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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you consider 4s a high score?[/quote]

No. Not with the implicit curve that equates to a 5. Imagine if colleges gave a 4.0 for a 70% average. Although that's pretty much how hs gpa has become. [/quote]

4s and 5s are great. 3s are not. [/quote]

Keep telling yourself that to make above average kids sound smarter. Compare the AP pecentiles (for scores below a 5) with SAT scores. The percentile range for a 4 (i.e., 1-3) starts somewhere btw 50-60%ile.

2025 Score Distribution - %ile that got a 1-4 score
• Lang 87%, Lit 84%
• APush 86%, Euro 87%, Gov 76%
• Micro 81%, Macro 82%
• AB 80%, BC 56%
• Bio 81%, Chem 83%, Phys E&M 77%, Phys M 80%
• Foreign Lang btw 60% and 92%

SAT
• 51% 1020
• 60% 1080
• 70% 1150
• 80% 1230
• 90% 1359
• 95% 1430-1440[/quote]

It is a normed test not a straight % correct score. They design it this way so a 70% is a 5 or whatever. You sound low IQ. [/quote]

Also, comparing AP test scores to SAT percentiles makes no sense.  The only people taking an AP test are those that have self-selected to take the test, usually after having taken the corresponding AP course.  So, we're talking about students who have decided to pay money and register and actually take an expensive and usually difficult 3-hour test being compared to others who have taken that same test. [/quote]

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