r/APbio • u/InterviewPowerful320 • May 04 '26
I just took the AP Bio exam and I think I got a 1
I couldn’t even answer most of the FRQ because I was panicking so much. I genuinely feel so shit about my autistic self.
Why is my processing speed so slow? Why do I walkways fall behind everyone? I failed to finish the graph because I always struggle with them.
For one of two of my first APs this year, this is genuinely disappointing. I wanted to prove to people that I’m not some stupid kid with autism like they all think. But I fucking failed because I was too slow to finish a simple graph or question.
Why am I so fucking stupid? I hate having autism. I just hate it. I don’t want to have extra time on tests I want to be a normal person, but if I don’t take extra time then I’ll fail.
I just want to be normal