Why Collegeboard is the Worst Company in America

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Комментарии • 2,6 тыс.

  • @avamiller1089
    @avamiller1089 4 года назад +27104

    imagine claiming to be a non-profit when you have created a literal monopoly on our own education

    • @Aesthetycs
      @Aesthetycs Год назад +507

      Non-profit monopoly has a name; it’s called “the government”.

    • @splegoon4289
      @splegoon4289 Год назад +160

      Loopholes man, that’s the big money meta in today’s rich society

    • @basedmoves
      @basedmoves Год назад +13

      It's not a monopoly, there are other tests.

    • @lenygrunis2187
      @lenygrunis2187 Год назад +324

      @@basedmoves that no college cares abt

    • @rorke6092
      @rorke6092 Год назад +4

      have you heard of public schools in states with no school choice? public universities?

  • @ridwonkhaliqi7060
    @ridwonkhaliqi7060 3 года назад +5628

    $50 test cost, $12 to send it to each college, $20 SSR, $15 questions and answer service, $100 booklet for studying, $92 AP tests, fees for sending scores and signing up late, releasing scores at the perfect time so that you’re forced to sign up for the next SAT out of fear you did poorly, and poor aid services. But still called a nonprofit :)

    • @ow_su
      @ow_su Год назад +271

      Collegeboard said they'll send 1 free admission each year to a college of your choosing but when I checked it turns out my school disabled the feature

    • @pursuitofknowledge6119
      @pursuitofknowledge6119 Год назад +14

      There’s no such thing as not for profit

    • @tollie_1268
      @tollie_1268 7 месяцев назад +75

      the AP tests have gotten to $125 now T-T

    • @ratrat9241
      @ratrat9241 7 месяцев назад +6

      i got all that stuff very easily for free... just ask for a fee waiver

    • @cranburrey
      @cranburrey 7 месяцев назад +15

      The school I want to go to has an application that costs 75 dollars 😕

  • @Steets
    @Steets Год назад +6585

    Back when I was in high school, every single AP teacher I had, without exception, despised the College Board. I knew one who was attempting to gain a position at the "nonprofit" so they could dismantle it from the inside.

    • @mariokart9227
      @mariokart9227 Год назад +294

      Like Ron Swanson in parks in recs trying to destroy it from the inside

    • @ThatNoobKing
      @ThatNoobKing Год назад +109

      Oh shit
      Awesome

    • @SunshowerWonderlab
      @SunshowerWonderlab Год назад +362

      Holy shit based teacher

    • @Noahed_
      @Noahed_ Год назад +47

      Same. For both of the AP classes I had to take, both teachers hated it.

    • @deepcosmos_
      @deepcosmos_ Год назад +8

      i wish i actually had aps so that i could help with this

  • @jackdepalma9252
    @jackdepalma9252 Год назад +4058

    This aged wonderfully. I graduated high school this past June, and guess where my AP Environmental Science Scores went?
    Gone. Reduced to atoms. As well as the scores of everyone else who took it.
    It was entirely collegeboard's fault. My school got a receipt from them confirming that all of the scores had indeed been sent in. But nope, in August I got an email (with no apology written in, mind you) saying that my scores were gone. Nothing else. No offer to give me credit for the course, no compensation offer. It was just accept that a year of class was wasted or pay to take another exam.
    The worst part? I got off easy out of most of the AP kids. I know kids who had all of their scores lost. 3 entire tests gone. What the actual fuck.

    • @50Steaks68
      @50Steaks68 Год назад +108

      Good thing AP environmental science is probably down near the easiest AP tests. I think it’s between that, AP Comp Sci principles, or maybe even AP foreign language

    • @barfingonurcouch
      @barfingonurcouch Год назад +213

      I had the exact same thing happen to my AP Spanish Lang test and I know for a fact I would’ve gotten a 5. We know that our tests had reached an AP mailing facility in New Jersey because we could track the shipping, but like the dipshits College Board employees are, they never bothered to search for them. I also knew kids who had taken multiple written tests that year (it was a year after the pandemic) and just never received their scores. And CB’s whole “awww🥺 well you can take it again if you want!😊” is such bullshit cuz who tf has time in their senior year to retake a whole ass exam that you spent the entire previous year studying for when you have other AP’s to study for and college applications? I really hope College Board burns to the ground😀

    • @hx5525
      @hx5525 10 месяцев назад +28

      @@user-bw7xs8gg3d would had seen red for that. Would definitely go to an office of theirs and make a scene. Did the situation resolve itself?

    • @leovillant768
      @leovillant768 9 месяцев назад

      Bruh

    • @beangobernador
      @beangobernador 9 месяцев назад +29

      you see this is why I put in the barest amount of effort in school because I just know my time and my worth as a human being is not valued under this horrible system

  • @vivienneli5532
    @vivienneli5532 4 года назад +7000

    The fact that they say they're nonprofit just makes me dislike their organization even more.

    • @u4yk
      @u4yk 3 года назад +162

      There's a shitton of 501(c)3's that solely exist to make money. Pretty much every pro sports league and every Div1 college football bowl are technically charities.

    • @vivienneli5532
      @vivienneli5532 3 года назад +20

      Chuckie B really? Wow that's just depressing.

    • @SupersuMC
      @SupersuMC 3 года назад +31

      They're non-profit! Just like Planned Parenthood!

    • @JesusChrist-sm4bm
      @JesusChrist-sm4bm Год назад

      ​@@SupersuMC .... yhea but Planned Parenthood was able to give me a free pregnancy test, Emergency contraceptive, and even STD testing. sence I was being abused by my Morman fauther. they asked no questions, Didn't ask for information and insurance was never asked.
      planned parenthood fallows a pattern I like. Richter or more Financially stable clients helps pay for people who can't afford it by Haveing them pay normally. it's a good model and even more important now. witch them helping women out of state get hotels or temporary housing.

    • @aaronlandry3934
      @aaronlandry3934 Год назад +52

      In the US, a “charity” is only required to donate 51% of the funds they raise. So, the other 49% get used as CEO and upper management bonuses, because they’re not allowed to make a “profit”.
      Wouldn’t be upset if legislators changed that percentage to at least 85% of funds being donated

  • @p1n3
    @p1n3 Год назад +5953

    Collegeboard once accused me of plagiarism on an AP test for no reason. Had to get my school district officials involved in a whole email campaign to even get a response as to why they were accusing me. I ended up needing to send in a 20 page document explaining how I was capable of writing my assignment. They docked a point because of the effort they had to put in on their end in order to get the score fixed. I failed that test.
    EDIT: this got a lot of attention so I thought I’d add on because I forgot to say it.
    it was AP computer science principles. I didn’t find out why I didn’t get my score until two weeks after I should have gotten it, when a letter signed by some rep at collegeboard told me my score had been withheld because they believed the code I had written was not original. Even when being asked by the school district office collegeboard completely refused to give us the source they believed I had plagiarized from.

    • @luvanmaral
      @luvanmaral Год назад +295

      That horrible omg which ap class was that?

    • @pokaay3163
      @pokaay3163 Год назад +265

      What the actual fuck

    • @agenericyoutubeaccount
      @agenericyoutubeaccount Год назад +770

      How tf you plagiarize on an AP test? Memorize a book? What the hell

    • @ryanrichter357
      @ryanrichter357 Год назад +737

      They removed a point after you proved that you didn't plagiarise... Sounds like they're just mad they were wrong...

    • @AJDaBaws
      @AJDaBaws Год назад +330

      If anything, you should earn points because of the effort you had to put in on YOUR end to get the score fixed.

  • @saikizuckerberg5004
    @saikizuckerberg5004 2 года назад +2348

    The most infuriating part is that we HAVE to take the sat and pay them our money to get into basically any college.

    • @landoflogic107
      @landoflogic107 Год назад +101

      Most of the colleges I applied for didn’t require the SAT, but that was in 2020. I know the college I currently attend does not require SAT scores and they do not factor them in the admissions process.

    • @Shinyarc
      @Shinyarc Год назад +99

      Almost all public colleges are test optional in this day and age, and even if they’re not, the ACT is cheaper and less of a hassle and counts the same as an SAT

    • @ammarisrar2005
      @ammarisrar2005 Год назад +109

      Now all major colleges are making the ACT and SAT scores optional which is good because you should base students on their accumulation of academic growth rather than some arbitrary test that measures how well you can regurgitate info

    • @indiana47
      @indiana47 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@ammarisrar2005good for them

    • @navijha122
      @navijha122 7 месяцев назад +3

      @@Shinyarc yeah but only up until the class of 2025 I heard, from most schools.

