<p>This is not a ■■■■■, this is an actual question.</p>
<p>Why are there always those “post your scores for AP ______” threads? And then everyone posts that they got a 5 to the rest of the people on this forum. It kind of seems (and i’m sorry to those who I offend) bigoted and elitist.</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>sulf</p>
<p>One point of CC is to receive help from peers around the world who are willing to use their knowledge and experiences to selflessly offer advice that may or may not be helpful.</p>
<p>Another would be to become acquainted with examples of elite students in today’s secondary school system. Some of those on CC are near geniuses or the typical hard-working student who’s in the top 10 of their class and gets 2100+ on their SATs. In some schools (like mine), there 0-1 student who gets a score like a 2100 that would be mediocre on CC but hailed by almost all students in his/her school. Wishing to find that he/she are not the only one, the student comes here to find that there are hundreds of students just like him/her.</p>
<p>For many people, it’s just to brag and boost one’s ego, possibly making an internal competition to see if he compares to others academically on a national scale. For others who received lower scores, posting them offers a chance for reflection and advice for improvement in next year’s AP study habits or study habits in general. Otherwise, it could just be closure.</p>
<p>Or, it’s just to brag…</p>
<p>I also find it funny that the only people that post their scores are people that actually have respectable scores.</p>
<p>I don’t see too many 2s and 1s here…~_~</p>
<p>Kind of sad, isn’t it?</p>
<p>I disagree that posting scores is “bigoted” or “elitist”, but I do think that advertising what you got on really any standardized test isn’t in very good taste. It’s probably just a pride thing, especially when people put a lot of work into getting these good scores. Two explanations immediately come to mind when I consider the lack of 2’s and 1’s on this forum: 1. The posters are lying and actually didn’t score highly but for some reason want to post that they got 5’s or 2. The people typically spending a great deal of time talking about prepping for AP tests and diligently researching colleges on College Confidential are also more likely to be the ones who get passing or excellent grades on these tests.</p>
<p>They are hoping for useful feedback about whether their scores are good enough to apply to Harvard ,Yale ,and so on .</p>