EPTScrewing With AP exam readers - Page 6
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obesechicken13
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Murderotica
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Yea I had a lot of explanatory bubbles lol | ||
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killanator
United States549 Posts
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Monkeyboi2k3
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Carnivorous Sheep
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On April 04 2010 12:08 Judicator wrote: Because I had extra time and I felt like dicking around on the tests that I could on, namely because of the inherent uselessness of the classes. English Lit. focuses on Western canon and ignore the rest of the world (thanks Bloom). Not to mention the inherent stupidity of grading someone's essay that is crammed into a time limit, with no/little revisions, and etc. When was the last time you wrote a good college paper under those conditions? Comp Sci was just easy and I had to do something to pass the time. Well, yes, in a class called ENGLISH Lit, you would except a focus on ENGLISH works, would you not? | ||
Arrian
United States889 Posts
It was a lot funnier when I was doing it. | ||
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lightrise
United States1355 Posts
On April 04 2010 06:23 FiBsTeR wrote: Not true. Many applications ask for an unofficial list of AP scores. WRONG Please know what your talking about before you post please. Your ap scores can not be considered in any way during your admission process. This is due to the fact that ap's are not available to every person and thus it would be an unfair way to asses students. Instead they only look at sat 2 scores. I scored 10 5's just so you know and not a single one was considered in my application process. I agree for some more "enlightened" people screwing yourself out of possible credit is dumb, and now being in college i understand it more. But mostly as people pointed out its all for fun. It makes it entertaining especially if you have multiple tests. I know for a fact the graders love to read entertaining essays and not the same essay over and over. Doing most of theses doesn't negatively affect your score so why not? Its just a joke. I did this and didnt sacrifice my grades at all. It allowed me to have fun on days where it was my second test or had extra time etc. | ||
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SpiritoftheTunA
United States20903 Posts
On April 04 2010 14:32 lightrise wrote: WRONG Please know what your talking about before you post please. Your ap scores can not be considered in any way during your admission process. This is due to the fact that ap's are not available to every person and thus it would be an unfair way to asses students. Instead they only look at sat 2 scores. I scored 10 5's just so you know and not a single one was considered in my application process. I agree for some more "enlightened" people screwing yourself out of possible credit is dumb, and now being in college i understand it more. But mostly as people pointed out its all for fun. It makes it entertaining especially if you have multiple tests. I know for a fact the graders love to read entertaining essays and not the same essay over and over. Doing most of theses doesn't negatively affect your score so why not? Its just a joke. I did this and didnt sacrifice my grades at all. It allowed me to have fun on days where it was my second test or had extra time etc. From what I've heard, that's not correct either, most schools will look at the context of what you were able to take and whether or not you took/maximized your opportunities. If you did exceptionally in meh classes in an inner city school (as long as those classes were the highest level within the context of your school), then that's better than if you took only 1-2 APs in a rich-ass prep school. Therefore, taking the AP classes and getting good grades and exam scores is an affirmation of taking advantage of your opportunities. I'm fairly certain college admissions people actually look at that kind of thing, and I'd love for somebody working in the area to confirm/deny this (because I could be totally wrong, this is just what I've heard). | ||
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lightrise
United States1355 Posts
On April 04 2010 14:37 SpiritoftheTunA wrote: From what I've heard, that's not correct either, most schools will look at the context of what you were able to take and whether or not you took/maximized your opportunities. If you did exceptionally in meh classes in an inner city school (as long as those classes were the highest level within the context of your school), then that's better than if you took only 1-2 APs in a rich-ass prep school. Therefore, taking the AP classes and getting good grades and exam scores is an affirmation of taking advantage of your opportunities. I'm fairly certain college admissions people actually look at that kind of thing, and I'd love for somebody working in the area to confirm/deny this (because I could be totally wrong, this is just what I've heard). No you are both incorrect and correct. You are not referring to the scores you received on your ap exams but instead what classes you took in high school vs what is offered. OBVIOUSLY this has a huge effect on your acceptance. If you have only a certain number of ap's offered and you take them all that means you have excelled highly at all the curriculum offered. If you take some at an inner city school where almost no one takes them that is also good but that was not that point. Your ap scores do not affect your application what so ever. If I got a 5 or 1 on AP US history there is no difference on the application besides the fact that we took the same class and maybe received different grades. They cannot judge you based on what you got on your ap tests or i would be going to stanford or a different ivey, instead of only getting accepted into 1 ivey school. They grades are irrelivent for the application process. Getting a five might mean that you got an A which is what matters to them, or getting an 800 on the sat 2, but that five doesnt count for anything until you are accepted. | ||