  • @lordfuzzybear
    @lordfuzzybear Год назад +736

    For the AP test, also from College Board, one of the essay questions was "What is overrated" and I wrote about how College Board was a scam and got a 4 on that test.

    • @mayhair
      @mayhair Год назад +6

      What is the maximum score?

    • @falchionlord8005
      @falchionlord8005 11 месяцев назад +71

      @@mayhair I think a 5

    • @theworfer27
      @theworfer27 7 месяцев назад +41

      You passed the word count xD

    • @kovo7
      @kovo7 6 месяцев назад +3

      Which Ap test

    • @user-kt1no7yx1u
      @user-kt1no7yx1u 5 месяцев назад +5

      ​@@kovo7 Ap language and composition

  • @p1eboi804
    @p1eboi804 4 года назад +13218

    This video aged well

    • @ethanmorrison6199
      @ethanmorrison6199 4 года назад +253

      Like a fine wine

    • @RegularFish2
      @RegularFish2 4 года назад +133

      Wait what happened?

    •  4 года назад +8

      what happened

    • @p1eboi804
      @p1eboi804 4 года назад +1775

      @ the online ap exams were a pretty big disaster, and now they're getting sued for 500 million or something

    • @amadodiallo3167
      @amadodiallo3167 3 года назад +1462

      @@RegularFish2 - Only 1 question in the entire exam. (even though people payed a lot of money to take the exam)
      - Only 45 minutes to write a essay.
      - Many people had issues submitting their exams at the last second.
      - Did I mention it was only 1 question and if you didnt know that 1 question you were screwed?

  • @yourfavoritetimewaster940
    @yourfavoritetimewaster940 4 года назад +1967

    One time I got a nosebleed during the SAT test, and the proctor didn’t help in any way because it might’ve been considered cheating to hand me paper. I sat for about an hour taking the test with one hand while the other was cupped under my nose collecting blood.

    • @tajini817
      @tajini817 Год назад +207

      Wtf like are they crazy

    • @doodlesyoru2108
      @doodlesyoru2108 Год назад +9

      How can you make your own nose bleed?

    • @rivvie
      @rivvie Год назад +408

      @@doodlesyoru2108 your nose can start bleeding in certain weather condition randomly, especially if you pick your nose a lot

    • @doodlesyoru2108
      @doodlesyoru2108 Год назад

      @@rivvie How dry was that fucking classroom?

    • @thegoldeneagle1468
      @thegoldeneagle1468 Год назад +217

      @@doodlesyoru2108 I get nosebleeds from dryness or rapid change in temperature.

  • @GwaCanada
    @GwaCanada Год назад +1331

    Texas Instruments is right there with them. Not as severe, but that fact that they charge $100 for their ti-84s, which are severely outdated, and that said ti-84s are one of few approved graphing calculators you can use on the SAT shows how much of a scam these companies are

    • @dskdev
      @dskdev Год назад +23

      how can a calculator be outdated? math is math

    • @dr.blockcraft6633
      @dr.blockcraft6633 Год назад +220

      @@dskdev Calculators change Over time.
      Better memory, Fixing glitches,
      New functions Available etc.
      To the Average consumer, The differences Can be Practically undetectable.
      But as Some tests Do get Updated for More advanced Mathematics,
      sometimes, The calculators Are no Longer as Functional.
      one Way to Test a Calculator is Takeing the Square root Of two, Then squaring It.
      Some calculators Give the Right answer, 2. some Don't because Of rounding Errors.
      Some calculators Develop more User friendly Controls, such As the Casio series.
      Hell, there's Graphing calculators With touch Screens now.
      The ti-84's Started production In 2004, and They haven't Made any Changes to It.
      Sure, it Still functions Mostly fine As a Calculator.
      Just like How some Of those Motorola dynatech Phones from 1973, are Still functional, So they Aren't obsolete.
      There are Calculators that Are easier To use, Which are Cheaper, and Have more Functionality, and Overall, are Better in Everyway.

    • @kiraangle2823
      @kiraangle2823 Год назад +156

      @@dskdev how can a phone be outdated, calling is calling.
      You really gotta think some more man, my casio calculator had way more features and served me way better because of it

    • @dskdev
      @dskdev Год назад +3

      @@kiraangle2823 true

    • @metaparalysis3441
      @metaparalysis3441 Год назад +1

      @@kiraangle2823 this is the dynatec, landline is better, the motorola dyna-tec is a brick, which breaks if you overcharge it. It has 20 min usetime before draining.

  • @absolutefoot4594
    @absolutefoot4594 10 месяцев назад +416

    AP language exams are entirely different beasts.
    As a junior, I took AP German and failed. I still had senior year left, and I was convinced that with another year of studying that I could pass it the second time, especially with the claim that it would be "easier." I fail it again, go figure.
    Unless one has a spectacular background in the language, many have to guess through almost the entirety of the multiple choice because of how unfairly advanced the vocabulary is.
    When the native German - speaking teachers find the exam incredibly difficult you know there's something wrong.

    • @Chris-xh4mu
      @Chris-xh4mu 10 месяцев назад +1

      It's not meant to be easy. It has a decently high pass rate anyway.

    • @Himeko-astral
      @Himeko-astral 10 месяцев назад +90

      @@Chris-xh4muThat because most people that take the class are Native speakers.

    • @Highest-Ground
      @Highest-Ground 7 месяцев назад +9

      ​@@Chris-xh4mu It also isn't meant to be impossible - 5/5 on my one and only AP exam so far (more on the way)

    • @notahandleXD
      @notahandleXD 6 месяцев назад +2

      I'm getting my ass beaten by ap french with a 5 in ap phys 1 and calc bc 0 studying for either
      ap languages are horror

    • @malegria9641
      @malegria9641 Месяц назад

      I’m in ap German rn and my test is soon 😶 should I be scared

  • @michaelhan2980
    @michaelhan2980 4 года назад +14280

    Damn I knew CB was a scam but I had no idea that the SAT was based on some eugenics crap lmfao

    • @GregCalleja
      @GregCalleja 4 года назад +66

      @@pokemonmaster0079 what about our oriental bros??? They are truly the superior race

    • @trash_can_1871
      @trash_can_1871 4 года назад +762

      @@GregCalleja Nobody is superior

    • @slym3z949
      @slym3z949 4 года назад +672

      @@pokemonmaster0079 Bingo, I did very well on the PSAT's and even better on my SAT while a white friend of mine got a lower score and lived in an impoverished neighborhood since childhood. I was raised in area that was gentrified to high heaven and went to a charter school that rich kids attended. But she is very smart as well. It has nothing to do with intelligence and more so with getting the proper education very early in life.

    • @leonhardeuler6811
      @leonhardeuler6811 4 года назад +40

      @@GregCalleja lol half of China is a third world country. Do some research before you talk bud.

    • @GregCalleja
      @GregCalleja 4 года назад +16

      @@leonhardeuler6811 STFU, VIETNAM NUMBER 1

  • @lydiasullivan6717
    @lydiasullivan6717 4 года назад +15204

    Alt moral: if you regret anything in your Twitter feed and wish it would no longer be associated with you, criticize the college board and they’ll delete all your mistakes for you

    • @sab5686
      @sab5686 4 года назад +642

      damn THATS SMART

    • @tiff399
      @tiff399 3 года назад +344

      shane dawson could’ve used this

    • @zareffarhaan6106
      @zareffarhaan6106 3 года назад +397

      How to avoid getting canceled 101

    • @marseatheadrest
      @marseatheadrest 3 года назад +39

      LMFAO

    • @creeperizak8971
      @creeperizak8971 3 года назад +66

      I don't use twitter so I don't need to worry about that.

  • @spicywaffle_
    @spicywaffle_ Год назад +518

    remember kids, when you make a college board account to sign up for the SAT make a new email, I get about 10 emails a day from different colleges

    • @kiwi_bird
      @kiwi_bird Год назад +64

      God do I wish I have done that, that shit is annoying as hell

    • @spicywaffle_
      @spicywaffle_ Год назад +19

      @@kiwi_bird I unfortunately didn't, I can probably change my email linked to college board but the damage is done :(

    • @Pantology_Enthusiast
      @Pantology_Enthusiast Год назад +51

      15 years ago. I still get the emails...

    • @popsicIes
      @popsicIes Год назад +2

      @@Pantology_Enthusiast Wait, actually?

