Taking Same AP Exam Twice

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<p>For obtaining an award, are both scores from both years taken into account. For example, if I took Euro the first year and got a 3, and took it again the second year without cancelling it and got a 4, along with 5 other ap's, would they average both the 3 and the 4, or just the 4 when calculating for the AP Awards? </p>

<p>If they do take in account both, can I cancel the first one?</p>

<p>The reason is that if they average them all I will not get an award, but if they don't average them all I will, so I'm worried.</p>

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<p>I think they would probably average it, since both would still be on the score report, but I don't know.</p>

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<p>You could withold/cancel the grade so no one will see it on your score report.</p>

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<p>You can't cancel it a year after you take it, though.</p>

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<p>I'm pretty sure, from the wording on the AP score report that came in the mail, that each of the awards that involves averaging scores involves averaging scores of ALL AP exams taken, so that a retake score would be dragged down by the original score. But a sufficient number of scores of 5 can go a long way toward gaining the various AP scholar awards.</p>

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<p>Why can't you cancel it an year later?</p>

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<p>I am pretty mad because my average is 3.44..... and I need 3.5, and I've taken 9 ap's, much more than the 5 ap's needed for ap scholar with distinction.</p>

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<p>I think you can only cancel before the score comes out, and I don't think you can withhold from the College Board. Isn't that usually just for colleges?</p>

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<p>bump</p>

<p>10 char</p>

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<p>you can definitely cancel it a year later</p>

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<p>But would an award calculation treat a canceled test as a test that never happened? A canceled test plainly isn't reported to colleges, but does it still count for computing averages of all AP scores? (That was the thrust of the OP's question.)</p>

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<p>Yes, exactly what I'm asking ^</p>

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<p>I would think it would still be included in the average, but you may want to call and ask.</p>

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<p>why would you want to take the same exam twice...just for a silly award that doesn't mean anything?</p>

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<p>No, I took it twice to get a higher score... not for the award. ^^</p>