Failed all my AP Exams, what do I do?

ucbalumnus
Fri, 17 Jul 2020 17:13:24 +0000

evergreen5:

Re: making assumptions about a high school’s AP class based on students’ exam scores, what would a college interpret about the high school if one student with an A gets a 3 and another student with a B or C gets a 5, same test, same high school (true story)? Do AOs really pause long enough to even make an interpretation?

For one applicant, who may be an outlier, probably not. But if they see patterns from high schools that produce lots of applicants, that may influence their view of those high schools.

And it would not be surprising if colleges’ institutional research departments were checking on how high school grades, AP scores, and college grades match up for students and applicants from common source high schools.