Survey posted 2000-07-16 05:35 by Nick Disabato.

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My high school is weird... it's some kind of special state-enforced school that doesn't have AP exams. Is that a bad thing or a good thing? :-)

If I remember correctly, you're from the Chicago area, and there is _one_ school system somewhere in northeast Illinois that uses new, experimental teaching methods. On an international exam given to 25 countries, that school system was counted separately from the rest of the US and did much better: top 5 as opposed to US's 23rd. Even South Africa beat the rest of the US! Even though I'm in the International Baccalaureate program, I'd almost kill to be in one of those schools. Yes, I'm a diehard nerd (nerd#110--don't ask me why I still remember it).

nerd#49 for me. I remember because it's 7 sqaured. (I'm *really* a nerd).

Mine is best factored to nerd#(2*5*11). ACKPTH! I didn't know I can still do math without my TI-8{3,5,6,9} arsenal! Speaking of which, I really gotta port more of my 89 programs to the rest of them. Now if only I could find my 83 manual...:P

There's something great about averages...in order to get a four average, you could get an equal number of threes and fives, or straight fours.

Hah. Out of eight exams (seven w/Calc AB subscore), seven of them (excluding the subscore) had scores of 4. The exam I thought I would get a 5 on (Statistics) and the one I thought I would get a 1 on (Physics), 4. Even US History. It was just kinda frightening, seeing that same number on all those scores...

Oh, well. Does anyone know if the subscore counts as an exam, as far as the National AP Scholar Award is concerned?

Unfortunately, Cal BC counts as just one exam.

I'm assuming non-math/science courses don't count, so I excluded my 2 in Latin from my average :)

It asks "What was the average of _all_ your AP scores?"

I took my first two AP courses last year ( my Junior year )and took the tests at the end of the year. I took the one for AP Biology and Us History in may of this year. I checked out my scores via the phone service on the first of July. I got 5's on both. It doesn't suprise me either. In both class I had the highest grade. In Biology a 101% and in History a 98%. Plus I'm pretty sure I got really high 5's. Both of the teachers loved me throughout the year. I even started a homework group to help the people who were hgaving trouble in that class. I built a web site for it too. I had a really easy time with the tests too; each one was pretty simple. My only complaint was my teacher didn't teach beyond 1950 so anything beyond that I wasn't too sure, but I studied that era by myself. I used plenty of study aids too. HOw 'bout everyone else?

Hey wouldn't it be Will Never take the AP tests?

Rantings from a disgruntled test taker:

GERRRR!!

HOW COULD THOSE IDIOTS GIVE ME A 2 ON THE AP CS EXAM!!!
I GOT 4 ON THE PRACTICE AP EXAM NO SWEAT WITHOUT STUDYING AND AN
A+ ON THE FINAL SEMMESTER PROJECT! ITS NOT MY FAULT THEY PUT THE
MULTIPLE CHOICE BEFORE THE SHORT ANSWER AND COULD NOT UNDERSTAND
MY GOD DAMN HANDWRITING. WHY THE HELL DON'T THEY JUST PUT THE
WHOLE TEST ON THE F**ING COMPUTER WHERE IT BELONGS?

COMPUTERS SUCK!

<throws all 3 computers out the window into the suage ditch>

the ap cs exam practice tests from college board are way too easy, (the real thing was easy too), but your 4 on practice means nothing, your A+ 'could' just mean you have an easy teacher, and even if you did pass it, you barely get any credit in college because high school cs, ap as it is, isnt viewed as much.

and you are complaining on the wrong msg board 8-P

Most people in my AP CS class got A's, but I was the only one who got a 5 on the AP exam.

Easy??! You don't know the meaning of the word unless you take the AP Spanish Lang. test! As a native Spanish speaker who grew up speaking 'slang' Spanish and who slacked off in class, rarely did any work, didn't study at all for the test and got a 5, I know that it was *way* too easy.

Judging by the way some problems were structured, it was only meant to throw off Spanish-as-a-second-language students, and was completely in favor of Spanish speakers, unlike other tests...<cough>SAT's<cough>

Its alright for me though, It looks good along with my '4' on AP calc I. :)

I see you're so angry you can't type corretly, it's spelled s-e-w-a-g-e.

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WHY THE HELL DON'T THEY JUST PUT THE
WHOLE TEST ON THE F**ING COMPUTER WHERE IT BELONGS?

They don't want you to be able to compile the programs to see if they work. If you could do that, everyone would get 5's.

Hey, I just heard about a new AP test at our school (maybe new altogether) called AP Human Geography. Does anyone know anything about this? I was planning on taking Human Anatomy next year, and it would be grand if I could get college credit for it. Most of the teachers label it as "hardest class at this school." Thanks on any info one may provide.

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I took the Human Anatomy class when I was a Sophmore, I was the only one that knew what the teacher was talking about at the end of the year, He graded our final grades on the curve and I'm the only reason half the class passed.

I didn't take any real AP tests this year, but my honors chem class took an AP test from a few years back to see how we would do if we were given it. Out of 17 people, I was the only one given a 5 ... the class average otherwise seemed to be around a 3, probably because it had some topics on it that the class hadn't learned yet. Rah for old college chemistry textbooks and too much time on one's hands.

Next year (11th grade) I'll be taking three AP exams: AP Spanish, AP Biology, and AP Economics ... how are those?

-- Nik

I took the AP Biology test in 10th grade going into 11th now just got my score which was a 2 (dang), but I took it sophomore year so that ain't to bad I guess. Pretty hard test hope you have a good teacher. Bunch of weird questions, and the essays are weird, but pretty easy.

i also took the biology test this year as a sophomore and got a 3. i blame it on my teacher, who didnt know how to teach very well. i also took the calc AB, which i easily got a 5 without studying

I didn't study for the AP Bio exam and I got a 4. If you did your homework and have somewhat an average memory, you'll do well. The multi-choice they give you in the Bio exam consists of nothing but random facts that you happen to stumble over in the class and have them within your memory's grasp. The essays, however, consists of important biology stuffs. This year's exam had essays on blood pressure, mimicries, and I forgot.

The Spanish exam is a killer exam. Don't hope for a 5 on it because you simply won't get a 5 on it unless you're a native speaker. Even our class valedictorian is sad that he even took the exam because now it'll be his first "non 5" AP exam. Be sure to take the AP Spanish Languange as well, not the Spanish Literature (literature for the native speakers or very very smart Spanish speakers/readers). Literature is also harder because Spanish figures of language are a lot different from English and the stories will be very confusing to you. Didn't take The Span Lang exam because I accidently picked the Span Lit exam somehow (didn't even attempted to waste my time taking it).

From what I've heard, the AP Spanish test is extremely difficult unless you've spoken Spanish your entire life.

I've taken AP Macroeconomics and it's very easy.