    • @flameblade3
      @flameblade3 11 месяцев назад +6

      I just used my high school email, when it eventually got automatically trashed I stopped dealing with anything college board

  • @Ashlevon
    @Ashlevon Год назад +556

    Current SAT isn't just historically based on racism, made to segregate whites from others. It still has that effect today, and also segregates the rich from the poor, and the powerful from the weak. Even if you do poorly on this crap "test", if you have good credentials and a family full of important people that hold power and influence, you can still get into universities.
    The fact that this test that costs nearly 100 dollars per attempt, is done on Saturdays (you SOL if you don't have access to a car), and is graded on a curve, is what decides your fate... it's utterly laughable. It's no different than rolling dice - you can roll the dice in specific ways to try to get the score you want, but you're still at the whims of luck.

    • @Janon743
      @Janon743 Год назад +47

      To me, the SAT, college admissions, grades and schooling is more classist than it is racist

    • @redline841
      @redline841 7 месяцев назад

      Hmmm then why do Jews and Asians do so well on these white tests?

    • @redline841
      @redline841 7 месяцев назад +3

      @@Janon743
      It feels like that, but really its based on group motivation now. Everything has been done to try and bridge the gap and level things out, but strange patterns keep happening no matter what

    • @edwardcumpstey9061
      @edwardcumpstey9061 4 месяца назад +1

      It's not racist, you tard.

    • @jinolin9062
      @jinolin9062 3 месяца назад +1

      @@redline841yeah, like that poor people do poorly one a test that costs money, is on a Saturday, and able to be tutored for?

  • @iangreer4585
    @iangreer4585 4 года назад +11428

    I found this elsewhere, but it holds relevance. "I'd rather write a DBQ on why College Board sucks."

    • @lizageorge8923
      @lizageorge8923 4 года назад +623

      Our tear-stained pillowcases will be the documents.

    • @iangreer4585
      @iangreer4585 4 года назад +334

      @@lizageorge8923 That seems more like an outside source to me, but okay!

    • @hmmtea7438
      @hmmtea7438 4 года назад +3

      Go ahead then

    • @lizageorge8923
      @lizageorge8923 4 года назад +177

      @@iangreer4585 but we're primary evidence on the debate of the suckiness of college board - why wouldn't we be in the documents?

    • @iangreer4585
      @iangreer4585 4 года назад +38

      @@lizageorge8923 Good point.

  • @sentientmarshmallow4644
    @sentientmarshmallow4644 4 года назад +8872

    In the words of my AP European history teacher, “collegeboard is the Antichrist”
    Edit: Mr Hagney! You’re famous!!

    • @ansleyb481
      @ansleyb481 4 года назад +97

      +1

    • @deamonheart1858
      @deamonheart1858 2 года назад +158

      Respect for your teacher 👏 🙏🙌

    • @Immadeus
      @Immadeus Год назад +111

      Your teacher is a real one

    • @eeee43567
      @eeee43567 Год назад +263

      In my APUSH class, while we were reading the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God", my teacher told us to replace all instances where it says "God" with "CollegeBoard"

    • @wilyriley_
      @wilyriley_ Год назад +81

      @@eeee43567 it does check out, though - they're both all-seeing, all-knowing, and if you do one thing even remotely wrong they will both massively screw up your life.

  • @thevoidofsublimity6131
    @thevoidofsublimity6131 Год назад +920

    I remember when my AP World History teacher went on a 15 minute rant on how CollegBoard doesn't recognize latine as an actual racial/ethnic group, and that in order to select hispanic/latine, you were forced to select caucasian first, because apparently latine people aren't important enough to be recognized in the educational system.

    • @pursuitofknowledge6119
      @pursuitofknowledge6119 Год назад +16

      Lol you’re not important to the system, only rich people are important.

    • @ey8648
      @ey8648 Год назад +58

      Why should race even matter?

    • @headphonesaxolotl
      @headphonesaxolotl Год назад +70

      @@ey8648 It shouldn't but generally black/hispanic get priority (Someone I know is white but has enough Hispanic anscestry to count, so he does)

    • @ey8648
      @ey8648 Год назад +1

      @@headphonesaxolotl Exactly my point, affirmative action sends a very poor message. It essentially states that Asians are too smart and successful, while blacks and hispanics are too stupid and require an unmerited leg up in admissions. Of course this is untrue, but this is exactly the message affirmative action sends, and this racist policy punishes hardworking kids and helps lazier ones.
      Thankfully, the really hardworking kids will make the best of their education and succeed no matter what college they attend.

    • @lucysmith4242
      @lucysmith4242 Год назад +38

      Latin isn't a race it's an ethnicity. You got black and white latin people

  • @nicholasmartin1558
    @nicholasmartin1558 9 месяцев назад +150

    I was kicked out of an SAT because my phone went off before the exam even began. It was ultimately my fault for not being 100% sure it was turned off, but not only did they boot me with no chance of even a refund, but they threatened to cancel everyone else's exam too. Some crazy rules they got going on.

  • @abhiramchekuri1875
    @abhiramchekuri1875 4 года назад +1664

    All my homies hate college board

  • @blankface_
    @blankface_ 3 года назад +10163

    Hey Jeff, as someone who does SAT tutoring (RUclips doesn't pay bills), I co-sign a lot of what you said. HOWEVER, there is a lot to add to this discussion. The lobbying that College Board does to stay in power and keep students dependent on it for college admissions is MASSIVE, and this video only scratches the surface of the racist/classist history. I think there is potential for a much deeper story to tell here that I hope to expose one day soon.

    • @braxaculee
      @braxaculee 3 года назад +195

      I’d watch that video tbh

    • @ImpossibleOrange
      @ImpossibleOrange Год назад +337

      They did stay true to their roots , they still favor students from affluent families, ones that can afford private tutors. So in a way it's not just their history, they still do that in an indirect way today

    • @3kojimbles895
      @3kojimbles895 Год назад +38

      isn't wealth generally an indicator of parental involvement and therefore test scores?

    • @redline841
      @redline841 Год назад +23

      I want to back you, but the moment I read "racist/classist" I got pushed away. Those words have been warped and twisted that I can't trust them anymore.

    • @strayorion2031
      @strayorion2031 Год назад

      @@redline841 the test was literally creates to demostrate that white students were better than black students,if they make you uncomfortable it must be because you feel called out

  • @theduckeymomo9979
    @theduckeymomo9979 Год назад +209

    In the words of my art teacher last spring, “hire a 9 year old taking coding classes from a high school senior and have them code the next college board website. Nothing anyone can code could be worse than what college board calls a ‘website’”

    • @janus2638
      @janus2638 7 месяцев назад

      on GOD though... besides being a bad company their website is shit

    • @eltrick__
      @eltrick__ 9 дней назад

      This would be infinitely funnier if said art teacher also had a fair background in web development lol

  • @fayjoada
    @fayjoada 11 месяцев назад +171

    I have a disability, and it was such a struggle to get basic accomodations, and when my AP test rolled around, they got stripped away by my school and cb claimed I had never asked. Fuck collegeboard.

  • @leoscar999
    @leoscar999 4 года назад +2054

    The EA of education

    • @thenamesleon3723
      @thenamesleon3723 4 года назад +65

      The Bethesda of online learning

    • @c.glass818
      @c.glass818 4 года назад +122

      At least EA is honest about being in it for money and doesn’t claim to be a nonprofit

    • @fishecake2794
      @fishecake2794 4 года назад +17

      pay 2,000,000 dollars to enjoy having a small chance of a mediocre, boring, job and having a 99% chance that you're gonna work the same job as your high school friends

    • @amadodiallo3167
      @amadodiallo3167 3 года назад +3

      [Comment Reply]
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    • @ttaute
      @ttaute 3 года назад +2

      @@amadodiallo3167 Thanks for for promoting Rick Astley...

  • @secretasianman7622
    @secretasianman7622 4 года назад +2576

    Moral of the story: Twitter is trash and collegeboard needs competition

    • @AshnSilvercorp
      @AshnSilvercorp 4 года назад +93

      Twitter isn't trash.
      It's a cesspool.

    • @xavis7617
      @xavis7617 4 года назад +96

      They don't need competition.
      They need erased.

    • @arf101088
      @arf101088 3 года назад +35

      lol twitter being trash implies that it was once useful before it was thrown away

    • @thisismyname5657
      @thisismyname5657 3 года назад +54

      I mean, there's the ACT. But the problem isn't only the company. It's the way our education system as a whole is managed. It's not here to educate and raise well-adjusted children, it's to create an army of sheep to generate wealth for the elites.

    • @arf101088
      @arf101088 3 года назад

      @raffle baffle humor

  • @edra2005
    @edra2005 Год назад +126

    I wish my high school counselors would tell us about what other options we had after high school instead of brainwashing everyone to take tests and apply to colleges

    • @Torika2724
      @Torika2724 6 месяцев назад +8

      My “college prep” school always goes on and on about how “we’re here to give you options” but I know that’s BS. Everything they say is BS.

