<p>Short question.</p>
<p>Does a 5 on the AP exam overshadow a B in the class?</p>
<p>Class: Calc 1.</p>
<p>I think it depends more on the rest of the class. If everyone’s getting B’s, while acing the AP test, that means that it was really hard to get an A, but a really good class (because of the good AP scores).</p>
<p>If there are no correlation between the scores and the grades, then I don’t think a 5 would “overshadow” a B, especially because there’s a curve.</p>
<p>^Yea, agreed. </p>
<p>For example, my AP Chem class, there were 3 low A’s, 4 B’s, and 3 C’s. All the A’s and 2 of the B’s got 5’s and the whole class got 3’s or higher, meaning that the class was difficult, but that we all learned the info and got good preparation.</p>
<p>As a teacher, my grades usually reflect the student’s potential and effort. For example, students who make an A in the class are fully capable of a 5 on the exam, a B = a 4, etc. Sometimes there is some variation (for a lot of reasons), but this formula usually plays out to be fairly accurate.</p>
<p>This may sound sick in a way; but the “5 on the exam/B in the class” combo can work in your favor. It may look like grade deflation on the part of the school, which might lead to adcoms thinking that all of your grades could deservedly be higher than what they are at present. It’s a long shot though.</p>
<p>^Or the 5/B shows that you were lazy in the class but smart enough to ace the exam.</p>
<p>^Obviously, that could just as well be true. It’s up to interpretation; I’m just overly optimistic, I guess.</p>
<p>And I guess I’m overly pessimistic, lol.</p>