Are the AP exams really that hard?

momof3greatgirls
Tue, 02 Aug 2011 17:26:56 +0000

I find that it takes both a good teacher and a good student. Some really smart kids can self start and still do well but it sure helps if the teacher is covering the material well. I looks like and it is true that about 50% to 60% get a passing grade of 3 but that doesn’t get you college credit at many colleges. It takes a 4 or 5 to get credit and only about 25% to 35% get those. I also saw that it seems like the tests with the most amount of students taking them are harder to get a 5. I thought it was odd that the highest amount of 5’s were for the Calculas BC and one of the lowest was for English literature.

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