oops 2013 report, not 2023

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Anonymous wrote:Freshman got a 5 in AP Gov. Great for her first AP exam!

Our N.VA school district allows you to take AP GOV SENIOR year. Granted I know anyone can self study for an AP test, it is just a bit insane how different things are across the board for when certain classes are taught.

My freshman also got a 5. At their school, all 9th graders take AP Gov. iIt is crazy how different schools do things.

It just goes to show how APs are not truly college-level classes.

Freshman got a 5 in Calc BC. Apparently 45 kids got perfect scores. Make of that what you will.

You know that a 5 is not the same as a perfect score, right?

I don't think anyone cares about that. A 5 is the top score you can get in an AP and in many cases only 10% or fewer test takers are getting it.

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Anonymous wrote:Freshman got a 5 in AP Gov. Great for her first AP exam!

Our N.VA school district allows you to take AP GOV SENIOR year. Granted I know anyone can self study for an AP test, it is just a bit insane how different things are across the board for when certain classes are taught.

My freshman also got a 5. At their school, all 9th graders take AP Gov. iIt is crazy how different schools do things.

It just goes to show how APs are not truly college-level classes.

Freshman got a 5 in Calc BC. Apparently 45 kids got perfect scores. Make of that what you will.

TIL perfect scores are tracked
Here's a 2023 report.
https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/digitalServices/pdf/ap/ap_perfect_scores_2013.pdf

Apparently CB sense an email to perfect scores.

To sum up the cutoffs:

3: 55-65%
4: 60-70%
5: 65-75%
Perfect: 100%

Where did you fall in the 70-99% range? shhh, it's a secret no one can know!

Clown show.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m surprised how much weight people are putting into their scores, both kids and parents alike. Is it like this every year? People stressed about their score results?

I view them as a check on my student’s high school curriculum quality.

He attended a private high school that didn’t offer the tests so he had to take them at the local public. They did offer the AP classes but not the tests themselves. I think they stopped during the pandemic and haven’t brought them back yet for some reason. AP class enrollment was down last year so that might be why. Most of his AP classes were less than 15 students. Only US History was 20.

"fewer"

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Anonymous wrote:Freshman got a 5 in AP Gov. Great for her first AP exam!

Our N.VA school district allows you to take AP GOV SENIOR year. Granted I know anyone can self study for an AP test, it is just a bit insane how different things are across the board for when certain classes are taught.

My freshman also got a 5. At their school, all 9th graders take AP Gov. iIt is crazy how different schools do things.

It just goes to show how APs are not truly college-level classes.

Of course they’re not college classes. They are high school classes.

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Anonymous wrote:Freshman got a 5 in AP Gov. Great for her first AP exam!

Our N.VA school district allows you to take AP GOV SENIOR year. Granted I know anyone can self study for an AP test, it is just a bit insane how different things are across the board for when certain classes are taught.

My freshman also got a 5. At their school, all 9th graders take AP Gov. iIt is crazy how different schools do things.

It just goes to show how APs are not truly college-level classes.

Freshman got a 5 in Calc BC. Apparently 45 kids got perfect scores. Make of that what you will.

You know that a 5 is not the same as a perfect score, right?

Anonymous wrote:I’m surprised how much weight people are putting into their scores, both kids and parents alike. Is it like this every year? People stressed about their score results?

I view them as a check on my student’s high school curriculum quality.

He attended a private high school that didn’t offer the tests so he had to take them at the local public. They did offer the AP classes but not the tests themselves. I think they stopped during the pandemic and haven’t brought them back yet for some reason. AP class enrollment was down last year so that might be why. Most of his AP classes were less than 15 students. Only US History was 20.

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Anonymous wrote:Freshman got a 5 in AP Gov. Great for her first AP exam!

Our N.VA school district allows you to take AP GOV SENIOR year. Granted I know anyone can self study for an AP test, it is just a bit insane how different things are across the board for when certain classes are taught.

My freshman also got a 5. At their school, all 9th graders take AP Gov. iIt is crazy how different schools do things.

It just goes to show how APs are not truly college-level classes.

I think you're forgetting just how simple the intro level college classes are. College or community college level English 101 and History 101 are not rigorous courses with harsh grading. I would expect any bright high schooler who already knows how to write a 5 paragraph essay to be capable of passing very basic college courses.

