<p>I wish the AP score could boost or hurt your grade</p>
<p>I have an outside chance at the elusive F/5…probably will get C/4 though in English Lit</p>
<p>Washdad, your son also has a long-lost brother. My son won’t study either! Somehow he always manages to do well, though, without studying. I wonder if one day it’ll bite him in the ****.</p>
<p>That was my son’s reaction to ALL tests. A test the next day meant “no homework” to him! Thankfully he get’s it (I think) in college.</p>
<p>I think that AP test results are typically used for placement, not admissions.</p>
<p>S did not take a single AP test.</p>
<p>My D wrote an essay for her college app on how she loved AP test weeks. I don’t know that she would say she loves it this year. AP tests and senior activities are all scheduled at about the same time. Her HS graduation is at 3:00 on the day of Latin & Spanish exams.</p>
<p>S1 never studied for AP’s or SAT’s either. His philosophy was “if I don’t know it by now after a whole year of class, I’m not gonna learn it in a few nights of studying.” It worked out fine for him. He carried 20 hours of AP credit to college with him which has turned out to be a lifesaver for him.</p>
<p>Our school system pays for the AP exams too (Astrophysicsmom, I think we are in the same system) but if you don’t take the exam, your class grade drops.</p>
<p>D is bummed–Chem class is having their end-of-the-year-waffle-party on the day she has her Econ APs!!! (6 hours of Econ tests in one day—now THAT girl knows how to have fun.) Yes, PackMom–I think we’re in the same mega-district. We’re south—you’re north, right?</p>
<p>What exactly is “out of the fire”? If he’s making a D or an F, then yeah, its time to shape up. But if he’s making a C, he’s not going to get rescinded, and it would be a little silly to focus more on a high school grade that will be irrelevant in a couple weeks, than to focus on an AP score that will get him college hours.</p>
<p>MAY get him college hours, some colleges want a 4 or 5, some will only take so many credits, etc</p>
<p>the “will” is not a given and the school, the college, the class, etc alll matters</p>
<p>apmom…yeah we’re up north,lol.</p>
<p>I didn’t mean to indicate it was a given, but let me pose the following scenario:</p>
<p>Johnny is a graduating senior already accepted to his choice college in the fall, and has respectable grades his final semester of high school</p>
<p>Johnny needs a 4 on his AP English Lit test to get college credit. On his practice tests, he oscillates between 3 and 4. His essays are always excellent, but he’s having trouble finishing the multiple choice sections, and is especially stumped when analyzing poetry.</p>
<p>Johnny also has a 78.7 in his economics class. Its his only C, and he doesn’t found the subject interesting or pertinent to his future course of study in college. He needs an 85 or better on the final to get a B for the marking period.</p>
<p>You’re his parent, and its Sunday night. Both his AP English Lit test and his economics test are later in the week, but neither are on Monday. Which would you prefer he spend more time studying for?</p>
<p>BTW, I’m not trying to force some sort of “right” answer on anyone. I got 4s and 5s on all my AP tests, and got a C in Calculus my senior year. My mom was mildly pleased with the AP scores, and steamed about the Cs (Im not sure she even knew how AP scores worked, and I think she believed the propaganda about a C or 2 putting you in danger of being rescinded).</p>
<p>I personally am an achievement learner, and the appeal of getting college credit was to me, far greater than the appeal of having high grades on a high school transcript that was no longer relevant. To me, it was akin to a minor league pitcher staying up till 3 in the morning the night before he was scheduled to pitch meet with the Yankees about a possible opening in the bullpen.</p>