AP Test Results

[Anonymous]

The govt ones are really one of the easiest AP tests.

[Anonymous]

"The 2019 AP US Government & Politics scores: 5: 12.9%; 4: 12.4%; 3: 29.9%; 2: 24.8%; 1: 20%."

"The 2019 AP US History scores: 5: 12.1%; 4: 18.7%; 3: 23.5%; 2: 22%; 1: 23.7%."

"The 2019 AP Statistics scores: 5: 14.5%; 4: 18%; 3: 26.7%; 2: 19.7%; 1: 21.1%"

"The 2019 AP Computer Science Principles scores: 5: 13.6%; 4: 21.1%; 3: 38%; 2: 19%; 1: 8.3%."

(from AP_Trevor's twitter feed)

[Anonymous]

"Wow. The 2019 AP US History scores are the largest one-year increase in student mastery I’ve seen in APUSH, the highest % of 5s in the past decade + significant increases in 3s and 4s as well. Nice work, APUSH teachers and students."

(from AP_Trevor's twitter feed)

[Anonymous]

https://blog.prepscholar.com/can-you-retake-ap-exams

You should not retake AP exam if you have 3 or more.

[Anonymous]

All of the 2019 distribution scores are out and posted here
https://www.wayfair.com/lighting/sb0/island-lights-c416397.html

[Anonymous]

Oops - wrong link https://www.totalregistration.net/AP-Exam-Registration-Service/AP-Exam-Score-Distributions.php?year=2019

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. We are surprised too about the 3. We thought she’s score a 4/5 based on prep tests. Anyways, I’ve always told DD study first for school (get As) next is prepare for SAT and third priority is APs.

These are probably the best priorities for most kids. Doing well in school is probably the most important task. There is no need to take too many AP courses. You can signal academic rigor and ability to handle AP exams without taking tons of APs. A couple in sophomore year and three or four per year in 11th and 12th should be plenty for a high achieving kid.

You are kidding, right? That is 10 APs!! Is that a normal average amount?

high performing kids (like magnet kids) take ~16 or more APs.

I posted earlier about my kid who took only six APs and got into a top 20 (his first choice) because he went to a private school that does not offer APs in freshman and sophomore year. This is normal in my opinion, and the MCPS approach is ridiculous. My kid was able to have a normal high school experience is still have successful college admissions. An MCPS student, however, in order to get admission to a top 20 would have to take 10 or more APs. Someone asked me how I know this, and I will respond by saying I have many friends with kids who just went through the admissions process, and kids with ten or more APs and SAT in the high 1500's were being rejected left and right from top schools. Sad.

LOL, the plural of anecdotes is not data.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP. I hope someone gives me a clear answer to this.

If a student already takes AP or magnet class, is it beneficial for him/her to take the AP exam for college acceptance purposes? Let's say (s)he is not interested in college credit for the course.

Yes, because you don't have a crystal ball and therefore don't know whether the AP exam results will be useful.

My DC is a double-major at a SLAC and is finding it easier to fulfill the requirements for degrees from both departments thanks to the AP credits earned prior to college. DC was able to check certain boxes for core requirements fulfillment, freeing up his schedule for other things.

[Anonymous]

No the crazy AP parents come out, the same parent who were upset about compact math and then the same upset about getting a perfect gpa or 10 points higher ion the SAT and retake it 3 times.

and now we know why kids are so stressed out.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:NP. I hope someone gives me a clear answer to this.

If a student already takes AP or magnet class, is it beneficial for him/her to take the AP exam for college acceptance purposes? Let's say (s)he is not interested in college credit for the course.

Yes, because you don't have a crystal ball and therefore don't know whether the AP exam results will be useful.

My DC is a double-major at a SLAC and is finding it easier to fulfill the requirements for degrees from both departments thanks to the AP credits earned prior to college. DC was able to check certain boxes for core requirements fulfillment, freeing up his schedule for other things.

Some colleges allow an applicant to self-report AP scores on your application; others don't. If your scores are good, that's probably a plus. If you list the scores for 3 classes you've taken, but not hte other 2 that may not come across as well.

I can't imagine self-reporting scores makes much of a difference at a really big state flagship, but it might at a selective college.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:NP. I hope someone gives me a clear answer to this.

If a student already takes AP or magnet class, is it beneficial for him/her to take the AP exam for college acceptance purposes? Let's say (s)he is not interested in college credit for the course.

Yes, because you don't have a crystal ball and therefore don't know whether the AP exam results will be useful.

My DC is a double-major at a SLAC and is finding it easier to fulfill the requirements for degrees from both departments thanks to the AP credits earned prior to college. DC was able to check certain boxes for core requirements fulfillment, freeing up his schedule for other things.

Don’t many top colleges have limits on the number of AP credits they will accept?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:NP. I hope someone gives me a clear answer to this.

If a student already takes AP or magnet class, is it beneficial for him/her to take the AP exam for college acceptance purposes? Let's say (s)he is not interested in college credit for the course.

Yes, because you don't have a crystal ball and therefore don't know whether the AP exam results will be useful.

My DC is a double-major at a SLAC and is finding it easier to fulfill the requirements for degrees from both departments thanks to the AP credits earned prior to college. DC was able to check certain boxes for core requirements fulfillment, freeing up his schedule for other things.

Don’t many top colleges have limits on the number of AP credits they will accept?

Yes. And?

If you can get credit or place out of certain classes thanks to AP credits, it makes sense to do that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:NP. I hope someone gives me a clear answer to this.

If a student already takes AP or magnet class, is it beneficial for him/her to take the AP exam for college acceptance purposes? Let's say (s)he is not interested in college credit for the course.

Yes, because you don't have a crystal ball and therefore don't know whether the AP exam results will be useful.

My DC is a double-major at a SLAC and is finding it easier to fulfill the requirements for degrees from both departments thanks to the AP credits earned prior to college. DC was able to check certain boxes for core requirements fulfillment, freeing up his schedule for other things.

Don’t many top colleges have limits on the number of AP credits they will accept?

Yes. And?

If you can get credit or place out of certain classes thanks to AP credits, it makes sense to do that.

So it might not help to take 10 AP exams when the college only accepts 2 or 3.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP. I hope someone gives me a clear answer to this.

If a student already takes AP or magnet class, is it beneficial for him/her to take the AP exam for college acceptance purposes? Let's say (s)he is not interested in college credit for the course.

I think we need to make this clear: AP exams are NOT for college acceptance purposes. They are only for college credits. In principle, the AP test result is not considered in the admission process.


The grade the student gets in the AP/magnet class, is considered by colleges in the admission process.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:NP. I hope someone gives me a clear answer to this.

If a student already takes AP or magnet class, is it beneficial for him/her to take the AP exam for college acceptance purposes? Let's say (s)he is not interested in college credit for the course.

Yes, because you don't have a crystal ball and therefore don't know whether the AP exam results will be useful.

My DC is a double-major at a SLAC and is finding it easier to fulfill the requirements for degrees from both departments thanks to the AP credits earned prior to college. DC was able to check certain boxes for core requirements fulfillment, freeing up his schedule for other things.

The PP explicitly asked for "college acceptance purposes", so let's not confuse her by talking about college credits.