heyy…just wondering but would colleges really reweigh my GPA and reject me for admission into their college because I got an A+ in the class but a 3 on the AP exam (for US history AP)?</p>
like…would it hurt my chances?</p>
this is kinda making me worried :(</p>
Of course not. You passed! They’re not going to reject you just because you got a 3 on that AP exam unless they have to choose between you and a person with the exact same profile as you with a 4 or 5 on the AP exam.</p>
would the colleges not see my A+ as an A+ though because of my 3 on the exam?</p>
usually when they re-weight the grades, they only remove any quality points you received, the AP test grade doesn’t factor in (at least at all the schools my kids have looked at, but I can’t speak for all of them).</p>
For example: if you had an 80 in that class, but with the AP quality point it was an A or 4.0 for your highschool gpa, the college may recalc it at a 3.0. But if it was a 90 which gives you a 5.0 for HS GPA it will still be a 4.0 for the college gpa recalc.</p>
The colleges must wonder the value of the A+ if you happened to receive the 3 on the test. However, it will still show that you worked hard. This will not break your app.</p>
o…but would it still have a negative effect on my app tho?</p>
i’m just really disappointed b/c this history class in my school wasn’t that easy and I don’t think there was any, (or maybe a tiny bit of) grade inflation. I worked really hard to get that grade…</p>
I just don’t know what happened that day…</p>
anybody…please?</p>
listen to energize. There are a plethora of things they consider before they get to what your APUSH exam score was. I’m sure you’ll be fine: you’ll get in where you deserve to get in regardless</p>
If you get rejected, it’s not going to be because you got a 3 on the AP exam. Obviously the A+ would’ve looked better if you had gotten a 5, but what’s done is done. Just focus on senior year and keep up the great work.</p>
For a mismatch between grade and AP score there are usually 2 culprits:</p>
Grade Inflation
Teacher-AP Test expectations mismatch (for example, ur teacher’s tests might have had a lot of detail oriented ?s but lacked those analytical ?s (why did this happen?) that help w/ the more difficult AP MC and the essays)</p>
Remember, sending in AP scores depends on the college. Some colleges have a place to report AP scores, others don’t want to see them. A lot of colleges only consider AP scores after u’ve been admitted, for the credit. The only ones that might use it for admissions are the ultra-competitive (i.e. Harvard, Princeton)</p>