Okay, I'm in a bit of a dilemma. My APUSH teacher did not prepare us that well for the exam (past students of his have gotten 1's and 2's on the exam). Currently, I have an A in his class on the count that all we do is answer simple questions in the American Pageant book or old newspaper articles, wordsearches for e.c. (believe it or not), note outlines on the board, and historically accurate movies (ie. Saving Private Ryan). We've done one DBQ in the past, which was back in November and we never got it back.
Anyways, to get to the point, I've signed up for the exam thinking that I should give it a shot. My question is, knowing that I'll probably get a 2 at the most, should I cancel the score? If I do or don't, will it affect me in any way in college admissions?
Well, all colleges take scores differently. For example, UC Berkeley sees scores lower than a 3 and not taking the exam at all as neutral according to the College Board. Also, if it's not too late, you could ask for a refund so you can get most of your money back.
Thanks for the reply. I also have another question, is it better to take the test and get a low score than to not take it at all?
Hmm, I don't really know. At least colleges will see that you at least tried?
colleges like to see that you're taking hard classes and such, so it won't hurt you to take it. also, get a review book if you can to do the practice DBQ, cuz one is really not enough to practice especially if you never got it back to know what you need to improve.