Re <<um... is english considered to be erita's 'second' language?>>
... technically yes, as she speaks w/ her mom and three grandparents in Mandarin Chinese, and with Jack and I in English, but she is ~equal in Mandarin and English.
... but not really as she never paid attention to English grammar as she never did to Chinese grammar.
She is completely bilingual.
She did score a 5 out of 5 in Chinese AP, but not a perfect-score 5 out of 5. In fact she scored 5 out of 5 on all her AP courses as she is also a 4.0+ GPA (grade point average) student. By AP classes count, by the end of her senior year (end-June 2021), the coconut shall easily be done with her Freshman year in college by required credit hours.
Her ACT / SAT scores are also perfect scores.
Raising kids is easy; just get them a Kindle and lots of books.
The current breakdown of meritocracy by universities no longer requiring standardised test scores is overall negative as are many neo-revisionist-woke initiatives, but given that the Coconut shall attend school for dance for a gap-year (or in Jack's language, 'taking a vacation'), devolution of meritocracy no serious matter. One must show foot and leg works in dance school, and woke-ism does not cut it :0)
The coconut writes okay (page 38, 2018 summer, when she was 13) issuu.com
The Garden of my Mother By Erita Chen ’22 In my mind, there is a scene a garden of zen; a comforting garth. Willow trees with soft branches billowing in the breeze, a babbling brook to accompany birds in singing their arias, a perfect little world of tranquil peace. Redolent in the light scent of grass and florals, this is the tableau of my mother. The place of my sanctuary, where secrets are kept hidden in the wind, where I live in a bubble of happiness. Problems are easily solved; one embrace and they float away. The crystal stream gurgles and spews out a rhythm; it is the accompaniment to the birds’ melodies. Mother is there to support us all, as the steady beat that holds the song of my brother and I’s lives together. The willow tree’s leaves are a sweeping blanket, like her cooed comfort when we do wrong. A protective shell that shields us from sorrow. That scene is what protects us from the worst of the dangers, and yet, when the wind blows, the blanket of leaves sweep off and the streamlet’s tempo goes awry. That is when we learn to make it on our own. But I know that when we are in need, the serene scene will still be there to give us solace and peace.
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What Is an AP Test Perfect Score? Do You Need One?
Ellen McCammon
If you read your local newspaper, you might have seen an article about someone from your area getting a perfect score on an AP exam. But what is an AP test perfect score, and how is it different from a 5?
Keep reading to find out what an AP exam perfect score is, what it means, how many students get one, and if it's a goal you should be aiming for.
2021 AP Test Changes Due to COVID-19Due to the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, AP tests will now be held over three different sessions between May and June. Your test dates, and whether or not your tests will be online or on paper, will depend on your school. To learn more about how all of this is going to work and get the latest information on test dates, AP online review, and what these changes means for you, be sure to check out our 2021 AP COVID-19 FAQ article.
What Is a Perfect AP Score and What Does It Signify?If you earn a perfect score on an AP exam, that means that you received every point possible on the exam. In other words, you answered every multiple-choice question correctly and scored the maximum amount of points on every free-response question. That's pretty impressive!
How does this relate to the score you get from 1-5? Well, if you get a perfect score, you'll definitely get a 5 on the exam. But your 5 won't be worth more than anyone else's 5. Additionally, you don't need to get anything close to a perfect score to get a 5 on the exam.
Basically, the fact that you got a perfect score doesn't really increase the value of your standard score on the 5-point scale. In fact, your perfect score is not even reported on your score report—just the 5.
When a student achieves a perfect score, the College Board usually informs the school directly in the fall. The school then informs the student. This often seems to lead to a level of minor local celebrity, with perfect scorers frequently being interviewed by local newspapers and having articles written up about them on school websites.
As mentioned above, the perfect score doesn't appear on your AP score report, but it's certainly something worth reporting to colleges if it does happen because it's so impressive and unusual.
A perfect score would make you the slightly different yellow locker in this row of orange lockers.