  • @Zaroni_
    @Zaroni_ Год назад +89

    I know this is a little late, but as a private company, them asking for things like, phone number, social security number, and age/DOB is predatory because they can send that out to people if they want; If they are hacked you are now completely known to the world and beyond, and in some schools they require you to make a account with collegeboard.

  • @nathanskeen5865
    @nathanskeen5865 4 года назад +4630

    *trying to remember the Pythagorean theorem* Test Procter: Itsa me, Mario!

    • @MC_Busta
      @MC_Busta 4 года назад +100

      Yeah I feel so bad for all the people who had a bad wifi connection or a bad computer or both that made it a lot harder to submit the test I was just lucky I had a good internet connection and laptop.

    • @jimothy2361
      @jimothy2361 4 года назад +139

      To be fair, if you need to *try* in order to remember the Pythagorean theorem, you likely weren’t going to do well on the test anyway.

    • @theblinkingbrownie4654
      @theblinkingbrownie4654 4 года назад +78

      @@jimothy2361 Not everyone uses the Pythagorean theorem on a daily basis, the last time you studied it it might have been years ago
      Edit: I retract my original statement, it took 2 years before I realized that the context was a test. Yeah, if you care about doing well on the test then you should certainly know the theorem.

    • @JonDoe-wk9qc
      @JonDoe-wk9qc 4 года назад +10

      @@MC_Busta verizon dsl is the only option here. >.3mbps down, "0.00" mbps up, 1400+ ping, 60+% packet loss. but i live in a "busy" area, apparently. (under 1000 people per square mile.) submissions took several minutes and i never got answers through on one test. (before the email option.) fuck my life.

    • @bendowling522
      @bendowling522 4 года назад +28

      A^2+B^2=C^2

  • @syedmwahid6046
    @syedmwahid6046 4 года назад +2603

    They're gonna botch ur SAT scores for UChicago 😂

    • @storytimewithjeff
      @storytimewithjeff  4 года назад +370

      Good thing it’s test optional

    • @cyclone5354
      @cyclone5354 4 года назад +8

      Did you get in to uchicago? Bro, what's up

    • @ubik_3786
      @ubik_3786 4 года назад +21

      uchicago economists ruined American society

    • @mr.ogrelord9311
      @mr.ogrelord9311 4 года назад +54

      @@paolaparkeuu Test optional doesn't mean that they don't care about what you got. It just means you can apply without taking it. Obviously they're more likely to accept someone who got a good score on the ACT.

    • @diondredunigan2583
      @diondredunigan2583 4 года назад +48

      @@alexxie5649 Bruh I'm from chicago and don't know if I'll get into UChicago. Their stats are fucking. insane for the average student. 4.5 GPA??? 35 on the ACT and 1580 on SAT??? Like what in. the actual fuck.

  • @mikeock9525
    @mikeock9525 Год назад +111

    I agree that college board is a SHIT COMPANY and EXPLOITS TEENS. It is absolutely ridiculous that last year I had to pay $300 for 3 tests 7+ months before the test date so that when I realized I wasn't equipped for one of them and backed it was far too late for a refund. And also just to pay this amount for something you aren't even guaranteed to pass.
    HOWEVER! It is built into the system so hard that people cannot just stop giving them money. I realized this once I got to college. To summarize for highschoolers or younger, each class is worth 3 credits. Taking and passing an AP test can remove one class or more! The credits required for graduation at my college is 130, but for special majors like mine, it is 145. This means I would have to take about 6-7 classes a semester (or some during the summer) to graduate in 4 years which is A LOT. Since I took these horrible AP tests, I already had 15 credits going into college which means I do not have to take that many. Additionally these AP classes I took mostly knocked out GE's, or General Education classes. These are required classes not pertaining to your major. This means I can take more classes required for my major early on. For example I do not have to take an English class because of AP Lang + AP Lit and I only have to take one math class instead of two because of AP Calc. I honestly wish I took more AP classes.
    In summary,
    if you are planning to go to a 4-year university right after highschool instead of Community College, take as many AP classes you can handle. Apply for fee waivers or I forgot the specific name but if you qualify then AP tests will only be $10 each. I never bought a AP prep book my entire life and passed every test I took; you can also find old AP tests online for free.
    Sorry for long rant and extra sorry if it is confusing, I still hate college board and english is not my first language. I just wanted to share some tips.

    • @RedPintura
      @RedPintura 7 месяцев назад

      Thank you for those tips I’m currently in high school and I found this piece of information very useful

    • @Medieva1
      @Medieva1 6 месяцев назад +2

      I second this, though a year late I would like to further add that even if you are planning on attending community college, still consider taking the ap tests. Especially if you are like me and will be pursuing a high unit major like computer engineering or really any type of stem/med major. Being able to skip general ed classes and prerequisites allows you to get through your education quicker which is especially important if you have grants that will pay for your education for only so long.

  • @r.a.g.3428
    @r.a.g.3428 Год назад +128

    Deadass needed to do the SAT to pass highschool. It’s a requirement in our district 💀

    • @r.a.g.3428
      @r.a.g.3428 Год назад +21

      Didn’t even have to perform well, just had to do it in order to pass

    • @elisarich7107
      @elisarich7107 11 месяцев назад +5

      Did you have to pay?

    • @r.a.g.3428
      @r.a.g.3428 11 месяцев назад +6

      @@elisarich7107 yep

    • @destroyer4929
      @destroyer4929 6 месяцев назад

      @@r.a.g.3428ah so essentially "pay this Monopoly money to pass high school"

    • @its_lemon_19
      @its_lemon_19 8 дней назад +1

      @@r.a.g.3428So much for "public" school

  • @osvaldocuriel3229
    @osvaldocuriel3229 4 года назад +4344

    I take AP tests for free cause my school covered half the cost for all students taking an AP test, and then covered the rest for any students who qualified for free or reduced pay lunch (i.e. the poor kids). I think I still have to pay for the SAT though, but still, that's a heck of a lot of college credit for free. Obviously this doesn't legitimize what College Board does, they still deserve to be shut down for their business practices.

    • @storytimewithjeff
      @storytimewithjeff  4 года назад +996

      ^ when coupled with an effective support program like the one you mentioned, the AP tests do become wonderful opportunities for students to get ahead. Its just that when they’re by themselves they’re a travesty

    • @fluffypocky
      @fluffypocky 4 года назад +70

      Ask your counselor for an SAT waiver. Collegeboard gives waivers through counselors.

    • @modernrapunzel4154
      @modernrapunzel4154 4 года назад +50

      Those with free/reduced lunch in my school has to pay $5. Then there are people who pay $95 for each AP exam. It sucks for me because I had to pay full price for three AP exams this year.

    • @Eagereagle536
      @Eagereagle536 4 года назад +32

      In my old school if you had a B average you're test fee would be waived for APs. If you didn't, then you would have to pay but you would be reimbursed if you got at least a 3 on the test.

    • @snifkin3802
      @snifkin3802 4 года назад +4

      all the high school students in my district get free ap testing.

  • @Abdullah34610
    @Abdullah34610 3 года назад +313

    Friend of mine's second attempt at the SAT was rejected because his score improved too much. They think he cheated somehow. He never found out what his score was.

    • @doodlesyoru2108
      @doodlesyoru2108 Год назад +63

      Is that even allowed?
      Like, you can't just deny a test because you "suspect" that the test was cheated, with no evidence of it!

    • @cakecheese2895
      @cakecheese2895 11 месяцев назад +32

      ​@@doodlesyoru2108it is allowed. Remember, College board is making the rules here 🙃

    • @JediDani1655
      @JediDani1655 10 месяцев назад +15

      @@doodlesyoru2108just happened to me mate

  • @popycorn3005
    @popycorn3005 7 месяцев назад +21

    me and my friends had a mc server where we had craftable spawn eggs, and every time was spawned a warden we would name it college board executive

  • @josalin8706
    @josalin8706 Год назад +105

    This year I was informed that they had lost my AP Psychology multiple choice portion from last year. I've been given the option of retaking it or just canceling it all. The anger I felt while reading that letter lol.

