2024 AP Exams - Results

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS sucks. My kid got a 1 in apush and calc bc. Always got 4s when we had tutors. Couldn’t find a decent tutor this semester and the teachers were terrible as evidenced in her score.

My son got a 4 in APUSH at Northwood as a freshman. He reached out to his other friends in the class and two of them got 4s and 3 of them got 3s. It depends on the teacher - it’s not a whole MCPS thing. Also you can ask the pass rate at the school and see how the population held up as a whole.

He should be proud of a 4. 9th grade is really young to be taking APUSH! My DC’s school doesn’t even allow AP classes until 11th grade (and you have to apply in with many being rejected).

He’s so proud - over the moon. So are we! It was a surprise particularly due to his age.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS sucks. My kid got a 1 in apush and calc bc. Always got 4s when we had tutors. Couldn’t find a decent tutor this semester and the teachers were terrible as evidenced in her score.

My son got a 4 in APUSH at Northwood as a freshman. He reached out to his other friends in the class and two of them got 4s and 3 of them got 3s. It depends on the teacher - it’s not a whole MCPS thing. Also you can ask the pass rate at the school and see how the population held up as a whole.

He should be proud of a 4. 9th grade is really young to be taking APUSH! My DC’s school doesn’t even allow AP classes until 11th grade (and you have to apply in with many being rejected).

He’s so proud - over the moon. So are we! It was a surprise particularly due to his age.

My 9th grader got a 3 and I’m super proud of it!

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DS (10th): 5 Calc BC

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS sucks. My kid got a 1 in apush and calc bc. Always got 4s when we had tutors. Couldn’t find a decent tutor this semester and the teachers were terrible as evidenced in her score.

At our MCPS hs, per most recent school profile, only 1 of 60 kids got a 1 on the BC calc exam. 14 out of over 250 did on APUSH. Suggest looking at your hs profile to see whether it’s your school or your kid. It’s not MCPS broadly.

Well, my kid - who rarely studied outside the classroom received 5 4s and 1 5 (Calculus AB) on his APs this year - MCPS school - not a magnet. I give LOTS of credit to his teachers.

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I’m depressed reading this thread. My kid a junior scored 3 BC (4 AB subsection), 4 Lang, 4 Psychology and 3 in History and Stats.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m depressed reading this thread. My kid a junior scored 3 BC (4 AB subsection), 4 Lang, 4 Psychology and 3 in History and Stats.

Omg please don’t be! There’s a lot of us regulars out there.
My senior: 5 AP lang (but we didn’t doubt this - she’s an amazing writer)
4 AP 2D Art
3 AP Psych
2 AP Bio
My freshman: 3 APUSH

This forum is skewed to the strivers/gifted kids.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m depressed reading this thread. My kid a junior scored 3 BC (4 AB subsection), 4 Lang, 4 Psychology and 3 in History and Stats.

Those are ALL passing grades and the 4's are very good.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m depressed reading this thread. My kid a junior scored 3 BC (4 AB subsection), 4 Lang, 4 Psychology and 3 in History and Stats.

Omg please don’t be! There’s a lot of us regulars out there.
My senior: 5 AP lang (but we didn’t doubt this - she’s an amazing writer)
4 AP 2D Art
3 AP Psych
2 AP Bio
My freshman: 3 APUSH

This forum is skewed to the strivers/gifted kids.

Thanks! Bio is tough and if she’s a STEM major having had this in HS will be a big advantage in college.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m depressed reading this thread. My kid a junior scored 3 BC (4 AB subsection), 4 Lang, 4 Psychology and 3 in History and Stats.

Omg please don’t be! There’s a lot of us regulars out there.
My senior: 5 AP lang (but we didn’t doubt this - she’s an amazing writer)
4 AP 2D Art
3 AP Psych
2 AP Bio
My freshman: 3 APUSH

This forum is skewed to the strivers/gifted kids.

My kid is regular, too, and I'm pretty proud of the two 4's, one 3 and one 2 she received. Ok, we were hoping the 2 would be higher as DD did extremely well in the class, but she unfortunately just got one FRQ she struggled a lot with and she's not a great test taker; her strength is applied knowledge/papers/projects. Interestingly, almost all of her friends got their lowest score on the exam for whichever science class they were taking. Makes me wonder if the science department at the HS isn't "teaching to the test" for whatever reason. While I'd have loved for DD to get some college credit out of it, I know she learned a lot so I'm not all that concerned that it didn't translate to one exam.

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I'll take a 4 or 5 score any day of the week!

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Anonymous wrote:I’m depressed reading this thread. My kid a junior scored 3 BC (4 AB subsection), 4 Lang, 4 Psychology and 3 in History and Stats.

My kid got fives and a four this year as a senior but was all threes and fours before this year (and only took AB as senior - not BC as a junior!). Also my DC never took 5 APs in one year! That’s a ton.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m depressed reading this thread. My kid a junior scored 3 BC (4 AB subsection), 4 Lang, 4 Psychology and 3 in History and Stats.

Omg please don’t be! There’s a lot of us regulars out there.
My senior: 5 AP lang (but we didn’t doubt this - she’s an amazing writer)
4 AP 2D Art
3 AP Psych
2 AP Bio
My freshman: 3 APUSH

This forum is skewed to the strivers/gifted kids.

My kid is regular, too, and I'm pretty proud of the two 4's, one 3 and one 2 she received. Ok, we were hoping the 2 would be higher as DD did extremely well in the class, but she unfortunately just got one FRQ she struggled a lot with and she's not a great test taker; her strength is applied knowledge/papers/projects. Interestingly, almost all of her friends got their lowest score on the exam for whichever science class they were taking. Makes me wonder if the science department at the HS isn't "teaching to the test" for whatever reason. While I'd have loved for DD to get some college credit out of it, I know she learned a lot so I'm not all that concerned that it didn't translate to one exam.

Most of those grades are absolutely fine. A 2 however, is not a passing grade.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m depressed reading this thread. My kid a junior scored 3 BC (4 AB subsection), 4 Lang, 4 Psychology and 3 in History and Stats.

Omg please don’t be! There’s a lot of us regulars out there.
My senior: 5 AP lang (but we didn’t doubt this - she’s an amazing writer)
4 AP 2D Art
3 AP Psych
2 AP Bio
My freshman: 3 APUSH

This forum is skewed to the strivers/gifted kids.

Thanks! Bio is tough and if she’s a STEM major having had this in HS will be a big advantage in college.

She is 100% NOT a STEM kid. Which is why think why she tanked the bio. 😂
She’ll do fine either way. All of our kids will!

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Anyone else's kid still waiting for an AP Comp Gov score?

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AP Physics is not the hardest AP test. It’s just one that any student can take because it’s algebra based so more unqualified students take it.

Physics C and BC calculus are a more self-selecting group so more pass it. Either way, I’m planning have my kid submit 4’s and 5’s to all schools, even Ivies. Against Sarah H’s advice.