AP's in college admissions

aignam
Wed, 20 Apr 2005 06:50:22 +0000

xgreenmachinex,

I think it’s wholly more impressive to slack off all year and get a 5 than to work diligently and get a 3.

The AP test is standardized and graded on a curve. It truly shows your abilities in a certain subject area, where as class grades are not at all standardized and differ from teacher to teacher in terms of how well they reflect your knowledge.