    • @RedPintura
      @RedPintura 7 месяцев назад +10

      Reading this comment it and others along it seems that you are not the only one the college board has “lost” their tests, makes me skeptical that perhaps they are purposefully terminating it and in other comments I’ve found that they accuse people of cheating when getting high-scores without there being evidence of them doing so

  • @sethobeng5989
    @sethobeng5989 4 года назад +5696

    I highly agree. 🤣🤣. For example this year's APs were a disaster

    • @alesv4036
      @alesv4036 4 года назад +345

      I had a breakdown when I took my test when it crashed . Cried for 4hrs STRAIGHT < that’s what the system does to people it fucks u up

    • @ariwang8613
      @ariwang8613 4 года назад +315

      Besides how buggy it was, the price was insane. Usually, you're paying more than $100 to take a good test, but this time it was just ONE question.
      It's clear that CollegeBoard only cares about money

    • @kidnamedfinger6323
      @kidnamedfinger6323 4 года назад +83

      Did you take the AP world exam? That was a wild ride

    • @harperburgess9769
      @harperburgess9769 4 года назад +57

      +Ale's Vlogs Of Fun yet college board has the audacity to blame you for that. No, that’s their fault for creating this disastrous system.

    • @harperburgess9769
      @harperburgess9769 4 года назад +8

      +Keanu Chungus How was it?

  • @lunasmith9367
    @lunasmith9367 4 года назад +1523

    I’m so angry education is literally the life blood of a functioning system that relies on voting but it’s always treated as an afterthought

    • @cypherial
      @cypherial 4 года назад +190

      That's because corruption despises an educated populace.

    • @austejawiyus9301
      @austejawiyus9301 3 года назад +3

      ¡ 𝑎 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑟𝑏 𝑎𝑐𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑦 ! 𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑠𝑛🌈𝑡 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡🌈 𝑖𝑡🌈𝑠 𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑝 。

    • @kovici7226
      @kovici7226 7 месяцев назад +11

      because no one wants anyone to think for themselves, you’re meant to look to the elites for opinions they’ll shepherd you toward.

    • @zawash
      @zawash 7 месяцев назад +6

      @@kovici7226 makes me want to start my own form of education

    • @navijha122
      @navijha122 7 месяцев назад

      @@cypherial the corrupt are who design the education system in the first place. The modern public education system was founded by the Rockefellers to create obedient factory workers. They don't want us to be actually educated or intelligent, they want us smart enough to be their wage slaves and do their dirty work but not too smart so that the majority of people will figure them out.

  • @sandcrab3188
    @sandcrab3188 11 месяцев назад +34

    I’m supposed to get four AP scores from this year ten days from now,, and the STRESS i am feeling while reading all the stories in these comments. literal cold sweat 😰

  • @Racc00nR1ck
    @Racc00nR1ck 9 месяцев назад +22

    It’s refreshing to hear, students and teachers alike, despise Collegeboard. Because ALL throughout my high school, taking AP classes and getting 4/5 on an exam was treated like a mark of superior intellect. If you’re a high school student, you need to hear this: your scores don’t tell you anything about your potential.

  • @shelbyteague7928
    @shelbyteague7928 4 года назад +3111

    This year was a bit of a mess, but I’m kinda glad that college board is finally getting called out like this, with the law suit and such (to clarify, still not happy about the submission problems)

    • @cwmd7651
      @cwmd7651 4 года назад +45

      oooh what's the lawsuit about?

    • @kerri6011
      @kerri6011 4 года назад +17

      @@cwmd7651
      First one www.classaction.org/blog/glitches-anxiety-panic-the-college-board-hit-with-class-action-over-problem-riddled-at-home-ap-exams
      Second One
      www.classaction.org/blog/class-action-claims-college-board-sells-student-data-collected-during-standardized-tests

  • @prishabatra3413
    @prishabatra3413 4 года назад +920

    when you studied all year for your stats exam, but it doesn't even let you turn in your answers during the 45 minute exam with two questions that's supposed to test your knowledge for the whole year :)

    • @storytimewithjeff
      @storytimewithjeff  4 года назад +147

      Smh I’m so sorry you had to sit through that - hopefully this kind of stuff doesn’t happen again

    • @orencohen8501
      @orencohen8501 4 года назад +39

      I almost had that same experience. I was among the first to experience hell this year. I took AP Physics C Mechanics and AP Physics C Electricity and Magnetism.
      Regardless of the fact that question 2 on both exams was more bullshit than bullshit ever was, I missed the submission deadlines for mechanics question 1. I don't know if they will accept the blood sweat and tears I put into that work, as I submitted it with question 2. The worst part of it all is that we have to wait until mid July to see if we are 'smart enough' to earn college credits.

    • @selkrasouza6262
      @selkrasouza6262 4 года назад +10

      I’m already in college so this didn’t effect me. I’m still trying to wrap my head around how this test only had one or two questions. How does that work?

    • @orencohen8501
      @orencohen8501 4 года назад +25

      @@selkrasouza6262 it doesn't work

    • @astrowiz3544
      @astrowiz3544 4 года назад +32

      @@selkrasouza6262 2 FRQ questions, 30 minutes to complete the first one, 20 to complete the second one. The FRQs have multiple parts, and you submit them all together on a word document when you have 5 minutes remaining. It's not enough time, it's not enough material to test you on a year's worth of content. It's a joke, really.

  • @IDoThings490
    @IDoThings490 7 месяцев назад +20

    It’s ridiculous to me the entire college admissions process, instead of being a series of academic challenges to measure your skills, is literally just a shameless row of paywalls locking your from your future potential. Students shouldn’t have to put more thought into how they’re gonna pay than how they’re actually going to do well in their education

  • @LaoziPoet
    @LaoziPoet 11 месяцев назад +47

    The more you look into ANY company making a decent amount of money you start to see that cartoons actually portray evil people quite accurately.

  • @gamingbutnotreally6077
    @gamingbutnotreally6077 4 года назад +1183

    Straight Facts, I really hate how Collegeboard owns this monopoly over education, basically do or die because unfortunately (other than IB and maybe dual enrollment) you can't really be competitive with no AP Classes. Only positive side is that it does save you money in college but there are many many of these exams that don't even count for college credit.

    • @Lily-wd7dz
      @Lily-wd7dz 4 года назад +83

      You honestly need none of that. You don't even need to get into a ridiculously good college. In fact, going into a hyper competitive college will actually degrade your confidence because you are constantly surrounded by basically the 1% highest scoring students, and you will compare yourself to your peers. It's more beneficial to go to a good college that has a reasonable acceptance rate, as you will still get a very similar education without the pain.

    • @user-nl9ll1bj9i
      @user-nl9ll1bj9i 4 года назад +8

      I don’t think there is any other country that privatized college admissions.

    • @doriannamjesnik3007
      @doriannamjesnik3007 3 года назад +20

      Yes, education shouldn't be a monopoly and shouldn't at all costs be a sector exploited by various companies.

    • @masonmunkey6136
      @masonmunkey6136 3 года назад +6

      Some states have early college high schools which also can help a lot.

    • @ellainsky908
      @ellainsky908 3 года назад +16

      Dual enrollment is literally 1000% better. I did AP Freshman and Sophomore year and it was MISERABLE. Awful. I’m sure you all know. Junior and Senior year I moved to dual enrollment. Best change ever. Yeah, it’s more expensive depending on your state but definitely worth it compared to AP

  • @billiamafton6528
    @billiamafton6528 4 года назад +492

    "makes money exclusively off of exploiting mislead children..." is he talking about Collegeboard or Jake Paul?

  • @pkcell
    @pkcell Год назад +81

    My school district actually paid all AP test fees under condition that you actually attended the test. Found out the reason for this was one of the teachers saying her kids weren’t taking any of the tests because she couldn’t afford to pay for them. Still got the insane 2022 Calc AB moving line though. How anyone thought that question was doable is beyond me.

  • @PavelisLord
    @PavelisLord Год назад +36

    Great job! I'm an AP instructor myself and from a teaching perspective, AP programs offer great flexibility for instruction and something different from regular stream classrooms (teachers have full control over the curriculum). Problem is most teachers just teach to the exam (which is NOT the class) and really believe the narrative that AP scores will help admissions (which they do, but nowhere near as much as GPA and school involvement). In the end, remember that community college is a great option kids! Even for the smart kiddoes!

    • @tissuepaper9962
      @tissuepaper9962 3 месяца назад +2

      Also remember that college isn't the only path to a comfortable life of success. Don't just go to college because that's what your teachers and parents expect of you, that's how you end up with a degree you'll never use and hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt that you'll never repay. If you aren't interested in becoming a lawyer, doctor, engineer, or academic, you should consider just starting your adult life instead of spending four more years in school. I graduated university and enjoyed it, but if I hadn't wanted to be an engineer (still not even sure that's what I really want) I would have gone to trade school.

  • @traine4126
    @traine4126 4 года назад +223

    Funny thing is, a lot of colleges ignore your AP classes and dont give a shit that you took them. To them the fact you didnt pay them the money is enough to make you take the class again.

