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They seem to be coming around now, I just got mine.

Us History: 3
English Language: 3

Which made me mad. I spent about 3 hours studying for english language, while I spent hundreds(basically) studying for the US AP test.

Ohh well. At least I passed.

I didn't take AP tests. Go me!

They seem to be coming around now, I just got mine.

Us History: 3
English Language: 3

Which made me mad. I spent about 3 hours studying for english language, while I spent hundreds(basically) studying for the US AP test.

Ohh well. At least I passed.

Is that out of 10, 5, or 100? I cant remember. If its out of 5 then thats not so bad... just think of it as getting a C... but that could be bad also...

They are out of 5.

A score of 4/5 means you've earned college credit for the class.
A score of 3 means you either don't earn college credit, or earn credit for a lesser class.
A score of 2 or less (3 or less) means no college credit. And sometimes you completely fail the class.

Did I get that right?

If you dont mind Chellis, I take the AP US History test about two years from now. Still, you mind telling me some questions they asked?

Don't tell me the answers. I kinda WANNA pass. ;) :D

Is that out of 10, 5, or 100? I cant remember. If its out of 5 then thats not so bad... just think of it as getting a C... but that could be bad also...

Its out of 5. 3 is passing, and thats what most people get. I wish I had done better on the US AP one, but we had easy questions, so they graded hard I suppose.

What exactly is an AP Test?

I got three 6s and a 7 in my Uni courses. (They are on a scale from 2 to 7)

What exactly is an AP Test?

I got three 6s and a 7 in my Uni courses. (They are on a scale from 2 to 7)

Advanced Placement.

Advanced Placement.
So do you do them every year, or at the end of high school? Do you need certain scores to get into Uni?
In Australia they have something called OP, where different criteria are used to get to a score between 1 (best) to 25 (worst). Then certain Uni or TAFE courses have OP-requirements...

So do you do them every year, or at the end of high school? Do you need certain scores to get into Uni?
In Australia they have something called OP, where different criteria are used to get to a score between 1 (best) to 25 (worst). Then certain Uni or TAFE courses have OP-requirements...

I have no clue about anything in Austrailia but generally they're just classes you take in High School that count as College credit. But To answer your question, you dont have to take them every year unless your in an AP class.

They are out of 5.

A score of 4/5 means you've earned college credit for the class.
A score of 3 means you either don't earn college credit, or earn credit for a lesser class.
A score of 2 or less (3 or less) means no college credit. And sometimes you completely fail the class.

Did I get that right?

If you dont mind Chellis, I take the AP US History test about two years from now. Still, you mind telling me some questions they asked?

Don't tell me the answers. I kinda WANNA pass. ;) :D

Depends what college. Most accept 3's.

There are five essay questions. You choose one of two before the civil war, one of two after it, and one long one that can be based on any time period, with no choice.

Let me see if I remember correctly. The first essay eludes me completely, I didnt answer it. The second was on sectional differences before the civil war(and something to do with the mexican american war).

Third was on immigration in three time periods, fourth was on movements in the 60's and 70's. I answered the fourth. The DBQ was on post-revolution america, which sucked.

You can look up the full questions online, or ask your future teacher. Multiple choice, cant really help you, just study in general.

Depends what college. Most accept 3's.

There are five essay questions. You choose one of two before the civil war, one of two after it, and one long one that can be based on any time period, with no choice.

Let me see if I remember correctly. The first essay eludes me completely, I didnt answer it. The second was on sectional differences before the civil war(and something to do with the mexican american war).

Third was on immigration in three time periods, fourth was on movements in the 60's and 70's. I answered the fourth. The DBQ was on post-revolution america, which sucked.

You can look up the full questions online, or ask your future teacher. Multiple choice, cant really help you, just study in general.
Ahh, doesn't sound THAT bad. With my cruddy 8th grade U.S. History knowledge, I think I can make a good enough case on that test.

Then again I haven't taken any AP tests so I really would not know how hard they are. But history comes quite easy to me.

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Oh. All right, I think I got it.

Biology - 4
U.S. History - 4
European History - 4

I took Euro History 7 years ago, US History 6 years ago and Biology 5 years ago.

I'm think of the three, I would say the hardest was Biology.

I didn't think the U.S. history one was all that difficult, but it has been a while.

To this day, I don't know how I got a 4 on the European History exam. I did well on the multiple choice and two of the essays, but in the third (and longest) essay I completely messed up the time frame for the Battle of Waterloo, which turned my whole essay into complete crap...

...and I still got a 4 :p

I have no clue about anything in Austrailia but generally they're just classes you take in High School that count as College credit. But To answer your question, you dont have to take them every year unless your in an AP class.

