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Anonymous wrote:kid goy 4 in spanish and comp a and 5 in gov and not happy

Is a 4 considered bad? Should DC not list it on his colleges apps?

Absolutely list 4s and 5s.

4 have to be listed, they are very good but 5s are better, my kid has three 4s and one 5 and wanted top 20 so not sure that is now doable..and now demoralized and will have tougher time prepping for the SAT, this is the ugly part of perfectionism, not sure what i can tell them to cheer them up

You need 5s for top 20s? So a score of 4 will disqualify you? This is depressing. My 10th grader was really excited about getting a 4 on their first AP.

So not true. You don’t even need to submit. Relax. My DD going to UCLA w 4 in APUSH. Also into other very competitive schools. The misinformation is astonishing and the fear. Get off this app and live in the moment.

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Anonymous wrote:kid goy 4 in spanish and comp a and 5 in gov and not happy

Is a 4 considered bad? Should DC not list it on his colleges apps?

Absolutely list 4s and 5s.

4 have to be listed, they are very good but 5s are better, my kid has three 4s and one 5 and wanted top 20 so not sure that is now doable..and now demoralized and will have tougher time prepping for the SAT, this is the ugly part of perfectionism, not sure what i can tell them to cheer them up

You need 5s for top 20s? So a score of 4 will disqualify you? This is depressing. My 10th grader was really excited about getting a 4 on their first AP.

The only T20 that admitted my ‘24 student only accepted 4 on the AP Calc exam. 5s on everything else. Very few students in the freshman class receive AP credit we were told at events at the school. So my student selected a college that is lower ranked but will award credit so he can get into his major classes faster. His decision. He got all 4’s across the board.

I am more curious about whether you list the 4s on your application to top 20s. Do you list only 5s?

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Anonymous wrote:kid goy 4 in spanish and comp a and 5 in gov and not happy

Is a 4 considered bad? Should DC not list it on his colleges apps?

Absolutely list 4s and 5s.

4 have to be listed, they are very good but 5s are better, my kid has three 4s and one 5 and wanted top 20 so not sure that is now doable..and now demoralized and will have tougher time prepping for the SAT, this is the ugly part of perfectionism, not sure what i can tell them to cheer them up

You need 5s for top 20s? So a score of 4 will disqualify you? This is depressing. My 10th grader was really excited about getting a 4 on their first AP.

No. You don't need APs at all for admissions to U.S. colleges. You don't have to report your scores. When people say you need a 5 for X school, it means you would need to report a 5 after admission to opt out of an intro course.

Anonymous wrote:So thrilled that my son got a 4 in Calc AB! He came home on exam day saying that it was a hard test. He's going to JMU, and they only give credit for 4s and 5s.

+1 My DD got the 4s she needed for JMU. Whew! It's weird that VT accepts 3s, but that JMU does not.

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Anonymous wrote:Released at 4:30 AM eastern time ...

People seriously got up at 4:30 for this? Relax.

I got up at 2am on the West Coast. For us it is very strongly linked to applications to the UK where the AP result is taken as the equivalent of an A level. Without them, no offers.

Curious, is a 3 viewed as bad or good?

Its a C grade.
For the colleges and courses my kids are applying to, they need multiple 5's in the relevant subjects.
So no a 3 is not "good" as such.

To be more clear, it is a projection that your kid likely would have gotten a C in the course in college (not high school), meaning they passed the college level course. That is a good thing. If you took the course as a high school sophomore and would have passed it had you taken it in college, that's actually really great. Of course, everyone wants a 5, but a 3 means you are prepared for college. Most schools won't let you opt out of their own intro courses with a 3 though, because you have more to learn and can likely do much better once you are a bit more mature and actually in college.

My 10th grader got 5's on both of her "starter" AP classes as she calls them. Her high school is very diverse and gives out A's like candy, so its hard to know what you are actually learning. She won't get college credit for the AP Pre Calc (which was the only way to get an honors grade bump in PreCalc at her high school) because she is taking AP Calc junior year, but she was just overall happy to know that she got 5's.

She is taking 4 harder AP's next year so that will be the real test.

My sophomore kid self-studied for APUSH (private that teaches U.S. History but not to test) and got a 4, is very pleased.

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Anonymous wrote:kid goy 4 in spanish and comp a and 5 in gov and not happy

Is a 4 considered bad? Should DC not list it on his colleges apps?

Absolutely list 4s and 5s.

4 have to be listed, they are very good but 5s are better, my kid has three 4s and one 5 and wanted top 20 so not sure that is now doable..and now demoralized and will have tougher time prepping for the SAT, this is the ugly part of perfectionism, not sure what i can tell them to cheer them up

You need 5s for top 20s? So a score of 4 will disqualify you? This is depressing. My 10th grader was really excited about getting a 4 on their first AP.

The only T20 that admitted my ‘24 student only accepted 4 on the AP Calc exam. 5s on everything else. Very few students in the freshman class receive AP credit we were told at events at the school. So my student selected a college that is lower ranked but will award credit so he can get into his major classes faster. His decision. He got all 4’s across the board.

