![]() In a survey of 18,000 AP students, 91% said they wanted to take the test and filled 900 pages with comments about why. Trevor Packer, a College Board senior vice president who heads the AP program, said such student dedication is why the nonprofit decided to dismiss early thoughts about potentially canceling the exam when the coronavirus outbreak prompted schools to send students home and shift to online learning. “It’s helping us adapt to unexpected and unforeseeable situations, which is kind of life,” Clawson said. Other students said they missed the personal connections of prepping for the exam at school, able to turn to a classmate for help or visit teachers during office hours.īut Paloma Torres said the at-home study has helped her gain independence and self-motivation, while Lauren Clawson said the changes offered a “good life lesson.” Halle Villalobos and Agnese Sanavio, however, said they were disappointed that they won’t get to showcase all of the skills they’ve learned in the last year or delve into calculus concepts as deeply as they might have. ![]() “I can just use all of my energy and power for a shorter sprint than for, like, the marathon,” she said. Isabel Valenzuela said it will be easier to keep up stamina with a shorter test when she took the full-length practice exam - more than three hours long - she found herself getting antsy. Megan Moffat, who says she’s “kind of a thrill seeker,” was eager to test herself on racing through a shorter exam on which every question will carry higher stakes. At Mayfield Senior School, an all-girls Catholic school in Pasadena, students enrolled in an AP Calculus BC (second and third stage) class expressed a range of reactions: relief, disappointment and excitement by the challenge of taking the test in an entirely new way. The revised format brought varied reactions.
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