<p>WashDadJr took the US Gov AP test yesterday. He got bored after finishing, and had heard that the test papers went back to his teacher after the exam, so he decided to embellish the margins with cartoons. He said that most of them were puns (an ax cutting a milk carton in half, for example: split milk). </p>
<p>I think it’s time for this kid to go away to college.</p>
<p>EDITED: Thanks, Mahm. Fixed the “split.”</p>
<p>spilt milk or split milk? :)
did he ask the teacher to supply the captions, like the last page in The New Yorker?? fun!</p>
<p>I put a billion dots on mine (with pen) way back when I took it ;)</p>
<p>They give way too much time for that exam.</p>
<p>LOL Washdad, DD says she did the same thing. She got done early and wrote snarky messages to all her teacher’s future AP students in the back of the test booklet. She is sooooo ready to be outta there. What kind of doctor perscribes pills for raging senioritis? 1 AP down, three to go. Now if I can just tie her down for long enough to turn in her housing request…</p>
<p>Thanks for this thread. The other AP threads are a bit too heavy for me. BTW, S has decided to not take one of the AP tests he signed up for. Fine by me (especially if he uses the time to pull up some of his h.s. grades), but are there any repercussions on bailing out.?</p>
<p>That’s great (and hilarious)! Sounds like he’ll do fine in college – a don’t sweat it attitude is definitely an asset.</p>
<p>Why would his HS grades be of more consequence than possible college credit at this point in his career (assuming he’s a sr)</p>
<p>Because not getting college credit doesn’t have the potential side effect of getting your admission rescinded.</p>
<p>“possible” credit is the relevent word</p>
<p>for my Ds stats class, to opt out of math at her college, she would need a 4 at least, and her teacher was eh, at best</p>
<p>so she tried, but didn’t stress at all, some kid answered all E for one section</p>
<p>the test started an hour late an lasted 3 1/2 hours…much time for doddling, napping, making fun stuff with pens</p>
<p>many colleges only give so much credit to opt out of college courses…so as a senior, some AP tests often makes no difference at all…one kid going to yale didn’t take a test yesterday…</p>
<p>oh yeah, one girl made pretty patterens with the bubbles…</p>
<p>Yep, we figure he can get the college credit in (gasp!) college. The AP exams aren’t near as important as pulling two of his classes out of the fire. I don’t think I’ll mention making pretty patterns with the bubbles until after he takes the other three AP exams next week…</p>
<p>Lol. Last year DS took AP Stats and teacher had never taught the course before. She didn’t prep them well for the test. He took it and at the end wrote a poem about how AP scorers hold the student’s future in the palm of their hand. Apparently the AP scorer in this case was not amused. He got a 1.</p>
<p>I read AP Exams in a core subject. The messages, doodles, etc. are entertaining to put it mildly. I’ve seen terrific artwork - I hope those kids are taking AP Art - they would pass that one.</p>
<p>My AP Psych teacher use to grade some of the essays for AP Psych exam. The most interesting one was a picture of a toilet with $80 being flushed in it. There was no essay.
In terms of AP grading, you are graded on what it right. So, if you forget the year of a certain event, and its in between two. You just write two sentences with both years.</p>
<p>Nothing happens when you don’t take an AP test except-you don’t get your money back, and you don’t get the AP credits. Son reneged on AP Biology last year, had Advanced Biology, not AP class and 5 other AP tests that spring. Heard later the test was easy, now needs a biology course in college… no big deal. Wonder what the Honors Physics major will eventually choose.</p>
<p>My daughter announced with pleasure on Monday “I love testing season”. I didn’t know there was a testing season, but evidently last week was state tests and this week is APs. And it’s not like she would consider studying for any of them, so it’s low pressure time for her!</p>
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<p>Sister! My son has a long-lost sister! He WILL NOT study for standardized tests. It’s good to know there are at least two of them in the world.</p>
<p>LOL myrgirls, the only AP ds is planning to study for is Latin. Chem and Econ are apparently easy. :)</p>
<p>our son’s school takes away your weighted credit in AP courses if you don’t take the exam and get a legitimate score, which effectively lowers your class rank/gpr</p>
<p>Our school also has some punitive action if kids don’t take the AP exams after taking the courses. (School district also pays the exam fees, so it seems fair to me). D has 1 down (German), and a bunch to go. She’s only studying for Physics C - Electricity and Magnetism, and Econ-Micro/Macro, though. Rumor has it that previous years’ AP econ kids haven’t done great (new-ish teacher?), so she’s not terribly optimistic for it. We’ll all be really glad when they are over!!! Because of being “double-booked” today, she has her final AP test on May 25. Ugh.</p>
<p>whats a legitimate score? and so what if you fail but ace the class? the AP test has nothing to do with the school, imo…to determine a grade on a test that is scored elsewhere is wrong</p>