<p>Hi,</p>
<p>My ap chem teacher said that if we did not take the ap exam, the gpa will not be weighter, so the AP class will be equivalent to a regular class, with no weighted gpa or curving for the grade- he really gives a generous curve.
Thus, I was wondering if we took the exam and then cancelled the score, the teacher would find out about it and decide to lower our marks. In other words, is cancelling the AP score the same thing as not taking it in this situation?</p>
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<li><p>I know I will not do as well on this ap exam ( probably a 3) because our class had an extremely difficult time passing-mainly because the teacher was clearly incapable of teaching the curriculum properly. This lead to very low grades. Our regular test average fluctuates between 45-55 ( so you can have an idea). Nevertheless, with the curving our grades actually become acceptable, so I rather get a low AP exam grade than not taking it and having my GPA plummet.</p></li>
<li><p>One more thing, will my AP grades be on the HS transcript, and will the ap grades matter for the univ. that I will be attending, once I send the final HS transcript?</p></li>
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<p>_ thank you for the help.</p>
<p>Some schools put them on all transcripts, some do it if you request it, some don’t at all. Your teacher gets sent everyone’s scores, so he’ll probably see you canceled it, but I can’t see him going back after the fact ( in July!) and changing your grade.</p>
<p>that is exactly what I thought. Maybe I should talk to him about it. I just don’t want to get a 2 or 3 on an AP exam after getting a pretty high grade on the class.</p>
<p>Can anyone answer my last questions? </p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
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<p>They’ll only matter in terms of credit/placement once you’re enrolled.</p>
<p>Thank you bananai…
What about if I want to transfer, will the univ. I apply to look at those ap grades?</p>
<p>I am guessing if I take the class in college and get a good grade on it, this won’t be as relevant. Anyhow, I intend to major in biochem. i thnink it may be benefitial to retake chem.</p>
<p>ANy comments?</p>
<p>What it will look like is that you took regular chem and not AP chem, that is your tradeoff</p>
<p>Are you a JR> well, when that teacher comes back over the summer and sees what you did, well, won’t he adjust your grade…he can you know…</p>
<p>This is why colleges are having second thoughts about AP and not accepting so many for credit…this right here, a bad teacher with inflated grades with students who can’t do well on the exam</p>
<p>And why do you think you will bomb the test, and if you want to do Biochem, why did you not self study to go along with the class?</p>
<p>Wonder if biochem is the right path…and beneficial to retake chem…well,yeah, I guess it would be as your teacher taught so little</p>
<p>this makes no sense, you want to study biochem, but don’t want to really study ityourself in school, enough to do well enough on a test</p>
<p>And, if your teacher finds you tried to scam the system, watch out…</p>
<p>I am a senior. Well I certainly wish I had studied more. But when you are already self studying a foreign language and taking 2 more APs this can be a tremendous burden. I realized that the class wasn’t decent from the first week. the students just aren’t motivated by the teacher and by his ludicrous methods. I am not referring to a bunch of lazy and irresponsible students here. Most of us are very bright and have a GPA above 3.8 with previous 5’s on APs exams. It is just that the teacher just does not prepare us well for the test. I studied extremely hard for this class and am currently the second in the class. However, I mainly crammed the day before the test, so I can’t barely remember the early stuff. Honestly, I don’t think the teacher or anyone expects to get a four on this test.</p>
<p>If you are senior, you are already into a school. so it is irrelvent i guess at this point, so what difference does your gpa matter at this point anyway…you are in and you have to take chem anyway, so the score on the AP is irrelevent, right?</p>
<p>So go ahead and cancel the score…so long as you pass the class, that is what matters on the transcript, why are so worried about your GPA NOW, cause after June, it is history and means abosultely nothing</p>