3 on AP WH hurt chances?

bernie12
Wed, 11 Jul 2012 00:16:02 +0000

Let’s not rush to conclusions. You don’t know if that’s related to grade inflation. The person could have been better at handling in-class exams than they are at handling standardized exams not specifically tailored to what and how their specific instructor is teaching. When I got to Emory, I found out from my friends that a lot of them were in classes where everyone got a 5 because the teacher taught to the test (not only this, but they also confessed to grade inflation. No one in their AP or honors classes would get below B+ for example, and many of these people went to decent private schools or good publics. A class can lack rigorous grading and have all good scores if the right things are taught. My school didn’t work that way though. AP/honors teachers happily gave low grades, and someone with a low grade could score a 4/5 if they put in the effort even though we were only sometimes taught the test itself) and not in a more holistic manner like would be seen in an actual college setting. For example, when you take a history class in college, especially an elite, it’s possible that exams will not even exist and you will instead do rigorous writing assignments or take-home exams. Even when there are exams, the instructor uses a variety of methods to convey the material effectively in a way that generate a high enough level of interest to get people to think critically about it and actually care; That’s their main goal, not to prepare the class for a huge exam. A person who makes a 109 in the course and a 3 on the exam would probably actually do well in a legit college history course where the environment is less tailored to a single big exam at the end (lots of college classes hardly give a comprehensive final, and most of the stuff on the final is what was last covered). And exams are not 3-5 hours either, and are in general, nowhere as difficult.