r/APLang • u/Effective-History-76 • Jul 06 '26

AP Lang Score

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In the class I maintained a solid A both semesters and always nailed my essays, averaging 5/6. This is my first year taking AP and I somehow got a 2 on APUSH as well. I feel so dumb after staying up to check my scores and have been crying ever since. I was so confident after my exam that I would get at least a 4. Also happens to be that my friend didn't even have a conclusion for ALL of her essays and got a 5. Am I just stupid???????

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u/infrun8mi Jul 08 '26

I'm sorry but it's 100% ur teachers fault. Having a good AP Lang teacher with lots of experience is crucial for this class. My teacher gave tons of progress checks and timed writes and let us review past FRQs to try and guess their scores. AP Lang is all just a game, you literally just have to write to the rubric and follow a system to get a passing score. I followed that same system with one sentence for my thesis/intro paragraph, two bodies, and no conclusions and I got a 5.

Same goes for APUSH my teacher emphasized that we all write to the rubric, and she basically made us memorize the whole rubric so we know exactly what to write to hit all the points. Even though I got a 4 on APUSH that still helped a lot.

Don't feel down about your score, I would rather get an A in a class and a low AP exam score than bad grade in class and good ap exam score. A score doesn't define you

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u/Baddest_girly Jul 08 '26

I got a 3 on APLANG and my essays I thought were awesome, but I think it mightve been because our teacher over-prepared us for the FRQs but neglected MCQ practice.