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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

If you want the school to see the 5, then you should also report the 4s. Fours are not bad scores. If you do not list 4s, the "common wisdom" is that schools will interpolate that the missing scores were worse. Your child will receive the "AP Scholar with Honor" award, which can be listed in the awards section if you are not comfortable listing each individual score. However, that award is granted to students receiving a average of at least 3.25 on all exams and 3 or higher on 4 exams. In your situation, the award underrepresents the performance.

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Anonymous wrote:Freshman got a 5 in AP Gov. Great for her first AP exam!

Our N.VA school district allows you to take AP GOV SENIOR year. Granted I know anyone can self study for an AP test, it is just a bit insane how different things are across the board for when certain classes are taught.

My freshman also got a 5. At their school, all 9th graders take AP Gov. iIt is crazy how different schools do things.

It just goes to show how APs are not truly college-level classes.

Or shows what "college level classes" trulynare.

Colleges have levels of classes, Lower and Upper. Each level can have 1-4 course sequences.

US colleges (and tracks within .anors within one college) range widely in their level of rigor.

Sometimes you just don't take a subject in high school, so you have to start in college. Computer Science, Environmental Science, World Language, Accounting, Archeology, Studio or Digital Art, Human Anatomy, etc, etc

A Social Studies specialist might think AP Gov is "not a college level class" and struggle in calculus. A math kid might ace MV Calc and Linear Algebra but bomb AP Gov.

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Anonymous wrote:Freshman got a 5 in AP Gov. Great for her first AP exam!

Our N.VA school district allows you to take AP GOV SENIOR year. Granted I know anyone can self study for an AP test, it is just a bit insane how different things are across the board for when certain classes are taught.

My freshman also got a 5. At their school, all 9th graders take AP Gov. iIt is crazy how different schools do things.

It just goes to show how APs are not truly college-level classes.

My 8th grader got a 5 in AP Calc. I guess that's not a college-level class either.

that's fantastic. well done.

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Anonymous wrote:Freshman got a 5 in AP Gov. Great for her first AP exam!

Our N.VA school district allows you to take AP GOV SENIOR year. Granted I know anyone can self study for an AP test, it is just a bit insane how different things are across the board for when certain classes are taught.

My freshman also got a 5. At their school, all 9th graders take AP Gov. iIt is crazy how different schools do things.

It just goes to show how APs are not truly college-level classes.

Freshman got a 5 in Calc BC. Apparently 45 kids got perfect scores. Make of that what you will.

That's pretty impressive. Only about 10% of all test takers get a 5 so well done your kid.

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Anonymous wrote:Freshman got a 5 in AP Gov. Great for her first AP exam!

Our N.VA school district allows you to take AP GOV SENIOR year. Granted I know anyone can self study for an AP test, it is just a bit insane how different things are across the board for when certain classes are taught.

My freshman also got a 5. At their school, all 9th graders take AP Gov. iIt is crazy how different schools do things.

It just goes to show how APs are not truly college-level classes.

My 8th grader got a 5 in AP Calc. I guess that's not a college-level class either.

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Anonymous wrote:Freshman got a 5 in AP Gov. Great for her first AP exam!

Our N.VA school district allows you to take AP GOV SENIOR year. Granted I know anyone can self study for an AP test, it is just a bit insane how different things are across the board for when certain classes are taught.

My freshman also got a 5. At their school, all 9th graders take AP Gov. iIt is crazy how different schools do things.

It just goes to show how APs are not truly college-level classes.

Freshman got a 5 in Calc BC. Apparently 45 kids got perfect scores. Make of that what you will.

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Anonymous wrote:Freshman got a 5 in AP Gov. Great for her first AP exam!

Our N.VA school district allows you to take AP GOV SENIOR year. Granted I know anyone can self study for an AP test, it is just a bit insane how different things are across the board for when certain classes are taught.

My freshman also got a 5. At their school, all 9th graders take AP Gov. iIt is crazy how different schools do things.

It just goes to show how APs are not truly college-level classes.

Why does it show that? My 9th grader took it and got a 2. Huge history buff, but clearly not ready for that level. By junior year was getting 4s and 5s.