<p>Bartleby Said:</p>
<p>“Considering that APs are probably very highly correlated with g - the general intelligence factor - scoring highly on APs probably does indicate you are smart.”</p>
<p>It’s sad that kids have been tricked into thinking this.</p>
<p>AP tests don’t measure how smart you are. </p>
<p>AP Tests measure how well you studied prior and how well you remember what you studied. After the test, you can forget everything (another good reason to take the freshman course), but whoever is grading the test won’t ever know. They’ll look at the number you got right and from that they’ll judge how smart you are. You can become stupid within the next week, and it won’t matter if you got a good score on the test.</p>
<p>It’s like vocab tests. </p>
<p>How many of those words can you honestly say you remember now even though you got 20/20 on the test. </p>
<p>I went through AP Spanish and a year later I couldn’t recall more than a handful of words. </p>
<p>Is everyone like this? No, but I’m sure more are than not.</p>