<p>I didn't study much for the US History exam and got a 2 as a sophmore, despite getting a 95 for my final grade in the class. Do colleges take this score in to consideration for admission? I'm much more of a math/science guy and will be applying as an engineering major. I'm not looking in to ivy league schools, but still want to get in to a good engineering school.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>No...... Next Question?</p>
<p>it definitly won't help.</p>
<p>There's no need to report a 2 to the colleges. APs are not like SATs where you need to request an official report to send to the colleges and they see every test that you've taken. On your application, you can list your AP scores under "awards and achievements" and you can simply exclude your poor score.</p>
<p>Wouldn't then the university wondered if he even took the exam? If I were him, I would just report the score. That is just my two cents though.</p>
<p>AP's considered "awards and achievements?"</p>
<p>So, you got a 95 on your final, but a 2 on the AP?
That's why I don't take public school kids seriously anymore when they brag about their astronomical GPAs and straight As. Give me a break.</p>
<p>Don't lump all public schools into one bag.</p>
<p>It won't hurt your chances of admission because you self-report AP scores.</p>
<p>On a(n?) (un?)related note, I don't understand what people do in a class for a whole year, or a whole semester and still get 2s on AP exams--and not to mention, when they ace the class.</p>
<p>On a(n?) (un?)related note, I don't understand what people do in a class for a whole year, or a whole semester and still get 2s on AP exams--and not to mention, when they ace the class.</p>
<p>It's normally because the school's standards aren't on par with AP ones (or the student blanks on test day) and has a high curve.</p>
<p>^ Or it could be because the teacher is really easy and therefore makes the student think that he will do well on the ap exam. </p>
<p>But yea kwu, not all public schools are like that. At my public school, if you break 80% in the APUSH class, your most definitely going to get a 5 on the test.</p>
<p>kwu, i attend a public school, but in my school, everyone gets a 5, rarely 4 on ap exams. Even those who get C's and D's in the class.</p>
<p>ex.</p>
<p>everyone in my school's ap chem class last year got 5's. Even people with C's and D's. Over 20 students out of 50 got a perfect score on SAT II chem.</p>
<p>my ap bio class also had 100% pass rate. And 15 students out of ~50 got a perfect score on SAT II bio e or m.</p>
<p>EVERYONE in my math analysis class last year got 800 on math level ii. </p>
<p>All of our ap classes have 95%-100% pass rate.</p>
<p>Well, then I must be under a false impression.</p>
<p>However, grade inflation is still a big problem at many schools.</p>
<p>My AP US History class was grossly inflated. We had at minimum twenty point curves on each exam and a lot of padded grades. I got an undeserved A+ in AP US History, but I got my SAT Subject Score today and I got a 760. All you have to do is actually read AMSCO and you are good to go. ;-) But, yes, grade inflation is a big problem in schools (all schools, including private schools.)</p>