Grade bump for getting a 3 on the AP test

CTScoutmom
Tue, 07 Aug 2018 02:34:05 +0000

While this not likely to be listed as part of the school profile, AOs are often familiar with the schools from which they get multiple applicants. If they accept some of these students, they will then see how “well” they are prepared. That 3 often gets them credit, though not at some of the more selective colleges.

Yes, it seems unfair, but turn it around. Three students both got A’s in AP Chemistry. One learned a great deal, and got a 5 on the AP exam. The second worked hard, learned almost as much, but didn’t do quite as well on the exam. The third student floundered in class, and at the last minute scrambled to “learn” enough to score a 3 on the exam - getting an automatic A. All 3 end up at State U, the first with credit for 2 semesters of Chemistry, the second and third with credit for Chem 1, skipping onto the required Chem 2. What do you suppose is going to happen next? Student 1 will progress to whatever classes are next in sequence (or avoid having to take Chemistry in college). Student 2 will be prepared to do well in Chem 2. But student 3 will take Chem 2 and be at a disadvantage - that 3 and that A don’t provide the necessary foundation. That A isn’t fair to student 3! Student 3 is the one that has been cheated out of an education, without even recognizing it!