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How Many Students Get a Perfect Score on an AP Exam?Just how unusual is it to get a perfect score on an AP exam? It depends on the exam, but no matter the test, it's a rare feat.
The College Board released a document of 2013 AP test perfect score stats, but it doesn't appear they've created a similar document for any years since.
However, a series of tweets by the College Board's head of AP, Trevor Packer, revealed all the info about how many students got perfect scores in 2021. I've assembled the info into a chart that shows how many perfect scores there were by number and by percentage of test takers in 2021, as well as the percentage of test takers who earned a 5 in each exam.
2021 Perfect AP Scores as Compared to 5s
| AP Exam | # Perfect Scores | # Test Takers | % Perfect Scores | % 5s | | Art History | 0 | 18,552 | -- | 11% | | Biology | 1 | 212,198 | 0.00047% | 7% | | Calculus AB | 0 | 249,762 | -- | 18% | | Calculus BC | 0 | 124,335 | -- | 38% | | Chemistry | 2 | 134,316 | 0.00149% | 11% | | Chinese Language | 51 | 13,328 | 0.38265% | 57% | | Comparative Govt and Politics | 2 | 17,750 | 0.01127% | 17% | | Computer Science A | 345 | 63,980 | 0.53923% | 25% | | Comp Sci Principles | 281 | 102,610 | 0.27385% | 13% | | English Lang & Comp | 11 | 476,735 | 0.00231% | 8% | | English Literature | 3 | 297,009 | 0.00101% | 5% | | Environmental Science | 0 | 149,106 | -- | 6% | | European History | 0 | 74,202 | -- | 14% | | French Language | 1 | 18,312 | 0.00546% | 13% | | German Language | 14 | 4,275 | 0.32749% | 18% | | US Gov and Politics | 31 | 260,941 | 0.01188% | 11% | | Human Geography | 0 | 193,660 | -- | 15% | | Italian Language | 0 | 2,098 | -- | 21% | | Japanese Language | 3 | 2,208 | 0.13587% | 47% | | Latin | 2 | 4,892 | 0.04088% | 10% | | Macroeconomics | 60 | 112,644 | 0.05327% | 18% | | Microeconomics | 10 | 73,461 | 0.00136% | 20% | | Music Theory | 0 | 16,169 | -- | 20% | | Physics 1: Algebra | 4 | 136,238 | 0.00293% | 7% | | Physics 2: Algebra | 1 | 18,449 | 0.00542% | 15% | | Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism | 2 | 19,944 | 0.01003% | 33% | | Physics C: Mechanics | 2 | 48,171 | 0.00415% | 23% | | Psychology | 6 | 262,700 | 0.00228% | 15% | | AP Research | 375 | 24,049 | 1.55932% | 14% | | AP Seminar | 24 | 46,840 | 0.05124% | 11% | | Spanish Language | 77 | 148,080 | 0.0512% | 17% | | Spanish Literature | 0 | 21,787 | -- | 8% | | Statistics | 2 | 183,181 | 0.00109% | 16% | | Studio Art 2-D Design | 152 | 34,481 | 0.44082% | 19% | | Studio Art 3-D Design | 46 | 4,568 | 1.00701% | 7% | | Studio Art Drawing | 219 | 18,907 | 1.1583% | 14% | | United States History | 6 | 399,676 | 0.0015% | 11% | | World History | 0 | 264,254 | -- | 10% |
As you can see, while at least 5% of test takers scored a 5 on each AP exam, the perfect scores are teeny, teeny, teeny percentages. The only exams with a percentage of perfect scorers higher than 1% were AP Research, Studio Art 3-D Design, and Studio Art Drawing. AP Research had the highest percentage of perfect scorers, with about 1.56% receiving a perfect score. And nearly all other AP exams had a much smaller percentage of perfect scorers than that.
In sum, perfect scores on AP exams are a super-rare occurrence.
Super-rare like emerald jewels. |
