I used a vpn to see my scores of the two tests I took only to see that my APWH score was a 2. I consistently kept a minimum of a 90 in the class (taught by a teacher notorious for being a harsh grader) so I really am dumbfounded as to why I didnt at least pass. I keep checking my dbq with the rubric and can find no reason that I didn’t at least get a 3… I’ll ask for a rescore but I’m just bummed out seeing that 2.
I feel you, I was so surprised that I got a 2 on AP Euro, considering I basically wrote using the same format as I did with AP USH and got a 5 on that. I would have expected a 4 at least on Euro but certainly not fail that exam out of my 15 other exams.
Maybe colleges will put less weight on AP scores this year (not that it sounds like they weight them heavily to begin with). Having to take them online, with no multiple choice, with anxiety over the timing and upload issues, I think would be mitigating factors. My kids said the exams they took were very different from the old ones they practiced. And, they had to be for CB to keep people from cheating, I suppose. But, that put everyone at a disadvantage.
My son is away so I checked his scores and he got a 1 in AP Physics and a 3 in European History. He had all 4’s on his AP’s last year and thought that these tests were easier than last year. I am at a loss.
My Son took the practice test for English Literature and Composition twice… scored a 4 the first time and a 5 the second time. He took the COVID test and scored a 2… Something is rotten here.
My kids talked to friends after the various AP tests that featured multiple versions and reported that in several instances one got a significantly easier question(s) than another or that one got a blind-spot question that counted for a lot. Kind of takes the standard out of standardized test when you have multiple versions of a test. I would like to see (though don’t expect to see) the score statistics by test version for each AP. And I don’t see how cheating was prevented in the case where an expert (say, older sibling or friend who was home from college) was sitting right next to you.
It’s not in the CB’s interest to look into any of these factors. I think the CB would like to forget about this debacle and move on.
A Lot of us wish there were a reset button for the entire year. 
Apparently there have been some technical glitches after the test as well… so those who have actually thought everything was submitted, got messed up score because of that glitch but never knew. This is another whole mess that students shouldn’t have to deal with…
I emailed my AP Lang teacher because I got a 2 and she still hasn’t replied back 
Has your teacher emailed you back yet?
I experienced the same as @arahall 's son. My school does not offer AP courses, so I do not have an AP Lit teacher. How do I go about asking for a rescore? This is particularly stressful because some schools abroad do not even allow you to apply if you get less than a 5 on the APs in your subject (I got a 5 in AP Lang). Help!
How do you find out if there was a glitch in the system affect in scoring? And does anybody know the impact of the student’s teacher confirming that it’s their writing? If the teacher does not recognize the student’s writing do they not score the test and just put one?
No one knows. My friend in the USA Math Olympiad and USA Computing Olympiad Gold Division got a 3 on AP Computer Science A. It doesn’t make sense.
Allow students to request a re-score on AP scores of 3 and higher, please sign this petition. Thanks.
Not gonna happen.
A student’s teacher doesn’t grade the student’s exam.
@skieurope Actually, there has been talk that The College Board may rescore 3s and 4s this year. I think that his makes sense given the test was different for each subject this year, meaning scoring was different, too. Isn’t it plausible that mistakes were made when grading the exams, especially this year? I just think that The College Board should be okay with taking accountability instead of just telling children “no.” They never really had students’ respect, but now they’re losing their trust. It is within their power to rescore. Their only apprehension is that it would take up time.
AFAIK none of that talk has been by the CB.
Those of us that have dealt with the CB in the past are ess optimistic that they will suddenly decide to put student interest first. After all, they clearly have the power to not reuse SAT exams to diminish cheating, but they don’t. But feel free to be optimistic.
@skieurope I agree that, realistically, it probably won’t happen. I’m just saying that the classes that are going through this problem now are unlike any other students of any year. This situation is unprecedented and, therefore, should be dealt with subjectively. Also, due to social media, there is a lot more pressure by the students on College Board. Again, they probably will not make a change, but I hope they see the flaws in their system.
Source, other than students who scored 3 or 4 and can’t fathom they could possibly get less than a 5?
Free response questions have always been part of AP tests and the people who scored the test this year are the same who have scored that part of the test in the past.
No idea what “This situation is unprecedented and, therefore, should be dealt with subjectively.” means. Or “see the flaws in their system”. Students being unhappy with their score isn’t a new “flaw” that just appeared this year.
@RichInPitt You’re right that the rumors may just be rumors, as I have only heard about these claims from AP teachers, no The College Board itself.
Regarding the exams, you are right. The tests have always had free response. However, the tests have never been only free response. For example, AP Lang has always had three essays and multiple choice. Now the graders must decide the score based on a single essay. Not only that, but they also changed the rubric this year so that essays are scored out of 6 points instead of 9. This means that students could only receive a score out of 6, greatly decreasing the variability amongst scores. Moreover, the chances of students getting a near match of the score distributions of previous years are statically unlikely. Now that essays are only out of 6 points, there is a greater chance that students receive higher scores, as well as the same scores. The score distribution for this year does not show this. Instead, it shows that the score distributions from this year are similar to last year’s even though that doesn’t make sense. How is that students are getting the same scores as students last year when the test was a single essay scored out of 6?
AP teachers and graders have had less than a year to get used to this new rubric, and the probability of kids getting such a wide distribution when there are only 6 different grades you could have gotten on the essay is small. Teachers are also contesting scores much more this year because they feel as though the scores given to their students are unfair.
I’m just saying that if there is a possibility that CB made a mistake, isn’t it their job to fix it? I also understand that students are upset with their scores every year, but did they take their tests during a pandemic?