<p>I know that the classes count as college credit, etc. but what is the purpose of AP Exams? I s it the more tests that you take with 4s or 5s, the better? And are the tests just multiple choice, or essay writing or what? What do colleges in the Cal, UCLA range look for in APs?</p>
<p>I completely understand the SAT, but not SAT II or APs D:
Please help me?</p>
<p>EDIT: Oh, and let’s say you fail (2/3) an exam that you self-studied for. Will it hurt you?</p>
<p>im guessing this is ur first time with APs. </p>
<p>Well, basically, AP classes are college credit courses. The AP exam is whether or not u get a college course when u go to college. For example, say u took APUSH in high school. You get a 3,4,5 on the test. So when u get to college, u get to choose whether or not if u want to take the class. If u decide not to, it doesnt matter because u got credit for the class with the 3,4,5 on the test. If u do take it, i guess ur wasting some money for the class but who knows. The more AP exams you take depends on the college you want to go. You dont want to take all AP exams just to look good for a certain college when u later find out that they only accept a certain amount. Getting 4s or 5s on them will make u look good in a small way. The only benefit i see from getting 4s or 5s on the AP exams is that u get the National AP Scholar Award, which isnt that big of a deal, but could help in ur application a little. The tests differ. Most r multiple choice exams and include an essay portion. Language AP exams include a listening and talking exam (not english though). Colleges like Cal and UCLA look at the amount of APs in a different amount of ways. For example, UCLA, someone i know got in with 1 AP and all regulars (4.1 GPA by the end of his junior year). Although taking a lot of APs will help your chances in admissions, its better if you take at least 3 APs by the end of your junior year to have a good chance in getting into your college of your dreams. </p>
<p>I hope i did good in this explanation.</p>
<p>First of all, AP classes do not give you college credit. AP TESTS give you college credit. Getting a 4 or 5 on AP tests will get you college credit in most univerities that accept them. Depending on what the subject is, there are both free response and mc questions. hope that helps!</p>
<p>Thanks, you two clarified it a lot. </p>
<p>So if you bomb a test, it doesn’t really hurt you? Especially if you self-studied?
And, how do you determine whether to take an SATII of the subject or an AP or both?</p>
<p>Colleges wouldn’t like to see a 1 on an AP exam, if that’s what you’re asking.</p>
<p>Wait, so you HAVE to send all your AP scores to colleges?</p>
<p>Because in my case, I’m considering self-studying for AP Chinese, and since I’m going to take the French AP exam anyways, will taking the AP Chinese and failing it affect me that much? (assuming that I won’t die from AP French)</p>
<p>if u fail, ,u can choose to not send the score, but it will cost you…</p>
<p>AP chinese? are u chinese or a fluent speaker? I’m native chinese and I found the AP chinese test little challenging for the foreigners, or ABC who doesnt speak much chinese, cuz in the test u need to know lots of culture stuff and write 3 stories and the listening part is pretty fast, you have oral test,too… </p>
<p>i said so many useless things…</p>
<p>if u fail, doesnt want college see it, there is a # on the report card so you can cancel the score, but cost some…30 bucks?</p>
<p>study hard, test fees are so expensive…</p>
<p>From CB:
"Grade Cancellation</p>
<p>Grade cancellation deletes an AP Exam grade permanently from your records. Grades may be canceled at any time. However, for grades not to appear on the current year’s grade report, AP services must receive a signed, written request by mail or fax by June 15. While there is no fee for this service, your exam fee is not refunded. The grade report that you and your school receive will indicate that the grade has been canceled."</p>
<p>Does this mean that if I take a test in Jr. Year, and don’t do too well on it, I can cancel it without sending a letter and it won’t appear when I apply to colleges sr. year?</p>
<p>You wouldn’t receive your grade in time to meet the deadline for canceling your score. It’s for when you know you did badly on the test and call in to cancel your score without seeing your actual grade.</p>
<p>And yes, if you cancel your score, it will not appear on the scores you send to colleges.</p>
<p>wait, so it’s not possible to receive your grade and then cancel it without colleges seeing if you take it as a junior? what about as a sophomore?</p>