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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DS who was straight A grades all year in APUSH and he studied like a demon for the exam, only got a 3[/quote]

It's called grade inflation.  [/quote]

No it isn't. He is kind of a social studies genius. That's his thing.[/quote]

The AP examiners clearly did not agree.[/quote]

This. He isn’t a social studies genius with a 3. I have no idea if grades were inflated or not but there are right and wrong things on the ap exams. Your kid was missing a large section of them. [/quote]

The exam is only 40% multiple choice. Writing skills and legibility can tank a student on 60% of the test.[/quote]

Yes, but writing skills are a huge part of high education. That’s like saying my kid would be axing through college but for the writing requirements. Legibility - maybe. But he’s not getting a 3 with amazing output and poor handwriting. [/quote]

Of course the APs have extensive analysis and writing, as they should. Which is why PP was incorrect to say the test is about "right and wrong" answers. This thread is about [b]freshman[/b] taking APs, and they are being compared to seniors taking the same class.  PP's point that the other PP's child can't be "a social studies genius" is not necessarily correct, because as a a freshmen his writing skills are not college level yet. It is also why AP's are not designed for freshman. Students writing skills and critical thinking changes significantly from age 14 to 18. By senior year, that kid's writing skill may catch up to his "genius" and then maybe he should sit the test again.

(also on the point about legibility, if the handwriting is illegible the kid might actually have amazing output, but the test reader will never know it because they can't decipher it).[/quote]

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