dear college board, you screwed up | 2020 AP Exams

It's literally 2:20 am here in Singapore when I made this. I'm very disappointed, mad, and frustrated. Of course everything I say is my opinion, but it holds truth.

In addition to an already tough school year for students, college board has decided to make the AP exams at midnight for international students AND have issues on testing days. Share this and promote everywhere so college board sees this.

[ChristinaYoh]

Hey all! One of my viewers has created a petition to make sure none of the malfunctions of the 2020 AP Exams happens in 2021.
Here is her description: "I came up with the idea that Collegeboard should develop early 2021 altered ap exams to prevent a glitchy test, allow students to pay for a test they agree too, make up for learning impairments in a pandemic, show teachers and students what to prepare for ahead of time, and preserve a fair shot at gaining college credit for students."
Love you all <3

[bestboiduke]

I guess APUSH taught me one good thing: monopolies still exist

[jt]

$93 for a full-exam? Meh, makes sense. A little pricey, but still
$93 for one question? Scam. Plain and simple.

[yashc]

This is the most respectful rant i have ever seen

[thee_.chrisSuzuki]

College Board: Yeah we’re non profit


Also the CEO: *makes 750k a year*

Edit: For anyone wondering, I got a 4 on the APUSH exam

[Unknownmothergse]

You guys pay DOUBLE the amount of a US student? Yeah, they really did screw ip

[jaquelinegonzalez]

I'm from the U.S. but I definitely agree that this was quite unfair for international students. Regardless of what their main demographic is, they should have done the exams with all students in mind. I'm sorry this happened.

[joeseppy]

“99% of students had no issues submitting” 3 people in my Calc class, 4 in my APUSH class and 2 in my CSA class. More like nearly 20% have had issues submitting from my classes alone.

[TommyElijahCabelloReal]

College board is the definition of Capitalism in Education. It's very dissapointing. I'm taking my APUSH exam in 51 minutes. That sucks.

[JewelleDS]

"99% of students" having no issues taking their exam does not mean that the 1% of students who just had all of their effort wasted suddenly disappear. I hope they decide to stop ignoring the many rightfully angry and frustrated people and try to make this right.

[Awkwardash]

I didn’t take into account about international students that were taking the AP tests. This is so important! It’s already hard for AP students in the U.S. however it must be harder for international students. I honestly wished they could of just canceled this AP test this year or at least give us more time or more sections to the AP test like they would normally. It’s not fair a SINGLE test question determines our entire score!

[technocat]

ok- BUT WHO TF DISLIKED?! COLLEGEBOARD EXECUTIVES? DID THEY HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO SPEND ON BOTS BUT NOT ON SERVERS OR SUM?

[jamieb]

I took the ap exam, it was terrible. I almost couldn’t even log on to start the test cause it said “rate exceeded” but I was lucky enough to be able to submit my responses. My heart goes out to all the international students and people who couldn’t submit. MORE PEOPLE NEED TO SEE THIS! We deserve justice for this!! (Update, I commented this when there was like 6k views, now there is 86k lets gooo! More ppl are seeing this and college board is actually getting sued, look it up)

[azharvirani]

They should’ve cancelled these exams. Many people don’t have the ability to have a good workplace and have other priorities during this pandemic. For international students, this is very unfair. I hope you’re able to take the makeup exam and do well.

[zeezee]

Collegeboard is just making excuses and talking bullshit at this point. They just have to admit that their online exam plan is an absolute failure.

[miamiaaimaim]

There should be a feature where the answer automatically uploads after the designated time is up. We should also be able to type directly into the box where you upload. I’m really stressed out bc my exam failed too and I have to retake the exam in June. I was ready to be free of the class that gave me the most anxiety but now I have another month of anticipation. Thanks corona and CB.

[ivanna]

I couldn't even submit my exam, rest in peace my soul

[LizzyThewolf]

as an American, it’s gross how America-centric collegeboard is, I’m sorry for all the failures collegeboard had :/

[parker]

One of the authorities said that only 2% of all those that took AP Tests on May 11th (USA) weren't able to submit. But if you consider how many people took it the first day which I believe is greater than 300k (might want to double check), that's like 6k kids. Those 6k and probably more to come will have to consistently refresh their memory of the subject until early June for the retakes. It's just added stress during a time that we are already depressed about.

[gamingwithazian]

Glad you are advocating for the student body. Can’t imagine taking an exam so late. What makes me the most mad is that college board has multiple forms of the test so they consciously made the choice to not give a different form for international students. This situation isn’t ideal for anyone and I hope you get through ur struggles.