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Anonymous wrote:Do schools/teachers see the scores too?

Yes, and kid's AP science teacher said months ago that she won't write letters of recommendations for kids who score below a 4. They definitely see them. That's how schools can also say:
- teacher at our school has students with a higher than avg for our school district AP score;
- avg ap score for school district is __ and average for our school is ___.

Your kid's AP science teacher is terrible. I received a recommendation from a teacher where I scored a 3. I struggled with the material but ultimately got an A- in the class and had a great rapport with the teacher.

Anonymous wrote:Do schools/teachers see the scores too?

Yes, and kid's AP science teacher said months ago that she won't write letters of recommendations for kids who score below a 4. They definitely see them. That's how schools can also say:
- teacher at our school has students with a higher than avg for our school district AP score;
- avg ap score for school district is __ and average for our school is ___.

Anonymous wrote:My kid nailed the Gov exam but got a 2 in Spanish. Wondering how much of this affects the fact that our school makes kids take AP Spanish as sophomores if they want to get the IB exam. And has a terrible Spanish teacher all kids suffer through as freshmen...anyone else's kid take the Spanish exam as a rising junior?

At my kid’s HS, the immersion kids and a handful of native speakers take AP Spanish lang as sophomores (& AP Spanish lit as juniors). Predictably, the immersion kids do very well on the exam. I don’t know about the others.

All 5's for my rising senior, in Calc BC, World History, Lang, Chem, and Macro. NJ public high school. She also had a 5 last year in APUSH. She worked hard, and I'm very happy for her.

Anonymous wrote:Do schools/teachers see the scores too?

yes

very pleased with results!
three 5's and a 4

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Anonymous wrote:My kid shared a text chain when their phone blew up specifically regarding AP Calc AB majority of kids on the text chain got 2’s. From “high performing” FCPS HS. Seems strange for sure.

That is odd. You can check school profile to see previous school distribution. Our MCPS school - strong but not top - had mainly fours and fives on that in past years. Crossing fingers for an administrative error.

Is this in the college board app, the "school profile"?

Do schools/teachers see the scores too?

Anonymous wrote:DS is a rising senior. Three 5’s on Chem, Calc BC and Worlds. And one 3 on AP Lang. He is happy, but I am not. I have a kid who genuinely dislikes reading and writing. It makes me sad. Oh well.

Sad that your kid dislikes reading and writing? Or sad about the 3 in AP lang (with three 5's on really tough ap exams)? I am sad my kids don't like theater, art museums, history, hiking, or 80s music. They all like STEM and sports (watching and playing). I am not sad because they are their own people and do not need to follow my footsteps!

Ap Micro/Macro and Stats were easy 5's, 4 on BC a little surprising (aced the class, maybe should've studied for the exam...), unfortunately only a 4 on Spanish lang which I think is the only one that would have offered any real advantage, sigh.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid nailed the Gov exam but got a 2 in Spanish. Wondering how much of this affects the fact that our school makes kids take AP Spanish as sophomores if they want to get the IB exam. And has a terrible Spanish teacher all kids suffer through as freshmen...anyone else's kid take the Spanish exam as a rising junior?

That’s too bad because a higher score on a foreign language is super useful for placing out of college language requirements. But I am sure most sophomores aren’t ready.

Our non-DC public school has allowed students to skip spanish 4 and take ap spanish, but this year, they realized that a lot of kids who skip ahead in spanish are not ready for the ap exam so they have reserved their school policy. now, everyone has to take at least through spanish 4 to take ap spanish. my opinion is that a lot of the language aps are really difficult because native speakers will always have an advantage on the speaking component, so for a non-native speaker to take it early is not that helpful.

Anonymous wrote:Just woke up. All 5s! Rising senior. AP Lang, APUSH, AP Bio, AP Calc. Last year 5 AP Euro.

Public or private HS?

2 4s and 2 5s for my late-sleeping rising senior. She’s thrilled.

DS is a rising senior. Three 5’s on Chem, Calc BC and Worlds. And one 3 on AP Lang. He is happy, but I am not. I have a kid who genuinely dislikes reading and writing. It makes me sad. Oh well.

Anonymous wrote:My kid nailed the Gov exam but got a 2 in Spanish. Wondering how much of this affects the fact that our school makes kids take AP Spanish as sophomores if they want to get the IB exam. And has a terrible Spanish teacher all kids suffer through as freshmen...anyone else's kid take the Spanish exam as a rising junior?

That’s too bad because a higher score on a foreign language is super useful for placing out of college language requirements. But I am sure most sophomores aren’t ready.

Three 5s (BC, Gov & Spanish). One 4 (Lit). Adios, high school!