AP Testing

**Bayamos**

Anyone else suffering through the 4 hour-ish AP US History test tomorrow, or taking another AP Course? :o

QforQ-MxO

My friends are hahaha

But i do have exams in acouple weeks argh!

**Stack**

Oh God am I glad I didn't take AP US. I took AP Euro :smileyhappy:

At my High School, one of the last AP US tests was actually called the "Hell Test" because it was so ridiculously tough. I only heard about it from friends who were brave enough to take the class.

**Bayamos**

Well, today was the day. Got into school, went to my history teacher's room for donuts/orange juice, and then went into the testing room. 80 multiple choice for 55 minutes, then a DBQ and two free response questions for 135 minutes. It was pretty brutal.. I'm not thinking I did so hot -_-; I'd elaborate more but I can't discuss the essay questions for two days, or my grade will get nerfed by the College Board devs :/

**Madbent**

I stumbled across this while looking for ypour mxo config thread... I took both AP Euro and US back in high school, many moons ago. How are they grading them now? Back then it was on a 5-point system.

Lucky for me, I was blessed with a semi-photographic memory, so I got 5s on both. Actually entered college with 36 credits form all the AP courses I took in 11th and 12th grades.

**Bayamos** · 03/14/2009 20:52:31

3 year old thread is old.

Still the 5 point system, as far as I know. Easy enough to get 5s, but half the colleges these days don't accept external credit for major-required courses, so only so many are worth anything to fill Gen Ed requirements.

**Zeac**

lol funny to stumble upon this, I took it last year and it was horrible :[ I passed all the practice exams but then got a 2 on the US final...

Anywho this year I get to take 4 AP exams (English lit, Spanish language, Pychology, and US gov) which cost $90 each!!!!

on a brighter note I just found out I got into UC Santa Cruz!!!!

**Neoteny**

Bayamos wrote:

3 year old thread is old.
Still the 5 point system, as far as I know. Easy enough to get 5s, but half the colleges these days don't accept external credit for major-required courses, so only so many are worth anything to fill Gen Ed requirements.

Eh, every school I applied to took the credit. I was a software engineering major at my first college and they took my 4 on the Computer Science A exam to put me in an honors course. My 4 in Calc AB also got me credit for Calc I and placement in Calc II, and I got Freshman Comp credit for my Language and Composition AP 4. All my other AP scores were 2s or 1s and were disregarded, but I got credit for them through dual-enrollment at my community college anyway.

Granted, I took all of these courses 2-3 years ago...

AP stuff is generally pretty worth your time, though. If I hadn't done it, I'd be way behind in school right now 'cause an English Ed major is pretty friggin' hard to hold down just because of the courseload. Granted, I have to take two math courses, and because I already have a Calc I credit, I have to take something at or above that level that isn't Calc I...

**Cervacius**

Yeah, AP stuff is pretty awesome.

3 on AP US Hist gave me 3 of my 6 hours of History.

4 on my AP Eng Lit gave me 6 hours of English.

2 on my AP Calc gave me nothing, though. :P

Still, I started college with 9 hours and add some summer courses here and there and I can graduate a semester early. :)

**monkeymanx8**

I have AP World History.

**DarkRevenantW**

I had three AP tests last year for senior year, and that was a 5 point grading scale system, too. I don't think it has changed too much.