<p>I missed the AP Physics C Mechanics and Biology exams and now it's the last day of the late testing week and my AP proctor hasn't told me anything about when I retake the exam. I brought her a doctor's note and she told me that because people in the physics C room were saying that I was probably cramming that she won't let me make up the exams. She says that I can't just make the school waste two orders of 87 dollars just because I feel like cramming more for the test.</p>
<p>I studied hard for these tests all year (I put countless hours into everyday to manage an A in AP Bio, and I feel like I've wasted my time) and because I self-studied C, I don't know most of the kids in that classroom. The only person I do know there is a friend of mine and he told me that he was the first one that told the proctor that I was cramming for the test.</p>
<p>I'm going to school in an hour and if I'm not told to report anywhere for AP testing, what do I do? Can I take the test at all still? I got a note to excuse my absence and now I feel horrible, mainly about AP Bio which I only took to get it done before college. I got 5s on practice tests for both Physics and Bio and it just hurts that everything was for nothing.</p>
<p>I would call the CollegeBoard. She didn’t reschedule your test based on an assumption.</p>
<p>It looks like you can’t take them, I’m sorry. However, I would call the College Board to see if there is any chance. And if you paid for the exams and didn’t get your money back, get your parents to fight this.
Also, your “friend” sounds like a jerk.</p>
<p>There’s no way you’re going to be able to make them up at this point. If you call collegeboard, you can probably get your AP proctor in trouble though.</p>
<p>So why did you miss the exams then…? The fact that you didn’t specify the “real” reason suggests that there isn’t one. Unless you had some critical condition that needed immediate medical attention, a “doctor’s note” is not an excuse for not taking an AP exam.</p>
<p>I think it is pretty obvious you were cramming and the proctor was right.</p>
<p>Take this as a lesson of time management and that you can’t take advantage of the entire AP system for your own selfish desires.</p>
<p>There is in fact an alternate form to the alternate form administered in late May/early June.</p>
<p>Have the exam coordinator call Collegeboard.</p>
<p>@ Saugus</p>
<p>… I have hoenstly never heard of an alternate to the alternate. Proof?</p>
<p>The coordinator in my school didn’t order enough exams for the late testing in biology, so my friend will be taking it even later. It’s possible.</p>
<p>^^Well, think about this. Let’s say a person (John Doe) is sick for both exam A and exam B during the regularly scheduled exams. So, he has to take them during the late testing period. However, it just so happened that late-testing A and late-testing B are both at the same time on the same day. It would only make sense that an alternate to the late-testing form would be available. </p>
<p>And what about the people whose MC and/or FR documents get lost in shipping and have to retake? I’m sure that the retake isn’t going to be given during the normal late-testing period and that CB won’t give the same late-testing exam to those people.</p>
<p>^And what about the people whose MC and/or FR documents get lost in shipping and have to retake? ^</p>
<p>How common is this scenario? Has anyone here ever encountered something like this? If so, what are the choices and how was it overcome?</p>
<p>Say some one gets a 4 and he/she knows for sure he should have got a 5, and only a part of the FR booklet has been missed … Then the computation between MC and the “available” part of FR only happens and gives a total score of 4. And how does one make out that the FR docs or PARTS of FR are missing? The original booklet is shipped back upon request, I guess. </p>
<p>Must be a really tough situation.</p>
<p>It is definitely uncommon for stuff to be lost during shipping, but not impossible. Our school’s AP Coordinator has told me that it’s happened to some students in the past. If it does happen, the student can either choose to cancel and get a refund, take the missing portion (MC/FR) at a different date/time, or to have the score projected from the section that they have (i.e. if the MC and FR are both 50% and only the FR is present, the raw score would be the FR score times 2). </p>
<p>And it would be highly unlikely for parts of a FR booklet to be missing. After all, the book is stapled quite soundly.</p>
<p>As a matter of fact, there IS a “late” “late” test - a third administration - but there must be extraordinary circumstances. The school’s proctor applies online giving the reason for the request, and College Board must approve it. My daughter was scheduled for the late Comp Gov test because she had 3 tests on one day the first time around. On the make-up test day, she was involved in a car accident and the school thought it best to request the special test rather than have her sit for the test that day. It was quickly approved and she finally took the exam this am. All is well, so it IS possible.</p>
<p>What was wrong with you? Unless you were REALLY sick, in the hospital, etc. you don’t normally get to make AP tests up, I think you should have forced yourself there.</p>
<p>I think that this may be a legitimate reason but you should definitely call CB to check to see if your ordeal qualifies.</p>