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Kyuukyuu
Canada6263 Posts
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Klogon
MURICA15980 Posts
As far as me after getting into college and finding out that any credit I got from my exams would not really count toward my major or requirements, I decided to dick around on some. Like on AP Physics for the E&M section, I bubbled in the American flag with 50 stars and 13 stripes for the multiple choice sheet, and wrote "GIVE ME A 5" in huge letters in the free response. Guess what I got? | ||
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lightrise
United States1355 Posts
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gamecrazy
United States421 Posts
On April 04 2010 14:45 Kyuukyuu wrote: THIS :D also, one a released ap language and composition essay, somebody wrote a REALLY long analysis essay like 2 pages, full on both sides, and apparently still had time left over so.... he drew an anime character at the bottom of the page. He got a 9. And it was so good they showed it as it an example of how to write a 9 for that prompt. What a winner. | ||
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fulmetljaket
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Vestige
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SpiritoftheTunA
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On April 04 2010 14:47 lightrise wrote: Also sorry if i sound like a jerk i really dont mean to come across like one. I am just bitter that this is not the case. I did exceptionally well on ap tests and didn't understand how getting 5's on almost every ap didn't matter, but your gpa includes super easy or classes that are not academic does. Also how getting a 5 on both calc exams doesn't override my 760 on math, or 700 on ap us history when i got a 5. A 5 demonstrates mastery in the course and the sat 2 is a bad multiple choice test. O well Which Ivy are you going to? 1/8 chance you're at my school xD (I go to Dartmouth) And I'm not sure if I agree with the premise that if APs counted *at all*, you would've gotten into all the ivies... I mean I still believe that having 2s-3s on multiple APs can affect admissions decisions, especially when its part of the common application that officers see. Like obviously if you got As in the courses and glowing recommendations but still a 1 on the AP, the officers would realize that you probably dicked around and are still perfectly fine, but if 1-3 scores seem to be symptomatic of a larger problem, then I would expect it to be considered against a student. Sidenote: I think all the APs are pretty easy and getting 5s on them really shouldn't be a big deal if you learned the course material decently from a decent teacher (I had 8 APs, my only 4 was art history cuz I didn't read the textbook). I'd actually expect low AP scores to count more against you while high AP scores to be the norm, especially at top schools. For all the students who got into Stanford with unexceptional extracurriculars, you don't think every single one of them got all 5s? | ||
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YejinYejin
United States1053 Posts
I guess the graders won't get it, but I think it would be funny. | ||
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lightrise
United States1355 Posts
On April 04 2010 15:14 SpiritoftheTunA wrote: Which Ivy are you going to? 1/8 chance you're at my school xD (I go to Dartmouth) And I'm not sure if I agree with the premise that if APs counted *at all*, you would've gotten into all the ivies... I mean I still believe that having 2s-3s on multiple APs can affect admissions decisions, especially when its part of the common application that officers see. Like obviously if you got As in the courses and glowing recommendations but still a 1 on the AP, the officers would realize that you probably dicked around and are still perfectly fine, but if 1-3 scores seem to be symptomatic of a larger problem, then I would expect it to be considered against a student. Sidenote: I think all the APs are pretty easy and getting 5s on them really shouldn't be a big deal if you learned the course material decently from a decent teacher (I had 8 APs, my only 4 was art history cuz I didn't read the textbook). I'd actually expect low AP scores to count more against you while high AP scores to be the norm, especially at top schools. For all the students who got into Stanford with unexceptional extracurriculars, you don't think every single one of them got all 5s? In a way this might be true but we will never actually know. I have talked to multiple admissions councilors from different schools, maybe 4? and they all said that they don't even look at the ap scores or base their decision on it it just helps them to see that you opted to take the test instead of taking the class and not the test. Apparently a decent amount of people take ap classes and opt to not take the test, which illustrates that the student is not really engaged in the class. I personally think you might be right though that they glace at it and it helps them decide what kind of student you are. Your totally right though most aps are very easy to get 4's or 5'. The norm for exceptional students are above passing. I got accepted into Cornell and University of Michigan for chemical engineering but opted for RPI because i got 25k a year to come here :D | ||
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Ilikestarcraft
Korea (South)17733 Posts
HAHAHA man i dont know if im laughing that someone actually wrote that or that i actually get it | ||
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evilduky666
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