2021 AP exam score distribution

[Anonymous]

Anyone know the distribution for the 2021 test? I only see the 2020 distribution online. Wonder if different this year. Thank you.

[Anonymous]

I saw comparisons for 2021 and 2020. Here’s AP world history:

https://allaccess.collegeboard.org/ap-world-history-exam-2021-results

[Anonymous]

They are all here by subject https://allaccess.collegeboard.org/topic/ap-2021-scores

[Anonymous]

Looks like it was harder across the board, though that link does not have all the exams yet.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for sharing. It looks like 48% "failed" the World History AP exam. What does that exactly mean? They just can't take the college credit? Do top tier colleges only look at 5s?

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Anonymous wrote:Thanks for sharing. It looks like 48% "failed" the World History AP exam. What does that exactly mean? They just can't take the college credit? Do top tier colleges only look at 5s?

Oxford & Cambridge only want 5 ‘s , but that is to meet the standard to be called in for an Interview ( to the make that cut in the application process) not for credit

In USA most science and math majors can only receive waiver of entry level class for a score of 5 ( say AP Physics or BC Calc ), but for a History or English course you can place out with a 4

I think roughly 1-2 percent of AP exam takers score a 5 . There are about 11 percent 4’s ( don’t know this year’s stats ) and bulk of scores are 3

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Anonymous wrote:Thanks for sharing. It looks like 48% "failed" the World History AP exam. What does that exactly mean? They just can't take the college credit? Do top tier colleges only look at 5s?

Oxford & Cambridge only want 5 ‘s , but that is to meet the standard to be called in for an Interview ( to the make that cut in the application process) not for credit

In USA most science and math majors can only receive waiver of entry level class for a score of 5 ( say AP Physics or BC Calc ), but for a History or English course you can place out with a 4

I think roughly 1-2 percent of AP exam takers score a 5 . There are about 11 percent 4’s ( don’t know this year’s stats ) and bulk of scores are 3

Just saw my kid's scores and looks like he will arrive on campus with 21 credits towards graduation from his AP scores. He also earned 6 college credits in HS that should transfer for credit. So graduation in 3 years is very doable (saving parents $80k!).

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Anonymous wrote:Thanks for sharing. It looks like 48% "failed" the World History AP exam. What does that exactly mean? They just can't take the college credit? Do top tier colleges only look at 5s?

Oxford & Cambridge only want 5 ‘s , but that is to meet the standard to be called in for an Interview ( to the make that cut in the application process) not for credit

In USA most science and math majors can only receive waiver of entry level class for a score of 5 ( say AP Physics or BC Calc ), but for a History or English course you can place out with a 4

I think roughly 1-2 percent of AP exam takers score a 5 . There are about 11 percent 4’s ( don’t know this year’s stats ) and bulk of scores are 3

Just saw my kid's scores and looks like he will arrive on campus with 21 credits towards graduation from his AP scores. He also earned 6 college credits in HS that should transfer for credit. So graduation in 3 years is very doable (saving parents $80k!).

That's lucky - many schools still require the same number of credits to be paid to the school - it's just that the student can satisfy low level requirements with AP or pre-college credits. For example, at my school, instead of taking a year of "freshman English", I was able to take just one semester of "freshman English" and then I was allowed to choose any English elective I wanted for the other semester. Similarly, I only had to take a semester of world history (instead of a year) and then could choose any history elective I wanted for the other half. I would not have been able to graduate early...just got more freedom of choice.

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Anonymous wrote:Thanks for sharing. It looks like 48% "failed" the World History AP exam. What does that exactly mean? They just can't take the college credit? Do top tier colleges only look at 5s?

Oxford & Cambridge only want 5 ‘s , but that is to meet the standard to be called in for an Interview ( to the make that cut in the application process) not for credit

In USA most science and math majors can only receive waiver of entry level class for a score of 5 ( say AP Physics or BC Calc ), but for a History or English course you can place out with a 4

I think roughly 1-2 percent of AP exam takers score a 5 . There are about 11 percent 4’s ( don’t know this year’s stats ) and bulk of scores are 3

Just saw my kid's scores and looks like he will arrive on campus with 21 credits towards graduation from his AP scores. He also earned 6 college credits in HS that should transfer for credit. So graduation in 3 years is very doable (saving parents $80k!).

That's lucky - many schools still require the same number of credits to be paid to the school - it's just that the student can satisfy low level requirements with AP or pre-college credits. For example, at my school, instead of taking a year of "freshman English", I was able to take just one semester of "freshman English" and then I was allowed to choose any English elective I wanted for the other semester. Similarly, I only had to take a semester of world history (instead of a year) and then could choose any history elective I wanted for the other half. I would not have been able to graduate early...just got more freedom of choice.

Which college takes this approach?

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Anonymous wrote:Thanks for sharing. It looks like 48% "failed" the World History AP exam. What does that exactly mean? They just can't take the college credit? Do top tier colleges only look at 5s?

Oxford & Cambridge only want 5 ‘s , but that is to meet the standard to be called in for an Interview ( to the make that cut in the application process) not for credit

In USA most science and math majors can only receive waiver of entry level class for a score of 5 ( say AP Physics or BC Calc ), but for a History or English course you can place out with a 4

I think roughly 1-2 percent of AP exam takers score a 5 . There are about 11 percent 4’s ( don’t know this year’s stats ) and bulk of scores are 3

Just saw my kid's scores and looks like he will arrive on campus with 21 credits towards graduation from his AP scores. He also earned 6 college credits in HS that should transfer for credit. So graduation in 3 years is very doable (saving parents $80k!).

