<p>bump------- and i’ll try and call the main office and get around that cheeky $8 fine haha…</p>
<p>@daffymom Do you remember if the number College Board was an 800 or an 888 area code? I realize that was quite a few time ago, but I’m curious about knowing.</p>
<p>I think this is, by far, the best post in this thread. It’s on page 9, just so you know.</p>
<p>"UPDATE - Successful APUSH Rescore
My Daughter initially received a “2” on the US History exam despite high A’s in the class, a high SAT II score, and the feeling that she had done well on the exam. Her high school college counselor suggested that we contact the College Board to see if we could get an explanation as to “what happened”, we suspected “mis-bubbling” on the MC section although she had never done that before, as nothing else made sense. </p>
<p>We ordered both the manual rescore of the MC section and a copy of the Free Response book. We received an email August 4th that our request had been received and was being processed. On August 16th we received her Free Response book. It contained no marks or comments just as they had told us, but at least we knew that it had not been lost and was “in the system”.</p>
<p>Last night we received her rescore report via UPS Letter. Her “updated” score is a “5”.</p>
<p>According to the letter “Due to gridding errors or inconsistencies in the student information you supplied on your answer sheet, our automated scanning technology was unable to match your correcet AP US History multiple-choice answer sheet to your free-response record.” …“Because we do not want students who make simple clerical mistakes on the answer sheet to lose points they might have received from their multiple-choice section,we manually match inconsistent multiple-choice answer sheets to the correct free-response scores over the summer,…”</p>
<p>I apologize for all of the detail, but I found information on this site to be VERY helpful and encouraging over 6-7 week period from the time my Daughter received her “unbelieveable” and quite frankly devastating score to the time we received the rescore results. I really did not think mistakes were ever made, and that the best that we could hope for was a “mis-bubbling” explanation. But mistakes DO happen.</p>
<p>This is what I have learned from this site and from the rescore request process.</p>
<ol>
<li><p>If you receive a “3” or lower, but especially a “1” or “2”, and you have done well in the class, on practice tests, on the related SAT II, had a good feeling after the test,etc. DO REQUEST a rescore.</p></li>
<li><p>As I mentioned, we requested both the Free Response book($7.00) and a manual rescore of the MC section ($25.00). After reading this site and doing the “AP Pass” calculator referenced in earlier posts, we held out hope that My Daughter’s “2” was based on only one section of the exam. While the Free Response is not “rescored”, and it has no markings/grade on it, by requesting and receiving it, we knew that it had not been lost and that her score on that section HAD been reported.</p></li>
<li><p>As you can tell by the letter we received, my Daughter’s MC Section was NOT included in the score that was initially reported. While they seem to say that My Daughter did something wrong on the gridding and that THEY go in and try to match inconsistent multiple-choice answer sheets over the summer, the TRUTH is that they do NOTHING unless you request/pay for it. I believe that as they run thousands of answer sheets through the machine that quite a few are “kicked-out”, maybe for gridding errors, maybe because a page was bent,maybe exams were stuck together, who knows- but it looks like they just sit in an “unknown pile” until someone requests a rescore, then they are pulled out of the pile, manually scored( or run through the machine again), and matched with the recorded Free Response score. It is up to YOU to make sure you get credit. While it is annoying to have to pay for THEIR mistake/laziness, it is well worth it, even if your score does not change, you will have the peace of mind that both of your exam sections were counted and not just sitting in the “unknown pile” waiting to be discarded.</p></li>
<li><p>We faxed the request, paid by credit card, and called a few days afterwards to make sure they recived the request. Whatever you can to to expedite the process on your end will help speed the process on their end. We faxed the request on July 27th, sent an email on July 29th to verify receipt, received an email on July 30th verifying receipt, received an email August 4th stating that the rescore was in progress, received her Free Response book on August 16th, and finally, last night, August 27th, we received the Rescore results via UPS Letter. A 4-week process for us, and well worth the wait,expense. </p></li>
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<p>Good Luck to all of you with your college applications and have GREAT, SAFE Senior Years -all too soon it will be time for your 35th High School Reunion !!!"</p>
<p>Wow, more changed scores than I thought there would be</p>
<p>I like that post. My friend was having the same issues. But she says she may have skipped several MC questions, which could have led to the low score. Should she ask for a rescore, or is her low score due to skipping several MC questions and not going back to them? She says she knew practically all of the FRQs, so I dont think thats the problem.</p>
<p>If money is not a problem, I’d day she asks for a re-score (and for the FR booklet -just yo make sure it’s not lost). Re-scoring the MC costs $25, and buying the FR booklet is $7. She should goes for it -just for her piece of mind.</p>
<p>One more thing. Before doing so, I recommend she “self-evaluates” herself by using <a href=“http://appass.com/[/url]”>http://appass.com/</a>. It helps!</p>
<p>Speaking something else, how many AP classes have you guys taken? How did you do on the exams?</p>
<p>I received my verifying receipt today. That means that AP Services is checking my exam.</p>
<p>^ How did you get a receipt?
They replied to my email with this:
"Thank you for contacting AP Services.</p>
<p>The request for AP Free Response Booklets and rescore will take about 6-8 weeks once they start processing them. Unfortunately, we are unable to confirm if your request has been received until they are processed. Thank you for your patience.</p>
<p>Thank you for your inquiry. We appreciate the opportunity to assist you. If you have additional questions about this issue, please do not hesitate to write us again. Your e-mail should include all previous messages you have received about this issue so we can provide the best possible service.</p>
<p>Sincerely,
AP Services"</p>
<p>Well, I paid with a check, and I looked at my bank account today to see if they had taken the money. They did.</p>
<p>The main reason why I got my exam re-scored is because there were a lot of slackers in my class who got 2’s and 3’s, and I, who worked my butt off all year long, scored a 1. I also know of two other classmates of mine who also dedicated their time to study, and even though they didn’t do as well as I did on AP practice tests, they ended up with a 4. I think I deserve at least a 4. (I would be fine even if I got a 3, though.)</p>
<p>I got my re-score results back…same score on AP Lit. It sucks :(</p>
<p>@iluvpiano, what state do you live in? When did you send your re-score request? When did you received the College Board response?</p>
<p>MN, sent mid-July, received yesterday.</p>
<p>@iluvpiano Thanks for your quick reply.</p>
<p>Wow! You got your score really fast. </p>
<p>I just received an e-mail from AP Services that says as follows:</p>
<p>"Thank you for contacting AP Services.</p>
<p>Our records indicate that your multiple choice rescore was entered 8/1/11. At this point, the multiple choice rescore has not been completed. Please allow 6-8 weeks for this service to be completed. *Please allow 2-3 weeks for Free Response booklet requests.</p>
<p>Sincerely,
AP Services"</p>
<p>I’m really hoping for that 4.</p>
<p>I just got mine in the mail yesterday, the 3 on AP World remains.</p>
<p>ugh. same grade. im doomed.</p>
<p>@wynter @Linda200507, Did you guys feel your scores could change? What were your scores?</p>
<p>I also sent one for world on july 17th or 18th for frq and rescore. Still nothing. I also sent an email and they gave the usual response. When did you send yours?</p>