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by ceejayoz 977 days ago
> AP classes are meant to be college-level classes.

They are high school classes at an honors level that may generate college credit. A two on the exam is deemed “possibly qualified” to skip a year of college, for example, but colleges won’t take it. Many won’t take the three score’s “qualified” either.

For purposes of your GPA and high school physics, that’s not a D.

The AP physics exam gives you a 5 if you miss like half the questions, too. That doesn’t fit a ten point GPA scale very well.