Actually, even 4's and 5's don't always count for college credit, especially if you go to one of the more elite schools. They do, however, tend to get you out of intro-level courses in college, which is rather nice if you'd rather jump straight to 200- and 300-level classes. Plus, they look pretty good on a college application, and AP classes tend to be more interesting and more intensive than non-AP high school classes.

I believe most reasonably smart high school students in the U.S. take at least one or two APs, usually during their last or second-to-last year of high school. I took...eight, I think, or maybe nine. I forget. I know a very few people who took more than that.

I have especially fond memories of my AP U.S. History test, seeing as five minutes before I walked into the testing room, I turned to a friend and said, "You know, I wish they would ask us the question I was thinking about last night - it'd be something like 'In your opinion, what two pieces of legislation most directly led to the Civil War?' Oh well; pity I can't write my own test." When I read the essay questions, one of them was essentially, "In your opinion, what three pieces of legislation most directly led to the Civil War?" That seemed good enough to me... :D

Actually, even 4's and 5's don't always count for college credit, especially if you go to one of the more elite schools. They do, however, tend to get you out of intro-level courses in college, which is rather nice if you'd rather jump straight to 200- and 300-level classes. Plus, they look pretty good on a college application, and AP classes tend to be more interesting and more intensive than non-AP high school classes.

I believe most reasonably smart high school students in the U.S. take at least one or two APs, usually during their last or second-to-last year of high school. I took...eight, I think, or maybe nine. I forget. I know a very few people who took more than that.

I have especially fond memories of my AP U.S. History test, seeing as five minutes before I walked into the testing room, I turned to a friend and said, "You know, I wish they would ask us the question I was thinking about last night - it'd be something like 'In your opinion, what two pieces of legislation most directly led to the Civil War?' Oh well; pity I can't write my own test." When I read the essay questions, one of them was essentially, "In your opinion, what three pieces of legislation most directly led to the Civil War?" That seemed good enough to me... :D

8-9!? We only have 7 classes a day here, and few take more than 6.

I took one ap last year, one ap this year(plus an honors), and will take 2 AP and 2 honours next year(senior, along with choir, french 3, and journalism 2... I couldnt get out of any of those except French 3, but I need 3 years of language minimum).

I just had to dig this up. I love to brag, and I just got my results back today. Last school year was my sophomore year (10th) there was only one AP class available to us lower classmen, World History AP.

I got a 5!

10th Grade:
US History - 4

11th Grade:
European History - 4
Chemistry - 3

12th Grade:
English Literature - 5
Calculus - 4
Physics (Mechanics) - 4
Physics (Electrics) - 3

They seem to be coming around now, I just got mine.

Us History: 3
English Language: 3

Which made me mad. I spent about 3 hours studying for english language, while I spent hundreds(basically) studying for the US AP test.

Ohh well. At least I passed.

Well, back when I took it... hehe

Anyways, I've been told that the AP US History is by far the hardest, so don't feel bad.

My scores (once upon a time hehe) were:

US History: 4
Calculus: 4
English: 5
Government: 5

(I think that's right). I got college credit for all of them, but what you get or don't get is really dependent on what classes are offered at your school, which are required, and how your school views AP credit in the first place.

AP US History - 4
AP European History - 4
AP US Government - 5
AP Statistics - 4

I wish I would have taken English, but the class in my HS was full of bullshit busy work and I hated the teacher, so...bleh...

10th Grade:
US History - 4

11th Grade:
European History - 4
Chemistry - 3

12th Grade:
English Literature - 5
Calculus - 4
Physics (Mechanics) - 4
Physics (Electrics) - 3

damn!

I must have gotten a 5 on my APUSH thing, as I got out of both semesters of the 100-level US History courses at the university I go to. And I must say that I am extremally proud of the 1 I got on the AP German test, which is probably the same score I received for the AP Statistics test.

I only took English Litereature AP, which I got a 5 on. It was a pretty crazy test, and I had fun writing it.

I only took AP Calculus and AP Biology, and I failed both with the lowest grade ever. I passed the AP Calculus test with a 3 and dropped AP bio. In college I am a biology major, microbiology w/ 2.9 GPA, and am the only biology major to my knowledge that has taken first year college calculus(got a C). I only took it out of interest, I needed math credit and couldn't bring myself down 1000 notches to take college algebra.

That said, I don't hold much value in standardized tests. If I went the easy path and took algebra I'ld have a 3.17ish college GPA. That said, college is about 'the grade' and not 'the learned', :(

Opinion: AP Biology, and AP History are too hard. I would rather it be a little easier and have a few more common-joes know/tryout some of that stuff in highschool. The average AP course is as hard as the 2nd year major-oriented college course.

Well I feel the need to brag a little here.. Biology majors are perhaps the most mathless' majors I know of.. Which is odd, becasue there is alot of chemistry and a decent amount of physics in biology, both of which are mathtastic'.

