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class vs ap test
In college...
1. If you pass a class but fail the AP exam, which is calculated in your GPA? Do you have to retake the AP exam?
2. If you fail a class but pass the AP exam, which is calculated in your GPA? Do you have to retake the class?
3. If you get a B in a class and a C on the AP exam, which is calculated in your GPA?
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The AP exam is for college; and has no bearing on your high school grades (of course each and every high school is unique, so perhaps there is SOME school out there that may factor it into GPA, but I have personally never heard of it).
1. - Yor GPA should go by your class grade. If you fail the exam, you do not have to retake the class UNLESS the teacher of that class is using the exam as an item to count towards your class grade.
2. - The failed class should negatively effect your GPA. The passing score on the exam normally gives you college credit, but being that you failed the class, it could be left up to the discretion of the college. Then again, there are many who take the AP exam without ever taking a corresponding class - so it's probably a rare case.
3. - Grades on the AP exam are not noted in high school or college GPAs.
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This might vary by school but the way it was when I took AP classes was this
1) If you pass the class, it's calculated in your GPA. The AP exam is totally separate. If you fail it, you can retake it, but it won't affect your GPA.
2) If you fail the class, it's calculated in your GPA. Again, the AP exam is separate. If the class is one that's required by your school to graduate, you'll have to retake the class.
3) Again here the AP exam is separate. Your grade in class is what counts for your GPA.
Basically what it amounts to is that the AP exam is not going to help you in high school. Your classwork is what counts for your GPA. The AP exam is simply offered as a means for high school students to get college credit. If you pass the AP exam, colleges will usually accept it as credit for certain classes. For example, I took the AP exams for English and US History while in high school. My classwork is what counted for my high school GPA. However, when I got to college, I didn't have to take Freshman English or US History because I already had those credits from taking the AP exam. I hope that helps you make sense of all of this.
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