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Anonymous wrote:Freshman DC got a 5 in APUSH and 4 in Physics 1. Pretty good for first experience with AP exams.

Where can you take APUSH and Physics freshman year? Congrats on the scores.

Wheaton biomed and engineering magnets

Students don’t need to be in the magnets to take APUSH as freshmen at Wheaton. DS took APUSH as a freshman, and isn’t in the magnet. He got a 3.

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Anonymous wrote:My son took 5 AP exams this year - Calc BC, Macro, Micro, English Lit, Spanish. He did well in the first four (5's and one 4) but upset about his Spanish score of a 3. He's been a strong student in Spanish. I told him not to worry about it since he was planning to continue with Spanish in college (he graduated from high school in May) so he wasn't looking for credit and he has to take a placement test for his school anyway. He seemed to let it go. But this morning he got an email from his Spanish teacher telling him that he should contact the College Board to find out if he can appeal the score (she can only appeal the score if it is a 1 or 2). She listened to his exam (it was oral) and she said it was one of the best from his high school. She asked a friend who is an AP Spanish exam grader to listen as well and she said he should have gotten a 5 or at the very least a 4. Now he's upset again. I told him to just let it go because the College Board won't do anything about it but he's bothered because now he cannot get the Seal of Biliteracy. I don't think there is even a way to appeal a 3 but its up to him if he wants to try.

With that feedback from the 2 teachers, and it affecting a certification/seal he was hoping to achieve, it’s worth him finding out if he can. His teacher was so adament about his performance on the test that she pursued having a fellow teacher listen to it as well. And now is urging him to try to appeal. She’s not just saying “oh well”. So that means she thinks he has a strong case and it’s worth pursuing. Worst case, he still has the score he has now, right? Why not appeal, with that urging from 2 teachers?

There is no process for a student to appeal a passing score. According to the CB website you can only ask for a rescore of a multiple choice portion (for a fee) but there was no multiple choice on the Spanish exam. The AP teacher can appeal a 1 or a 2 but not a 3. Knowing this, his teacher suggested that he email the CB and attach her email with her opinion of the score. However, what we've found out over the past few days is that the CB just tells kids they can't appeal and there's nothing they can do about it. His teacher says she will still see if there is anything else that she can do. My son is frustrated but feeling better about it all because his teacher was adamant about his performance and shared her disappointment with the AP. As I said before, we will support him if he wants to push the CB about his score (he can email them, tweet, etc but not much more). In the end it won't matter significantly if he has the Seal of Biliteracy. What will matter is if he can say that he is fluent in Spanish and demonstate that when he applies for an internship, studies abroad, applies for a job, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:Freshman DC got a 5 in APUSH and 4 in Physics 1. Pretty good for first experience with AP exams.

Where can you take APUSH and Physics freshman year? Congrats on the scores.

Wheaton biomed and engineering magnets

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Anonymous wrote:One of the schools my kid is applying to isn't accepting 2020 AP Micro/Macro 5s at all.

Many schools don’t accept APs. They want the tuition dollars from enrollment in 101s.

I wouldn’t say “many.” But yes some.

An increasing number. The entire Ivy League, for example.

Because AP exams and classes are worthless. If your kid can get a 4 or 5 on an AP exam as a freshman or sophomore in high school, it’s meaningless. Colleges know it and it’s the college board that is making the claims so they can make money.

99% of kids aren’t going to an Ivy League School though. Those schools represent a very small percentage of colleges. Hence the use of “some” rather than “many.”

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Anonymous wrote:One of the schools my kid is applying to isn't accepting 2020 AP Micro/Macro 5s at all.

Many schools don’t accept APs. They want the tuition dollars from enrollment in 101s.

I wouldn’t say “many.” But yes some.

An increasing number. The entire Ivy League, for example.

Because AP exams and classes are worthless. If your kid can get a 4 or 5 on an AP exam as a freshman or sophomore in high school, it’s meaningless. Colleges know it and it’s the college board that is making the claims so they can make money.

Look- it really depends on what school your kid goes to. I know DCUM really likes to focus on the elite and Ivy schools, but most kids don't go there,

My kid will be a freshman at a top 50 private. It was his first choice and he picked it for a specific interest.

He will get credit for all of his AP exams in some manner - some will just give him credit (but without taking the place of something else) some excuse him from requirements, and some just place him in a higher level of the class. He got credit for APES, for example, and his Lang and Lit scores excused him from English all together. I believe he also got credit for Comp. politics, which someone else ridiculed above.

His increased credits mean he has enough credits to be a sophomore so he gets to register early and his scores place him in an honors program at the school that excuse him from other requirements.

For him, its been a good system. I agree it doesn't matter at a lot of schools, and it's certainly nothing to worry about this year.

I also have a high school kid that is planning to take no APs, and he will be just fine as well and likely, APs won't be as much of an issue as all testing seems to be on the way out at this point.

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Anonymous wrote:Pp, WUSTL gives credit and/or higher class placement for computer sci principles, comparative gov, physics 1, psychology ...

Even WUSTL doesn't give credit for Human Geography LOL.

The only test more useless than Human Geography is Environmental Science, AKA an AP test for kids who can't handle real science.

Really sad to watch adults insult and dismiss kids. You’re pathetic.

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Anonymous wrote:One of the schools my kid is applying to isn't accepting 2020 AP Micro/Macro 5s at all.

Many schools don’t accept APs. They want the tuition dollars from enrollment in 101s.

I wouldn’t say “many.” But yes some.

An increasing number. The entire Ivy League, for example.

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Anonymous wrote:One of the schools my kid is applying to isn't accepting 2020 AP Micro/Macro 5s at all.

Many schools don’t accept APs. They want the tuition dollars from enrollment in 101s.

I wouldn’t say “many.” But yes some.

Anonymous wrote:One of the schools my kid is applying to isn't accepting 2020 AP Micro/Macro 5s at all.

Many schools don’t accept APs. They want the tuition dollars from enrollment in 101s.

One of the schools my kid is applying to isn't accepting 2020 AP Micro/Macro 5s at all.

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Anonymous wrote:Pp, WUSTL gives credit and/or higher class placement for computer sci principles, comparative gov, physics 1, psychology ...

Even WUSTL doesn't give credit for Human Geography LOL.

The only test more useless than Human Geography is Environmental Science, AKA an AP test for kids who can't handle real science.

APES should be called AP Climate Change. That is basically the entire focus of the class. DD took it and the book made some claims that were a bit, well, outrageous. We believe in climate change btw.

Anonymous wrote:Pp, WUSTL gives credit and/or higher class placement for computer sci principles, comparative gov, physics 1, psychology ...

Depends on which school at WashU. A&S: no use for general education requirements. Engineering, no humanities/social sciences credit toward gen eds.

Elective credit is not typically useful.

Anonymous wrote:Pp, WUSTL gives credit and/or higher class placement for computer sci principles, comparative gov, physics 1, psychology ...

Even WUSTL doesn't give credit for Human Geography LOL.

The only test more useless than Human Geography is Environmental Science, AKA an AP test for kids who can't handle real science.