    • @camrenmugabe3062
      @camrenmugabe3062 10 месяцев назад +2

      🤦🏾

    • @sonofben3322
      @sonofben3322 8 месяцев назад +23

      most colleges have a list of minimum scores that they'd accept for each ap class. taking an ap class alone means nothing, you actually need to do well on the exam

    • @Michelle-zk8kv
      @Michelle-zk8kv 7 месяцев назад

      @@sonofben3322 yep, I got english and science credits for taking ap lit, lang, and environmental science and scoring well on all 3. I liked taking ap classes for the gpa boost since our grades were multiplied by 1.1 as well. But my school mandated that we take the ap tests if we took the classes, which was braindead considering there was no way I would pass ap euro enough to get any credit for it with my awful teacher, so it was just a waste of money.

  • @budja1501
    @budja1501 4 года назад +197

    Brother, the whole entire american education system is seriously, SERIOUSLY flawed

    • @Tortilla_Pizzeria_Pixels
      @Tortilla_Pizzeria_Pixels Год назад +27

      It ain’t flawed, it’s just straight out broken. The whole thing needs a total reform.

    • @budja1501
      @budja1501 Год назад +4

      @@Tortilla_Pizzeria_Pixels you’re exactly right

  • @SkylordNuclear
    @SkylordNuclear 7 месяцев назад +7

    When I had to take the ACT I got tutoring for it prior. The FIRST thing they told me is that the test isn’t about intelligence, it’s about seeing how well you can figure out how they’re trying to trick you. Needless to say they taught me how to properly see the tricks in the questions, and I got a pretty decent score in the end.

  • @rosykindbunny1313
    @rosykindbunny1313 7 месяцев назад +12

    PSATS, SATS, and AP exams are also hell for kids like me who have similar experiences with ADHD. If we finish early, they just force us to sit there for so long without doing anything, staring at the wall and trying not to lose our minds. Seriously, at least let me read or something! I'm not hiding any notes or answers, I promise! I just need stimulation!

    • @jeffli071
      @jeffli071 Месяц назад

      When lil bro never learned pacing for testing and now is having minor breakdowns during the test

    • @rosykindbunny1313
      @rosykindbunny1313 Месяц назад +4

      @@jeffli071 Have you ever realized that people go at different paces? I do pace myself, but my pace is evidently faster than yours.

    • @jeffli071
      @jeffli071 Месяц назад

      @@rosykindbunny1313 yeah that's why you change your pace. its not a good thing that you could finish the English section 30 minutes early. its like criticizing the college admission system to take only the highest GPA students, when you slacked there. Because again, "some people aren't as work driven"

    • @jeffli071
      @jeffli071 Месяц назад

      @@rosykindbunny1313 Little bro are you changing your response to make me sound redundant? I have diagnosed ADHD and had to learn pacing over 3 months, you yapping about having speed problems is no one's issue but yours.

    • @rosykindbunny1313
      @rosykindbunny1313 Месяц назад +1

      @jeffli071 Who said I finished 30 minutes early? It's tough for us even with 10 minutes left. And what does GPA and college admissions have to do with this? Do you assume because I'm a quicker test-taker that I do badly on tests?

  • @sagebauland4276
    @sagebauland4276 4 года назад +951

    This year my online AP music theory test was a disaster
    Beyond the changed structure which ruined most of the important parts, such as the sight singing, the instructions were so vague and confusing
    To top that when I entered the test there were things on there I’ve never seen before in any of the collegeboard practice tests or in my AP study book
    Then after submitting the audio recording and photo submission for the part writing and sight singing I get an email at one in the morning saying the code was corrupt and I would have to retake it
    Considering I used my school issued computer I thought it was probably something wrong with its audio recording, and spent a week messaging and talking to IT at my school and teachers
    Then I get another email saying that it was just a mistake on their part and they simply mislabeled a file I submitted
    I was going to have to retake it not because of something I did, but because they mislabeled a file

    • @storytimewithjeff
      @storytimewithjeff  4 года назад +213

      Smh how could they mess up your test and then blame you for it. Hoping your retake goes well!

    • @sagebauland4276
      @sagebauland4276 4 года назад +40

      Storytime With Jeff I don’t have to retake it anymore

    • @ShaheenRajith
      @ShaheenRajith 4 года назад +2

      Sage Bauland what happened?

    • @tonimarinkovic3234
      @tonimarinkovic3234 3 года назад +9

      Shaheen Rajith They found his file

    • @jackmoloney4720
      @jackmoloney4720 Год назад

      qa@

  • @eyesack2546
    @eyesack2546 4 года назад +510

    I failed every college board test I've taken and I'm making all As as a jr in college

    • @NightmareBlade10
      @NightmareBlade10 4 года назад +13

      So that just shows that you're lazy or lack discipline and that you don't care about putting any effort into things that don't interest you? I don't know why people think flunking is an accomplishment, or some super meaningful symbol of rebellion that will somehow spark a revolution or something. If I were your employer and I saw such inconsistency in your performance I would fire you instantly.

    • @eyesack2546
      @eyesack2546 4 года назад +171

      @@NightmareBlade10 I never said that it was an accomplishment. You've failed to understand my point. I failed my AP test because there was too much pressure on me when studying and taking the test. I had to work a job ever day in highschool, I needed that job so I could pay for the AP test because my family couldn't afford it. Having a job and AP classes is a very difficult thing to do. Its hard to stay up and finish homework every night again and again. I studied my ass off for those test, I even passed the AP classes with high averages. The point of my comment was to inform people that even if you do fail the AP test or it doesnt work out, they will be fine. A test does not determine how great you'll do. I'm excelling in college because I am not lazy and I am disciplined as all people are who take rigorous courses. You are so high on your horse that my point flew past you and you misunderstood. Because you are so full of yourself, I think I'd be the one firing you and I'd be the one you would follow in a revolution now that I think about it. So before you judge me any further I want you to take a look at yourself and think about what influenced you to think so low of me when it is actually yourself who is the smaller person.

    • @NightmareBlade10
      @NightmareBlade10 4 года назад +4

      @@eyesack2546 Alright, so you're saying that it was too hard for you to put any amount of effort into studying so you decided to quit and waste your money. And you say you've done this multiple times for multiple exams? Sounds like cowardice to me. You put in the hours necessary to get enough money to pay for those tests all by yourself and in the end you threw it all away like a dumbass because you couldn't be bothered to pull through the final stretch. That just shows how naive and ignorant you are. "Oh studying is too hard, so let me squander all of my blood, sweat, and tears because it would be easier for me" Stop setting a bad example for others by encouraging others to give up, intentionally wasting opportunities given to them just because *you* felt it was too much of a pain to keep it up.

    • @eyesack2546
      @eyesack2546 4 года назад +94

      @@NightmareBlade10 Have you taken an AP test before? Those test are difficult. I assure you that I took alot of time to study for those tests. And cowardice? You clearly cannot think for yourself so I'll do it for you. I took all those test, I worked to take those test, and I put myself through it to finish the test and the classes while people around me quit. I'm not afraid to say that I failed them because I know I did everything I could. Just like these kids are doing. You don't know my life. You'll never know my struggles. Just like how you don't understand or know the struggles that these students are going through. You are so disrespectful. These AP test are done though. My message is to people who are worrying about their grades when they shouldn't. My point expresses that collegeboard does not determine how well you do in college. I'm not saying that these people still should not try their hardest. Im saying they shouldn't be so hard on theirselves when college board is so terrible. Did I lay it all out for you? I think I did.

    • @eyesack2546
      @eyesack2546 4 года назад +168

      @@NightmareBlade10 I've ran out of time to entertain this further. Goodluck to you and all your future endeavors. Have fun with your RUclips stuff.

  • @huntclanhunt9697
    @huntclanhunt9697 Год назад +188

    College (especially in the US) is the educational equivalent of a nuclear waste dump. You could genuinely get a better education in probably 90% of things by just watching RUclips, and without going into debt for your whole life.

    • @Janon743
      @Janon743 Год назад

      College’s price tag sucks a lot, but this statement isn’t true for most fields in STEM, certain disciplines in things like Law, Finance etc that you really do need college education for
      Also, RUclips is run by a corrupt organization itself, with algorithms designed to put you down rabbit holes and consume meaningless content
      Bottom line is that there’s pros and cons with all these things

    • @connermckay4012
      @connermckay4012 7 месяцев назад +15

      I’m currently acing college simply because of how much time I spend on RUclips so I can definitely confirm. The education system is basically just there to convince you that being overworked and underpaid on an unrealistic schedule is normal so the mega corporations can do whatever they want and still have employees.

