Senior Year AP Scores -- Do they really care?

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>Well, it looks like May's coming up, and with that, AP exams. </p>

<p>I have to admit that I haven't started studying yet, and probably won't have much time to, given the mindset my teachers are in. They think that the only way to remedy senioritis is to give lots and lots and lots of homework in order to get us to study. My mind is doing back flips trying to figure out how that really works. And then my calculus teacher hasn't really taught us anything all year because it's his last year too and I don't think he gives a damn anymore. And my other non-AP/elective classes think it's just peachy to overload us with projects right now, because y'know, we seniors are just going to start skippin' class after AP exams are over..which might be true, but I digress.</p>

<p>But yeah, tl;dr so to cut off my lengthening, and as of yet short, rant before it turns into an all out *****fest, does Berkeley really care about my AP scores if I don't plan on using the credits anyways? </p>

<p>I'm fairly sure I'm going to flunk the AP Calc BC exam. :/</p>

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<p>actually, the BC curve is quite lenient…i believe somewhere around 50% pass with a score of 5</p>

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<p>check under grade distribution under collegeboard.com>ap central>calc bc</p>

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<p>BC is EZ. If you’re geared towards the engineering field, I HIGHLY advise you to try and get the 5. It’ll let you skip out of the weenie math courses.</p>

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<p>They use the AP scores to award units & some placement, other than that they do not care for admissions etc</p>

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<p>BC is a lot easier than you think.</p>

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<p>Well, we’re in such bad shape that recently, on a practice test, our entire class went, “…What’s Euler’s method?” How good of a prep book is Arco? Our teacher likes to pull practice questions from it, and we like failing at those questions. I’ll be retaking those weenie math courses again anyways because I seriously have no idea what’s going on in calc anymore. I’m a non-engineering major so it won’t be that big a problem.</p>

<p>Anyways, so hypothetically speaking, I could get lower than a 3 on my APs and Berkeley won’t rescind or anything awful, right?</p>

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<p>No, but you’ll want good AP scores to place you out of intro weeder courses.</p>

<p>Some Math 1B professors curve to a 2.2 GPA. Do you really want that?</p>

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<p>Does anyone recommend taking 1B anyway if I haven’t had math classes for a year?</p>

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<p>No, it’s like recommending to run 500 miles to get in shape.</p>

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<p>Isn’t 1B for math/science-y majors? If I’m going undeclared, and ultimately into something in the social sciences, would 1B be necessary?</p>

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<p>I believe L&S requires 1A-1B or their equivalent.</p>

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<p>I was talking to a friend of mine who’s a freshman, and he said that most other majors that don’t require that level of math just take 16A or B, which I’m guessing is easier? Mmm. Can anybody confirm that?</p>

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<p>You don’t need to take 1A/1B unless you are going into math/science area or are hardcore economics.</p>

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<p>Yes, the 16 series is much easier. The 1 series is for more math/science oriented majors.</p>