, your son miss one question, and therefore bubble the rest of them wrong.</p>
<p>Uh, I had THE WORST AP chem teacher ever, but quite a few people in his class had A’s, mainly because we worked our asses off. It doesn’t necissarily mean we retained the information. Every single student that took the test got a 1. It’s pretty pathetic, to be honest.</p>
<p>^^Sandyfan2400, I am a normal kid.
I have decent to excellent national ECs, but my biggest problem is a plethora of B+s as an Ivy applicant.
Feel free to PM me for more study tips,…etc.
=)</p>
<p>^^^By the way, yes, my SAT was a 2400.
I retook it from a 2320 (800 800 720)</p>
<p>At my school, this happens all the time. Some schools just don’t teach the AP material.</p>
<p>^What about my school?
Does this look good to colleges?</p>
<p>Hey henrymoore I tried to PM but I can’t. What are some of your study tips?</p>
<p>At the end of the day, it is the student, not the teacher, that is responsible for test preparation. You should do a lot of practice tests. If, three months out, you are scoring 1s and 2s, you will have time to attempt to correct the problem.</p>
<p>@ legend.dracula</p>
<p>It is really up to you as to which AP scores you want to send, and they aren’t even official requirements for colleges. At least from what I know, AP scores are not important factors in the admissions process, and your acceptance to/rejection from a school will have nothing to do with AP scores. They are designed for credit, so obviously higher scores can get you exemption from certain introductory college courses but they are not a factor in admissions.</p>
<p>Yeah, we’re either talking about major grade inflation here, a horrible teacher or a very bad test-taker. I’m inclined to believe the first in most of these cases.</p>
My first thought when I read this was that he may have cheated his way through and you don’t know. Just saying it’s possible- if he’s a smart kid at a top school getting As there’s no reason he should have a 1 unless he was really really sick the day of the test. So it’s possible that your son just cheated lulz
Some magnate schools in not so fancy areas are not very good. That is what I would suspect. There generally is information available on how people at the school scored. You might want to find that out.
Major grade inflation.
@henrymoore your AP scores are really great. Your grades do seem a bit low for your AP scores, but that will just show that your school is rigorous and that AP classes aren’t a breeze there.
You are not required by colleges to send in your AP scores. Got invited to a conference with Duke, Stanford, Georgetown, Harvard, and Penn, and they said they don’t even care too much about AP scores simply because not everyone can take it.
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