    • @snugget7601
      @snugget7601 7 месяцев назад +13

      RUclips is such a great resource for education on a ton of topics, and educational videos are often structured such that they're interesting to watch and not something that causes you to instantly dissociate like textbooks. It's often discredited because anyone can upload videos, but you just need to be careful and filter out channels that misinform.

  • @AdminDestroyer1
    @AdminDestroyer1 14 дней назад +5

    I got a college board ad on this video 💀

  • @xFirebird925x
    @xFirebird925x 3 года назад +209

    For anyone who's about to take these tests: don't stress yourself over these tests. As it is you still need to take the tests, but NEVER study for the sake of testing. Study for the sake of understanding. That's what will really help you both get into and get through college, and probably beyond as well.

    • @thegameowl11
      @thegameowl11 3 года назад +27

      I’m focusing on building the f*** out of my extracurricular experience and getting a good rep with teachers as opposed to testing.

  • @RealBenShapiro
    @RealBenShapiro 4 года назад +440

    My macroeconomic teacher in high school literally gave us the macroeconomic AP exams from previous years to help us better understand the questions and answer them correctly. He was a great teacher and extremely knowledgeable but i feel like even he knew the exams were a bu ch of bs and wanted us to pass.

    • @NightmareBlade10
      @NightmareBlade10 4 года назад +54

      ???
      Isn't that literally the best way to review content? Replicate the exact testing conditions for your exam while answering questions that could just as likely be on your exam? I don't see that as a tactic to just get you to pass the exam and learn nothing, those mock exams you took were good ways to practice what you know and simulate how you would do on an actual exam.

    • @oswaldrabbit1409
      @oswaldrabbit1409 Год назад +18

      That's basically the bare minimum of competency as a teacher. Are there teachers who don't force or at least seriously recommend(with extra credit or something) taking old tests?

    • @RealBenShapiro
      @RealBenShapiro Год назад +1

      @@oswaldrabbit1409 nope.

    • @carljohnson7168
      @carljohnson7168 Год назад +7

      That’s what my AP Euro teacher did, we had Saturday’s where we had mock Ap tests, MCQs and writing questions. Me and my friend attended all of them, we both managed to get a 5 this year on the test. Practice AP tests are very useful especially a month or two before the real Ap test when you know almost all the info but need more experience.

    • @helpercar
      @helpercar Год назад +2

      My AP Calc teacher used to call the AP tests "against passing"

  • @renawhitlock6752
    @renawhitlock6752 7 месяцев назад +7

    applying to colleges currently and WOW this made me suddenly not feel so regretful of never taking AP classes or SAT tests

    • @jeffli071
      @jeffli071 Месяц назад

      I mean if you're not competing for top 50 schools in the United States, you should have no need to, otherwise its quite important to have a high sat and plenty of ap classes

  • @Frank-vc3wi
    @Frank-vc3wi Год назад +12

    During my SAT test, the instructor farted and grunted super loud for the entire test. My focus was broken on multiple occasions and is likely one of the reasons why I had to take it a second time. Upon taking the test a second time the distractions were even worse as people in the next room were talking at a level close to yelling, and the door opened and slammed closed constantly with a rush of loud car engines flooding into the testing room. Even worse, the testing instructor didn't walk around to make sure we weren't cheating. If I wanted to, I could've cheated the whole way through. It's infuriating that I spend close to 20-40 hours a week for months to score high on this test, only to not be given the most basic testing environment.

  • @timothypickarski5234
    @timothypickarski5234 4 года назад +2383

    I hate collegeboard the same as the next guy, but how do I justify the nearly year of college credit it saved me from scoring well on APs?
    It’s almost like a necessary evil in some students’ lives

    • @storytimewithjeff
      @storytimewithjeff  4 года назад +916

      Thanks for reminding me - its important to remember that as bad as the company is, their services are still useful

    • @gavinmccraw4969
      @gavinmccraw4969 4 года назад +417

      Because they have completely monopolized the college prep exam. They have forced all of us to use ONLY college board to meet our needs. Do not get me started about the absurd amount of money the tests costs.

    • @abkonk
      @abkonk 4 года назад +19

      Timothy Pickarski never say that last sentence again

    • @shrihariiyer7933
      @shrihariiyer7933 4 года назад +82

      Timothy Pickarski well if college wasnt so unnecessarily expensive then we wouldnt need collegeboards bullshit in the first place

    • @hatorade1031
      @hatorade1031 4 года назад +65

      It’s useful when it works. I spent $85 for my response not to go through. Yes, it is my fault that I worked to the very last second and missed the submission time, but they said I could send it in an email and it would still be graded. There was no confirmation email like they said there would be. I’m too late to register for a make up. Two entire fucking paychecks down the drain.

  • @hugovazquez7533
    @hugovazquez7533 4 года назад +231

    In the 2019 college board AP English Language test, one of the essay prompts was to write about something you find "overrated". I wrote about AP exams and why they're overrated. Some points I made
    1) It isn't a accurate way to measure a student. Rather, its a dumb way. Ex. Take the 2017 AP Human Geo question that no one knew about. As a short answer question, it held a lot of weight to it, and it recorded over 75% of students getting a 0 on the question alone. If CB wasn't under so much fire for including the question, a lot of students would have gotten their 5s or 4s dropped down by a score. And in case you don't know, this can make a MASSIVE difference for the student
    2) If a student does well all year on a course that is meant to be way more challenging, they probably won't get rewarded anyway. I'll use myself as an example. Despite achieving a 4 in the AP gov test, most schools I applied to either only took a 5 or not at all. So a student looking to go to a higher end university is likely to not be rewarded for their hard work anyway. I passed all but my APUSH exams (4/5) and only will receive credit for one, AP stats (which UIUC takes at a 4) What was the point of me taking a test, let alone an entire course, if I pass the test only to get told that what I didn't ultimately doesn't matter or count, and my mental health was shattered while trying to juggle 3 AP and 2 Dual Credit classes.
    3) The system is pay to win. A student that comes from higher income households can get way more resources, likely go to a better school, and is more likely to have less stress over the class (per stats I won't bother to look up to find the source) So a student that is more likely to do well anyway is the one that needs to worry less

    • @luisishere987
      @luisishere987 3 года назад +5

      but what score did you get?

    • @hugovazquez7533
      @hugovazquez7533 3 года назад +1

      @@luisishere987 a 5

    • @hugovazquez7533
      @hugovazquez7533 3 года назад +22

      @@luisishere987 *4

    • @error_tryagain_4049
      @error_tryagain_4049 Год назад +21

      OH MY GOD, I can completely relate.
      I also wanna point out some of the disadvantages that can happen in the middle of the exams.
      I remember for my AP Chem exam literally just a few weeks ago, I was really ready for it. I had studied a lot for it, and while there were a few things I wasn't the strongest in (e.g. buffers), I felt pretty good about the exam.
      But guess what, just before the exam, I got a really bad headache, and thus could barely even think, since I just wanted to get the exam quickly over with.
      So yeah, there's also just stuff in the middle of exams that can happen that make it difficult to accurately gauge someone's capacity for the subject

  • @CrispyLink
    @CrispyLink Год назад +7

    While taking AP English in high school, one of the things we got to do was take a look at essays written in the past, and graded by the Collegeboard; we then had to grade them using the same rubric. During that session, I had graded 3 essays with the following scores: 1/6, 2/6, and 2/6.
    Afterwards we were given the scores which Collegeboard had given to the essays. The same essays that got a 1/6 and 2/6 were graded a 5/6 and 6/6 for the final exam.
    These essays were written with 0 brain cells, and yet they were the highest grades.

  • @magicalscrewup2496
    @magicalscrewup2496 7 месяцев назад +5

    As a person who spent 5 months emailing and calling simply to get my password reset. I agree

  • @Coolgiy67
    @Coolgiy67 4 года назад +212

    I also had a Twitter problem with college Board. Litterally 2 days before the ap calculus test I tweeted “@collegeboard please give us a freebie problem and make one of them a graph of a derivative where we answer stuff like what’s the relative min and max” and what do you know the first question on the ap calc test 2020 was that exact problem. A graph of a derivative where we answer stuff like what is the relative min. And after the test cause I thought it was funny that I tweeted that and they had it I went to go check my tweet and it was gone without a trace I was like wtf

    • @Coolgiy67
      @Coolgiy67 4 года назад +68

      It literally disappeared without any warning like I never even tweeted it

    • @storytimewithjeff
      @storytimewithjeff  4 года назад +97

      That is really strange what the heck

    • @Coolgiy67
      @Coolgiy67 4 года назад +5

      Storytime With Jeff omg I found my tweet I had to do a deep search for it twitter.com/luvis_pain/status/1259936261344763905?s=21 but yah I literally predicted question 1 a day before the exam

    • @zach1763
      @zach1763 Год назад +7

      @@Coolgiy67 Yeah that's cause you made a comment about what was on the test - which you aren't supposed to discuss in person or over online.

