<p>Hello cc forums,</p>
<p>I got my AP scores back today and to my horrid surprise, I got a 3 for AP studio art 2D. Now I know that I'm no picasso, but considering the amount of effort and time that I've put into my work, I was hoping for at least a 4. </p>
<p>Has anyone else gotten their AP art scores back? What are your feelings, etc?</p>
<p>Guess I'm just a bad artist. XD</p>
<p>I'm guessing the curve for Studio Art is astronomically high, due to the high self-selectivity of the test takers. A 3 definitely isn't a bad grade--it's "qualified." And it certainly doesn't make you any less of an artist than someone who scored a 5.</p>
<p>When you score some great authors by the AP or SAT criteria, they come out with abysmally low grades. The same is probably true of some revolutionary and admired artists.</p>
<p>You could take a look at this site and see what a 5 looks like:</p>
<p>I also received a 3 on my drawing portfolio. Was expecting it though, knowing how their 5s are supposed to look.</p>
<p>I think that the highest scorer in my class was a 4, and his work wasquite amazing. They certainly deliver threes often.</p>
<p>I got a 3 myself for the 2D portfolio - I wasn't expecting anything spectacular, but I feel much the way that piezor does, because fitting in a full portfolio with the rest of school stuff was really grueling on my schedule. My art teacher warned the class that the grading is highly subjective, so I can't take the scores too seriously either way, but still.</p>
<p>I'm going to try one more time this year. >_> Either I'm tenacious or just bullheaded, because I don't have any real idea what a 5 is for these people.</p>
<p>Did anyone check out the above posted link? It contains numerous examples of what constitutes sufficient quality for a 5, lol. My work tends to rarely come close :p</p>
<p>Anywho, did you guys do alot of detail shots? I ended up having to do the maximum (like 6 of mine were details), so that probably detracted from my score... And what's with the "grueling work" and "effort and time" and whatnot? I never actually did anything at home, so all my work was done in the 4 days a week 45 minutes per day that I had in class to do it... and yet I numbered among the most diligent students in the class (senioritis had kicked in for the 90% senior population and they had, like, 7 total works come submission time)...</p>
<p>I received a 3 on my AP Studio Art 2D portfolio, as well. At first, I was dismayed, but then I realized that I did give it my best effort and that, sometimes, the grading can be subjective, but in either case it's not the end of the world. Plus, I skipped from Art 1 straight to Honors/AP with my teacher's permission. I absolutely loved my teacher, though, and wouldn't trade the experience for anything; it's definitely the most enlightening AP class I've had the pleasure of taking since it allowed the students a high degree of individuality in terms of media, concentration, etc.</p>
<p>Probably throughout the first semester I felt overwhelmed by the thought of balancing a portfolio with my four other AP classes, but, similar to Moodrets, I didn't do too much outside work (maybe finished a color pencil drawing here and there, stayed after school, etc.) and I'm considered the most "diligent" student in my graduating class and did very well on all of my AP exams.</p>
<p>How did you guys feel about your concentration statements? I worked really hard on that the month or so before the deadline and feel I really expressed myself well (and even mentioned the Barbara Kruger-esque elements in my concentration from my AP Art History class junior year).</p>
<p>The portfolios that do score 4's and 5's are absolutely amazing, though. Can anyone explain how the scoring works? I noticed the numbers go up to 6 instead of the standard 5 for AP; is that some sort of built-in "curve" since the Studio Art portfolios are different from other AP exams? Thirdfloor, could you explain what you mean about the curve, selectivity, etc.?</p>
<p>It's great to hear about other people who submitted a portfolio. It seems the only AP exams I hear about are Calculus, Physics, and Chemistry ;) Not that there's anything wrong with them; AP Physics was great, as well.</p>
<p>Wow! Those portfolios were amazing! Thanks for posting the link. I really enjoyed seeing them.</p>
<p>Ha! I did my written portion the day before the test (I had to finish up early because the Bio test filled the same time slot as the art) and it probably turned out to be convoluted and overly verbose. I didn't really have much time to do it (as I had just realized the scheduling error near the end of class) and so I scribbled something down. I think the analysis of my work was apt, if they managed to understand what I was trying to tell them :p</p>
<p>Blazer08: The actual scores that you get are still 1-5; however, in grading the pieces themselves, each scorer grades on a 1-6 scale.</p>
<p>Alright, I'll admit, the examples on the AP site are stunningly beautiful, but I'm still wondering how I got a 3 as opposed to an expected 4. Maybe the portfolios are particularly strong this year or my concentration just sucked? </p>
<p>The worst part is I broke my art teacher's 21 year record, apparently she's "never had anyone score lower than a 4"... until now. XD</p>
<p>^Hahahha. Sad though.</p>
<p>Blazer08--I meant that since AP Studio Art probably attracts the "best of the best" in art students, the curve will be mch higher. Since the pool is filled with so many qualified artists, it will be harder to score a 4 or a 5. The inherent difficulty of the test is much higher than say, US History, where a much wider range of students are taking the test.</p>
<p>okay. i got a 1.. LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>I got a 4 in drawing.
I was a bit disappointed, but after comparing them to the 5's, I'm satisfied. :p</p>
<p>Did you really get a 1? O_O what did you do, submit blank slides? lol..</p>
<p>i got a 5. initially my confidence was all gone considering that art is so subjective. but after getting my score, i knew that all along i deserved a 5.</p>