<p>I guess you didn’t see this (I don’t blame you, the threads have five pages between them), but my counselor isn’t going to do any such thing, I’ve already talked to him. And yes, the other kids did better than me, but they were the “smart group” because of a scheduling conflict their math class has with the other AP WH class… the other kids not in advanced math, but in my AP WH class, got a B+/B+ (he’s really good at history though, and plans on majoring in that field) C-/C-, D-/D+, F/C+, and F-/F (this is the only kid who got a 4 on the AP test in our whole class, most years all the students in this teacher’s class get 5’s.) . The kids in advanced math (required to score a 225+ on the PSAT freshman year in order to get into advanced math, and have a 4.0 GPA coming into HS) are all really smart and hardworking and they skew our class averages higher. It’s the reason my class is so competitive. Added to this, only 1/4 or 1/5 of the applicants for APWH from my school actually got into one of the two classes (selection was based on prior grades). And I got put into the class with all the smart kids, by random chance. I think most schools just let you take the class even if you’re a ‘C’ student. So yes, I did poorly compared to nearly everyone in my class, but keep in mind that we’re all pretty bright kids. The vast majority of people taking APWH at other schools, I feel, would not pass her class either (get D’s or F’s), even though the majority of people who took APWH in actuality probably got B’s on average. If it was the other teacher, we’d all get A’s and only a few B’s. It’s just the concentration of the brightest kids in my school all being in my class that screwed me over.</p>
<p>Anyway, this is all moot for the moment as I’m working towards a solution. I don’t agree with a “forced curve” grading policy and neither does my school in principle, but my teacher’s grade scheme is essentially that.</p>