Your school lowest grade possible a C in an AP class

<p>At my school some teachers make it nice for the seniors:</p>

<p>Calc AP- Lowest grade is a C
BIO AP- Lowest grade is a C
Physics- Lowest grade is a C- in this class the average grade gets down to a low C by the semester.</p>

<p>Also in all these courses second semester grades are made up solely based upon the score you get on one or two practice AP tests</p>

<p>5-A
4- A-
3- B
2-C
1-C----</p>

<p>I like the set up at my school. And since im a senior most people in my class including myself let ourselfs go down to a C in AP Physics just because its the most work. I like to think of my AP physics class as a free intro into physics since i will take it again freshman year in college no matter what my AP score is.</p>

<p>Whats you school like and what do you think of mine???</p>

<p>we do work til the end of the year. finals/final projects in all classes. it really sucks.</p>

<p>Wow, that's amazing. Our grade is based on cumulative tests, quizzes, and projects throughout the year, including a cumulative final.</p>

<p>finals worth 2 test grades, finals are samples of the real thing......</p>

<p>You have to love shameless grade inflation...we have nothing like that at all.</p>

<p>Thats beyond inflation, thats boarderline cheating. I felt cheap because some classes offer 85% as an A.</p>

<p>in euro ap and physics ap, the lowest grade you can get is a C, but in the others, you get what you get, even if you have an F</p>

<p>At my HS, you got the grade you earned in the class. We routinely had kids fail AP World History, APUSH, and AP English 3 and 4, among many others. Also, my school did not require students who took AP classes to take the AP. The grade you got on the AP had no effect on your grade in the course. Grades were computed at the end of May, and AP test results were not released until July. </p>

<p>My AP World History teacher went to Kansas to grade APs, and she told me that she would routinely get AP essays from schools like the ones described above that began like,</p>

<p>"To whom it may concern,</p>

<p>As you have probably realized, I have no business taking this AP. I learned nothing in my AP class. However, if you had to choose between taking this AP class and doing three-a-day football practice, you would have made the same choice that I did..."</p>

<p>we earn regular grades in the class but if we dont pass the AP exam (3, 4, 5) the course is un-listed AP and listed as a non honors weight course on the transcript. the people who get 1s and 2s on the exam are usually kids who have Cs and Ds in the class to begin with.</p>

<p>My AP Calc teacher is only giving out Bs and A+s this 1st marking period, for the most part. Reason being everyone in the class is a senior so he doesn't want to ruin our chances for any college... To get the A+ you have to do every problem in the book right up to integrals, (about 1000 or so problems, which I'm doing tonight RAWR), and then if you don't do that but had an A average, you get your normal grade (A or A-), but then for anyone less than a B they are getting a B but have to make up for it during 2nd marking period. </p>

<p>It's kinda like a loan. He gives you a higher grade this marking period, and you have to "repay" him next mp by getting an equal or higher grade on your own. If you don't he fails you for two marking periods.</p>

<p>BTW. The great thing is a A+ in an AP class is a 5.35 as compared to a A+ in a regular class which is 4.35 ^_^. Even better is that my school says the GPAs are "unweighted" although obviously they aren't.</p>

<p>that's so moronically stupid mag00; i hope colleges realize the immense stupidity of your school grading system and refigure ur gpas 1 or 2 points lower.</p>

<p>Whoa AnuVX,</p>

<p>That was unneccessarily vitriolic. It's not his fault if his teacher has a strange grading system, and to hope that his GPA gets recalculated a point or two lower is just plain mean.</p>

<p>for me an 83 is a C+ in an AP class...that sucks.</p>

<p>I completely agree with Anuvx...that is BLATANT grade inflation. And the fact that they don't even say it's part of your weighted gpa is enough to make me sick. For all those SAT haters, this is why the test is necessary.</p>

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Whoa AnuVX,</p>

<p>That was unneccessarily vitriolic. It's not his fault if his teacher has a strange grading system, and to hope that his GPA gets recalculated a point or two lower is just plain mean.

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<p>No, Anuvx is right. It really is moronically stupid</p>

<p>I never said it wasn't a stupid grading system- but it's not Magoo's fault, and we're not in any position to say that he wouldn't have his A+ in Calc without the grade inflation.</p>

<p>""To whom it may concern,</p>

<p>As you have probably realized, I have no business taking this AP. I learned nothing in my AP class. However, if you had to choose between taking this AP class and doing three-a-day football practice, you would have made the same choice that I did...""</p>

<p>Heh, my Euro teacher told us about grading APs and getting essays with $20 bills attached to them. She also got a couple where kids would throw in notes that said they would commit suicide if they didn't pass the AP test and it would be the grader's fault for failing them.</p>

<p>But seriously, this whole idea of not giving bad grades to seniors is ridiculous.</p>