<p>Basically, I didn’t realize it until halfway through the second response, but my mic was muted and so nothing got recorded, it’s just a silent recording for the first minute and a half and then it starts with the second half of my response to the second question.</p>
<p>If I ask for a makeup will they make me do the whole exam or just the speaking part? Or should I just suck it up as its only worth about 12 points out of 160 and I’m pretty confident I’ll get a 5 even with that (got 143/160 on the mock and the cutoff for a 5 was at 120).</p>
<p>i’m a native speaker of spanish, so french comes rather easily to me
and no my school doesn’t know about this
and the mock was graded by my teacher so I don’t know how lenient he was on the essay/speaking part in his grading</p>
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<li>Testing irregularities: “Testing irregularities” refers to problems with the administration of an exam, and may affect an individual or group of students. Such problems include, but are not limited to, administrative errors (e.g., improper timing, improper seating, defective materials, and defective equipment); improper access to exam content; and other disruptions of exam administrations. When testing irregularities occur, the AP Program may decline to grade the exam or may cancel the grade. When it is appropriate, the AP Program gives students the opportunity to test again as soon as possible without charge.</li>
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<li>Invalid grades: The AP Program may also cancel grades if, in its judgment, there is substantial evidence that they are invalid for any reason. Evidence of invalid grades may include, but is not limited to, discrepant handwriting, unusual answer patterns, or inconsistent performance on different parts of the exam. Before canceling grades for invalidity, the AP Program notifies the student in writing about its concerns, gives the student an opportunity to submit information that addresses the AP Program’s concerns, considers any such information submitted, and may offer the student a choice of options. The options could include a voluntary grade cancellation, a free retest, or arbitration in accordance with the ETS Standard Arbitration Agreement. Note: The arbitration option is available only for exams administered in the United States.</li>
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<p>I’m not sure about the testing irregularities stuff, but according to my AP French teacher (who goes to NJ every year to train the teachers to grade the cassettes), if something happens to the tape while your recording, i.e. it doesn’t work, you have a coughing fit, etc., you’re supposed to tell the proctor and you can redo it before leaving the room. Once you’ve left the room they won’t let you redo it since there’s a chance you’ll look something up or whatever. But she also said that if there’s a problem when they listen, the graders often will just project what you would have gotten based on your other responses.</p>
<p>At least contact the Collegeboard so they can give you advice. They have the final say. Be sure to do that ASAP before they say “it’s too late” or something like that.</p>
<p>k, i sent them an email, hopefully toto2007 is right about projecting my score based on the other responses, although I don’t understand how they would let you take it over before leaving the room if you’ve already seen the questions and pictures</p>
<p>hey toto2007, do u know what happens if i accidentally pressed stop between 2 speaking questions instead of letting the tape keep recording? did your teacher ever tell u anything about studnets who accdientally do that?? -_-</p>
<p>Well besides continually telling us to “sit on our hands during the exam” because we kept doing that accidentally on practice tests, she never really specified. But I think it’s only a problem if the tape was stopped for a really long period of time and they think it was intentional to get extra prep time or something, otherwise it’s not really noticeable - I did it on a practice and it only interrupted her voice for a second, she didn’t notice and/or mind.</p>
<p>well, it could be worse. last year a friend of mine got so frustrated during his ap french lang. recording that he said “*****” while it was recording! he ended up getting a 1…</p>