That's lucky - many schools still require the same number of credits to be paid to the school - it's just that the student can satisfy low level requirements with AP or pre-college credits. For example, at my school, instead of taking a year of "freshman English", I was able to take just one semester of "freshman English" and then I was allowed to choose any English elective I wanted for the other semester. Similarly, I only had to take a semester of world history (instead of a year) and then could choose any history elective I wanted for the other half. I would not have been able to graduate early...just got more freedom of choice.

Which college takes this approach?

Most of the extremely competitive colleges will take this approach. You can't get credits, you can only skip intro courses.

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Anonymous wrote:Thanks for sharing. It looks like 48% "failed" the World History AP exam. What does that exactly mean? They just can't take the college credit? Do top tier colleges only look at 5s?

Oxford & Cambridge only want 5 ‘s , but that is to meet the standard to be called in for an Interview ( to the make that cut in the application process) not for credit

In USA most science and math majors can only receive waiver of entry level class for a score of 5 ( say AP Physics or BC Calc ), but for a History or English course you can place out with a 4

I think roughly 1-2 percent of AP exam takers score a 5 . There are about 11 percent 4’s ( don’t know this year’s stats ) and bulk of scores are 3

Just saw my kid's scores and looks like he will arrive on campus with 21 credits towards graduation from his AP scores. He also earned 6 college credits in HS that should transfer for credit. So graduation in 3 years is very doable (saving parents $80k!).

That's lucky - many schools still require the same number of credits to be paid to the school - it's just that the student can satisfy low level requirements with AP or pre-college credits. For example, at my school, instead of taking a year of "freshman English", I was able to take just one semester of "freshman English" and then I was allowed to choose any English elective I wanted for the other semester. Similarly, I only had to take a semester of world history (instead of a year) and then could choose any history elective I wanted for the other half. I would not have been able to graduate early...just got more freedom of choice.

Which college takes this approach?

Most of the extremely competitive colleges will take this approach. You can't get credits, you can only skip intro courses.

Same with many of the not extremely competitive schools. They require you to take four years of their credits in order to get a degree from them, but use AP for placement and getting out of cores. One way around this is to start college at a school that accepts AP credit and then transfer -- at that point they are accepting transfer credits from the other college, not a high school; but even then, some schools will not accept AP as college transfer credits, so triple check if this is your plan.

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Anonymous wrote:Thanks for sharing. It looks like 48% "failed" the World History AP exam. What does that exactly mean? They just can't take the college credit? Do top tier colleges only look at 5s?

Oxford & Cambridge only want 5 ‘s , but that is to meet the standard to be called in for an Interview ( to the make that cut in the application process) not for credit

In USA most science and math majors can only receive waiver of entry level class for a score of 5 ( say AP Physics or BC Calc ), but for a History or English course you can place out with a 4

I think roughly 1-2 percent of AP exam takers score a 5 . There are about 11 percent 4’s ( don’t know this year’s stats ) and bulk of scores are 3

Just saw my kid's scores and looks like he will arrive on campus with 21 credits towards graduation from his AP scores. He also earned 6 college credits in HS that should transfer for credit. So graduation in 3 years is very doable (saving parents $80k!).

That's lucky - many schools still require the same number of credits to be paid to the school - it's just that the student can satisfy low level requirements with AP or pre-college credits. For example, at my school, instead of taking a year of "freshman English", I was able to take just one semester of "freshman English" and then I was allowed to choose any English elective I wanted for the other semester. Similarly, I only had to take a semester of world history (instead of a year) and then could choose any history elective I wanted for the other half. I would not have been able to graduate early...just got more freedom of choice.

Which college takes this approach?

Most of the extremely competitive colleges will take this approach. You can't get credits, you can only skip intro courses.

I'm the PP with kid with 21 AP based college credits earned. Kid is going to Cornell.

[Anonymous]

That's wonderful that Cornell is still accepting AP scores for actual course credit. So many highly-ranked institutions are only accepting AP test scores for elective credit

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Anonymous wrote:That's wonderful that Cornell is still accepting AP scores for actual course credit. So many highly-ranked institutions are only accepting AP test scores for elective credit

Because money.

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Anonymous wrote:Thanks for sharing. It looks like 48% "failed" the World History AP exam. What does that exactly mean? They just can't take the college credit? Do top tier colleges only look at 5s?

Oxford & Cambridge only want 5 ‘s , but that is to meet the standard to be called in for an Interview ( to the make that cut in the application process) not for credit

In USA most science and math majors can only receive waiver of entry level class for a score of 5 ( say AP Physics or BC Calc ), but for a History or English course you can place out with a 4

I think roughly 1-2 percent of AP exam takers score a 5 . There are about 11 percent 4’s ( don’t know this year’s stats ) and bulk of scores are 3

Just saw my kid's scores and looks like he will arrive on campus with 21 credits towards graduation from his AP scores. He also earned 6 college credits in HS that should transfer for credit. So graduation in 3 years is very doable (saving parents $80k!).

That'a fantastic. Congratulations to them, and your bank account!