All 4’s this year. Last year was their first year taking AP tests and they got a 3 and a 4, so we are thrilled. That’s a lot of college credits awarded at their college!

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Anonymous wrote:kid goy 4 in spanish and comp a and 5 in gov and not happy

Is a 4 considered bad? Should DC not list it on his colleges apps?

Absolutely list 4s and 5s.

4 have to be listed, they are very good but 5s are better, my kid has three 4s and one 5 and wanted top 20 so not sure that is now doable..and now demoralized and will have tougher time prepping for the SAT, this is the ugly part of perfectionism, not sure what i can tell them to cheer them up

You are getting bad info. I have two kids at T10 ,(one last year and one this year). Neither of them listed their AP scores. DC1 never got any 5s and DC 2 only received 5s on exams taken senior year. Focus on SAT!!!

thanks! should my kid report the three 4s and one 5 to t20? or should they not report them , and only report to school like uva and vtech? 4s are really tricky

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Anonymous wrote:I'm in LA, its not yet 2.30am and I've just read my kids exam scores.

Both got all 5's in every exam they took.

Thrilled!

You have their college board log ins?

I have my child’s college board login as I booked the SAT for them but I did not check the SAT scores before they told me what they were and will not check the AP scores either. It feels like an invasion of privacy to me

+1

Me too, but if this came out a week from now when DS is away with no phone for three weeks, he’s want me to snail mail him w results.

Sure I believe that the parents checking and then posting to DCUM before 5:30 am eastern are chill and give their kids any privacy.

+1 I forgot today was the day, even though yesterday, I knew it was tomorrow. LOL. And I don't have my kid's log in, so we'll just wait until he wakes up and remind him to check.

+1 I’ll be sure and share when my kid wakes up. I know you’re all on pins and needles.

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Anonymous wrote:Released at 4:30 AM eastern time ...

People seriously got up at 4:30 for this? Relax.

I got up at 2am on the West Coast. For us it is very strongly linked to applications to the UK where the AP result is taken as the equivalent of an A level. Without them, no offers.

Curious, is a 3 viewed as bad or good?

Cambridge only accepts 5s, and requires 5 of them.
But they make tentative offers confirmed by senior year exams.

It really depends on the college. US Universities use them for credit and that's it. If you look at a school like Towson, they accept many 3s for credit

https://www.towson.edu/admissions/undergrad/freshmen/credits/advanced-placement.html

Yes, Cambridge is using the scores for a completely different purpose than U.S. universities. For the UK schools, it is used as a substitute for the UK tests kids take for admissions (A-levels). In the US, it is mostly used to opt out of required core college courses freshman year. The UK schools don't have the kind of broad core first year of college that most U.S. schools have.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm in LA, its not yet 2.30am and I've just read my kids exam scores.

Both got all 5's in every exam they took.

Thrilled!

You have their college board log ins?

I have my child’s college board login as I booked the SAT for them but I did not check the SAT scores before they told me what they were and will not check the AP scores either. It feels like an invasion of privacy to me

+1

Me too, but if this came out a week from now when DS is away with no phone for three weeks, he’s want me to snail mail him w results.

Sure I believe that the parents checking and then posting to DCUM before 5:30 am eastern are chill and give their kids any privacy.

+1 I forgot today was the day, even though yesterday, I knew it was tomorrow. LOL. And I don't have my kid's log in, so we'll just wait until he wakes up and remind him to check.

+1 I’ll be sure and share when my kid wakes up. I know you’re all on pins and needles.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm in LA, its not yet 2.30am and I've just read my kids exam scores.

Both got all 5's in every exam they took.

Thrilled!

You have their college board log ins?

I have my child’s college board login as I booked the SAT for them but I did not check the SAT scores before they told me what they were and will not check the AP scores either. It feels like an invasion of privacy to me

+1

Me too, but if this came out a week from now when DS is away with no phone for three weeks, he’s want me to snail mail him w results.

Sure I believe that the parents checking and then posting to DCUM before 5:30 am eastern are chill and give their kids any privacy.

+1 I forgot today was the day, even though yesterday, I knew it was tomorrow. LOL. And I don't have my kid's log in, so we'll just wait until he wakes up and remind him to check.

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Anonymous wrote:Released at 4:30 AM eastern time ...

People seriously got up at 4:30 for this? Relax.

I got up at 2am on the West Coast. For us it is very strongly linked to applications to the UK where the AP result is taken as the equivalent of an A level. Without them, no offers.

Curious, is a 3 viewed as bad or good?

Cambridge only accepts 5s, and requires 5 of them.
But they make tentative offers confirmed by senior year exams.

It really depends on the college. US Universities use them for credit and that's it. If you look at a school like Towson, they accept many 3s for credit

https://www.towson.edu/admissions/undergrad/freshmen/credits/advanced-placement.html