Do AP scores matter?

[SJ2727]

@ucbalumnus

For arts, history / social science, and science, the modal score for A students was 1, and for English, the tied modal scores were 1 and 2.

So it is not too surprising that there are high schools where the AP course content and grading standards fall far short of what the AP exams test. A reasonable expectation is that a well taught high school AP course should have A students earning 4 and 5 scores, but many high schools’ AP courses fall far short of that.

Wow. I would never have expected that it’s common to get As in class and 1s and 2s on the AP. My daughter’s school was quite opposite, students earning Bs in AP classes would get 4s and often 5s on the AP exams.

Anyway, I think the point stands that Ivy-level colleges will have many applicants who do report all AP scores and have them at 4s and 5s.