<p>Hello. I just received my AP scores and was quite appalled. I took three AP classes this year among which I had AP World History and AP Chemistry. The other one, whom which I do not wish to disclose. I got two's on all of them. Which I'm shocked because I have been studying for them since the beginning of the year. For my practice test in AP Chemistry that simulated the new exam, I scored a near perfect. I had gotten 56 out of the 60 questions correct and for the FRQ's I got more than half on each one. The issue is here...how can I do so badly on an AP exam when I knew all of the information? For AP world history, I could answer most of the questions and there were maybe seven or eight where I could narrow it down to two choices. I have to say for the FRQ's I enjoyed them quite a lot because I knew what I was talking about. So my question is could college board have made a mistake in scoring my exams? I couldn't get my scores from last year because I had five accounts apparently. I have made A's for the whole year in each course which is none of my concern because I did well on every practice exam that I took and nearly tore through each and every practice book I had. It would be great to hear your perspective's because my gut is saying something has gone. wrong.</p>
<p>My son had the same experience. Took a practice test and got 3points lower on the real test. He just doesn’t dee how it is possible. And he studied more between the practice and real test. We are going to pay the $30 to have it rescored. He hot a poor score on one last year but he didn’t prepare for it so he thought it could be right so we did not ask for a rescore on that one. </p>
<p>The AP Chem test completely changed this year, and the scores show it. The national average went down substantially from last year. This year was a bad year to take the AP Chem test because it was completely revamped. I don’t think practice tests accurately translate to what you should’ve gotten on the new test because it changed (otherwise, I’m with you, my 4 should have been a 5). You just can’t compare the two. Also, keep in mind, only getting “over half” (unless you mean substantially over half) of a FRQ right isn’t going to get you a 5. I can’t speak to the other two.</p>
<p>Ok! It’s great to hear that I’m not the only one! It’s odd because everyone that I have talked to has passed with a three or higher. If there are any success stories on the topic of re-score that would be great. </p>
<p>Here are the stats if they make you feel any better. The national pass rate for the AP Chem exam this year was only 52%, and the average test score was 2.62, compared to last year’s average of 3.125.</p>
<p>Oh that is a huge difference. Well could it make a difference if you have five accounts for college board? They had a tough time getting my scores last year and the account that I should have got my scores on was not the account I used this year. Well I did well in the class and I knew what I was doing on each exam so I feel like something’s wrong. Should I re-score?</p>
<p>If it did cause an issue, I think the issue would be that you didn’t get your scores on time. I don’t see how that could lead to them giving you the incorrect score. If you’re really that insecure about your score, then sure, rescore it. I’m just saying that this year especially, almost no one did as well as they expected on the AP Chem test, so don’t be shocked if you really did get a 2, because that is probably what happened, unfortunately.</p>