<p>I am in AP Chemistry. At my school the teacher is not too good, and I am expecting a 3 on the exam. Is there no excuse for this, and I should supplement my studies with a practice guide?</p>
<p>It’s October and you’re already predicting an AP grade?? Yes, go get the AP guide. School profiles generally list AP performance for the whole class, but why not try to be better??</p>
<p>Are you a junior or a senior? If you’re the latter, you should already be accepted or rejected by the time you take the APs, let alone get your grade back.</p>
<p>Self-study, if it means a lot to you. I don’t think the AP score matters that much, but it’s still a blemish if you don’t do so well. (I heard it’s a difficult exam, though, and you might slide with a 3, even though I’m not sure how you predicted your score so early in the year.) :D</p>
<p>Why are AP scores not really considered? To me, they show whether a student actually mastered the material learned in class. I mean, it’s possible to slide by in class, memorize just enough for whatever test is coming up next, possibly even cheat or copy off homework, et cetera. So the AP scores are the only way to verify if a student actually learned what he was supposed to learn. For example, I know someone who got A’s in AP Calc AB and BC but got 2’s on the exams. It seems to me that he somehow slid by in class but really learned nothing…what does that say about a student? Seems like it’d be a striking red flag.</p>
<p>you don’t have to report your AP score to cornell when you apply. they don’t see it (unless you yourself report it and that’s only on your ‘resume’) - collegeboard doesn’t send them your results along with the SATs. it’s separate.</p>
<p>i agree with eiffel that that’s really dumb. someone’s grades don’t necessarily reflect what they’ve learned, especially when they end up doing poorly on their ap exams.</p>
<p>if you do self-report and have gotten all 5’s, does that help at all or play no role?</p>
<p>Hmmm so if I self-reported my scores, should I tell collegeboard to send a copy of the AP score report to Cornell? (for Ed - not sure if it’d be too late)</p>
<p>^ why should/would you? adcoms really don’t care. AP scores are only used to give credit. plus, if your GPA can’t stand by itself, AP scores aren’t going to help you in any sort of way. and all adcoms get a description of each high school/region so they know what GPAs mean for different areas/schools - so if your HS is super inflated when it comes to grades, they know it. and they can tell. (and vice versa, i guess)</p>
<p>^I still don’t really get it, though. For instance, I got an A in all my AP classes and all 5’s. But like I said above, some of my friends got all A’s and yet got 2’s on their tests. Doesn’t the AP score show how much someone truly learned in the subject, as opposed to just how well they may have gotten by in the class?</p>
<p>the only good thing about APs is that, if you havent burned out by the end of the year and you study your heart out, your AP scores can be used for credits. i got 15 credits (8 from bio, 4 from calc, 3 from psych)</p>