They seem to be coming around now, I just got mine.

Us History: 3
English Language: 3

Which made me mad. I spent about 3 hours studying for english language, while I spent hundreds(basically) studying for the US AP test.

Ohh well. At least I passed.
exact same as you...Wow we even studied about the same amounts for each! :) I was really dissappointed with the APUSH score, but at least I passed. And I'm well on my way to free tuition at any Arizona University!

I got mine back and I did very well

Calculus AB - 5
Biology- 5
English Language - 5
Macro Economics - 5
Physics C Mechanics - 5

Micro Economics - 4
US Government - 4

Comparative Government - 3

I took 8 tests this year and passed them all.

I got -
AP Psychology - 5
US History - 5
English Language - 4
AP French - Still haven't gotten it back yet, but it doesn't matter as my college placement exams got me where the AP score would have gotten me.
English Literature - ditto

AP bio- 5


Such a slacker :)

5 in Euro History, 4 in US History.

Neither one of them got me a damn bit of college credit. Neither one are required where I go to school. Also, neither helped me get into school, at all. But I had fun. Kinda.

Been a while on this sort of thing for me.

I've often wondered how I'd do on things like the SAT, AP tests, and all that rot now that I'm older. I believe I've kept up with my education, but I'm curious as to where I would stand against the modern high school aged person.

Ah yes
AP classes were interesting
AP English Lit-4
AP English Lang-4
AP Spanish 5-3
AP Bio-4

the scales generally work how they have been explained on this thread, but some tests are harder than others...the spanish test was the hardest AP test I have taken...but that may just be specific to my strenghts and weaknesses

Been a while on this sort of thing for me.

I've often wondered how I'd do on things like the SAT, AP tests, and all that rot now that I'm older. I believe I've kept up with my education, but I'm curious as to where I would stand against the modern high school aged person.

Ever read a highschool exit-exam from the late 19th century? With the exception of a bit of math, the standards were much higher. I think difficulty peaked back then, and has been sliding down since. You'd probably score pretty high.

I didn't take any AP tests this year, I will next year. I did take the IB Chemistry SL and managed a 6... so close (they're out of 7)!

I decided the AP tests were too much work for what they were worth. I took one semester of AP Euro History and dropped. I then just took the same classes at the local university and it was much easier.

Been a while on this sort of thing for me.

I've often wondered how I'd do on things like the SAT, AP tests, and all that rot now that I'm older. I believe I've kept up with my education, but I'm curious as to where I would stand against the modern high school aged person.

SAT and AP tests are not very difficult at all. The SAT math practically stops at Geometry(there is now some Algebra 2 but not much and not difficult). I find SAT tests and AP tests very easy. I got a 3 and a 4 on AP tests that I did not even take a course for.

Really, if you are smart and a good test taker you should do well on the SATs (they are very basic), and with some study(unless you are a natural whiz or have much experience on the topic) should be able to pass AP tests.

How many AP tests should I take senior year? I almost want to surpass my previous number but would sort of like to see what people think about the matter(I am studying to become an engineer).

I just finished up my sophomore year, and I took AP physics B. I would have taken AP world history, but there were scheduling problems. I ended up taking honors world history, sleeping for a year, and getting an A+

I didn't get my results back yet (just checked) but I know what I got. I got a 5. I know this because not only am I freakishly good at physics, but I felt so damn confident leaving that exam room. I butchered that test.

Next year I want to take 5 AP's, but because of more scheduling confilcts I'm only taking 3.

When I was in high school, if you made an A (or was it 95+? I can't remember) in an AP class, you were excluded from having to take the test. So I never took them :D

How many AP tests should I take senior year? I almost want to surpass my previous number but would sort of like to see what people think about the matter(I am studying to become an engineer).

Ask yourself how many you can handle. Also, if you know what school you want to go to, figure out which AP credits they do and do not take (this may be specific by program). And don't take so many that your entire senior year is nothing but stress. =)

My school only offered 4 AP classes total when I was there, so I took 3 my senior year (out of 6 classes) and did fine. It all depends on your own strengths, however, and I will note that I didn't have free time my senior year (that had more to do with being in every activity under the sun that with my classes though).

Ask yourself how many you can handle. Also, if you know what school you want to go to, figure out which AP credits they do and do not take (this may be specific by program).

Well, I do not know my limits, I only took 8 tests my junior year and sort of liked it. I also passed every test I took, I got a 3, 2 4s and 5 5s. I probably could have done better on some of those tests if I had better preparation. Because the teacher for one of my 4s did not teach very well(too kind not hard enough). I also took 2 tests without taking any preparatory classes and had to study for them in the last few months before the test.

The difficulty is because I do not know how great my ability is but I want to reach my full potential without a cost that is too great(both monetary and time/effort).