    • @Coolgiy67
      @Coolgiy67 Год назад +65

      @@zach1763 it was before the test

  • @vadimgrishchuk4234
    @vadimgrishchuk4234 4 года назад +172

    Next year I’m in AP Research, where you basically write one huge essay for the whole year. If I legitimately wrote an essay about the College Board, would that screw my chances of getting credit? I legitimately might do it.

    • @SupersuMC
      @SupersuMC 3 года назад +25

      Do it! :D

    • @thewonderlander1372
      @thewonderlander1372 2 года назад +7

      Probably too late to this but **do it**. Lol

    • @fanboypotion4412
      @fanboypotion4412 Год назад +5

      Did you do it?

    • @Arnalv
      @Arnalv Год назад +7

      Did you do it, what were the results

    • @roomba6071
      @roomba6071 Год назад +3

      I know this is 2 years old but there’s no reason to risk screwing up your credit just to make a point

  • @okman7504
    @okman7504 Год назад +19

    Honestly, I’m really glad that I am behind the curve compared to others as academically achieving as I am in the entire country. I can’t really take AP classes until junior year because of electives being filled with foreign language and required classes for graduation plus having to take honors or get good grades on regular classes to enroll in an AP class. Don’t pay the college board that much. Remember that AP classes aren’t going to be the sole deciding factor of getting into a university or not. A lot of kids take way too many hard AP classes in high school to get “ahead” and end up seeing minimal return from it (also being miserable). So if you haven’t taken any AP classes yet and you’re a sophomore, you don’t need to worry. Some colleges don’t even care about AP tests and make you take another emission exam, like in Jeff’s case.

    • @DavidSartor0
      @DavidSartor0 Год назад

      *admission
      Thank you for commenting.

    • @mrsillytacos
      @mrsillytacos 7 месяцев назад

      Yeah I hate foreign language and required classes that can't be college classed because 1. I'm barely learning anything 2. I'm jam-packed with people from about every grade from freshman to senior.

  • @heretichazel
    @heretichazel 3 года назад +13

    Don't forget that when you give them their email, you will never stop getting emails from random colleges from across the country

  • @jasonc.5484
    @jasonc.5484 3 года назад +63

    Got an A on an CollegeBoard AP test while the rest of my class got Bs or lower. Was happy until I asked around and I realized I had a completely different test than everyone else.

  • @randomweaboo8062
    @randomweaboo8062 4 года назад +80

    All Collegeboard ever did to me was give me Sleep Deprivation and made me cram study all of the material that was on the test.

    • @spacix4118
      @spacix4118 Год назад +2

      That's literally your fault lmao

    • @juuzou7381
      @juuzou7381 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@spacix4118they have a good point

  • @watsonwrote
    @watsonwrote Год назад +12

    Fun fact: I was accepted into a private college and two public universities and I never took any SAT, AP, ACT tests or anything like that. I didn't graduate from high school which allowed me to skip that garbage. I got my GED early and did a couple years of community college. With good grades from CC, I was able to get accepted into the schools I wanted without interacting with Collegeboard at all, thankfully.
    Kind of sad that the only viable way to avoid them is to leave high school at 16 or 17 lol.
    I do recommend jumping straight into community college as soon as possible though, because I got a much better education than I did at my high school and did more meaningful work there. The work study opportunities and social life alone were worth it, but the freedom to choose which classes and areas of study I wanted really seals it for me. If you're halfway decent at school you should be able to pass the GED test without studying. I barely attended high school past my sophomore year and passed my first try (granted this was a decade ago so maybe it's harder now.)

  • @h.c7310
    @h.c7310 3 года назад +61

    Just an add, here in brazil we have an "SAT brother" called ENEM, runned by the government, and honestly? Although it isn't fair, as these types of test will ever be, this one ir really good
    It has an amazing security system, organization, a good amount of balanced questions that are really good to both test and teach (since a lot of the texts are kinda progressive, culturally oriented, and par with Brazil's most recent facts)
    I'm actually shocked that USA's test is such an mess, what the fuck ?

    • @h.c7310
      @h.c7310 3 года назад +15

      Also, it grants access to EVERY, or close to 98% (back of mind number) university around the country, independent from where you live in it, and has social security too, since minority groups have a fair amount of vacancies for them, and also an special application for mutes, blind, and even arrested one's, pretty neat

    • @AwesomeRace7
      @AwesomeRace7 Год назад

      Because the us is a corporate mess, only made for money

    • @doodlesyoru2108
      @doodlesyoru2108 Год назад +3

      @@h.c7310 Tá tudo certo rapaz.
      Esses gringo fazendo a EA no sistema educacional kkkkkjk

    • @RedPintura
      @RedPintura 7 месяцев назад

      Good to know

    • @marcoaurelio4903
      @marcoaurelio4903 11 дней назад

      A diferença é que o ENEM é minimamente meritocrático. Admissão para uni. Americana tá mais interessada se tú pode pagar e se tú tem nome/contatos. Por experiência própria, o plano de saúde que eu tinha que contratar segundo o pessoal do programa de admissão era basicamente um carro zero! (Isso pq eu era estudante estrangeiro, nacional é outra história).

  • @rain_a308
    @rain_a308 4 года назад +139

    So yea my first ap exam was a disaster :D

    • @storytimewithjeff
      @storytimewithjeff  4 года назад +31

      Sorry to hear that :(

    • @Kt-hp7cv
      @Kt-hp7cv 4 года назад +7

      Same bud

    • @blep9529
      @blep9529 4 года назад +9

      Mood. Took CALC AB. Just cried. Submitted nothing. Wasn't able to retake. ✌

    • @mothchrist8683
      @mothchrist8683 4 года назад +3

      same

    • @piggyman-st8iu
      @piggyman-st8iu 3 года назад

      So guys, I will take an APUSH test and a Computer Science Principles test on College Board. Should I be scared? Not really, right? I mean, they are my first ever AP tests...

  • @osconmglda3214
    @osconmglda3214 3 года назад +465

    The SAT basically killed any hope I had of getting into college. GPA doesn't even matter these days.

    • @jgsource552
      @jgsource552 3 года назад +113

      SAT is test optional now with most colleges, but still, that means increase in competition

    • @happysloth3208
      @happysloth3208 Год назад +112

      Just go to community college and transfer to a university. It’s cheaper, and they don’t look at SAT scores and you don’t need a high GPA in high school.

    • @HonsHon
      @HonsHon Год назад +26

      @@happysloth3208 second this. I also learned most of what I know in my field from community college. Although some of the last classes I took at Uni were also useful

    • @happysloth3208
      @happysloth3208 Год назад +16

      @@HonsHon yep, community college was the best decision I ever made. Saved me so much money and I was able to take my time, and work.

    • @justinwilliams1127
      @justinwilliams1127 Год назад +5

      @@happysloth3208 That's the best way. I started at a community college and now I teach at a university.

  • @alexandersean4708
    @alexandersean4708 11 месяцев назад +4

    I know this comparison sounds ridiculous now, but this is literally literally 1984.
    “People simply disappeared, always during the night. Your name was removed from the registers, every record of everything you had ever done was wiped out, your one-time existence was denied and then forgotten. You were abolished, annihilated: vaporized was the usual word.”

  • @Human-san
    @Human-san 6 месяцев назад

    very pleased that this showed up on my feed today, as collegeboard is currently going thru major technical difficulties

  • @DanielaBodoh
    @DanielaBodoh 3 года назад +92

    Why is our entire academic worth based on sitting in a room for hours mindlessly bubbling answers (aka the SAT)???????

    • @Janon743
      @Janon743 Год назад +11

      Why is our academic worth also based on how well we can be factory workers within a factory system? (School and grades, getting the objectives and regurgitationing said objectives on each test)

  • @aldegator
    @aldegator 4 года назад +84

    you telling me people making money off of education who aren't directly educating those children for a living is a bad thing and giving the reins of the education system to a for profit corporation wasn't the best idea?

    • @wizard1117
      @wizard1117 4 года назад +6

      A for profit company in education isn't inherently a bad idea. If one company repeatedly treats their customers like shit, maybe go somewhere else. But it hasn't played out that way. College board has a monopoly, the ACT isn't really in competition with it, in many cases it's advised to take both tests. And if companies were competing futures could be ruined, in order for competition to result in a better service, there first has to be some worst service that people get fed up with and leave from. In education, it can't come to that point, it has to be good from the get go

    • @ski7301
      @ski7301 3 года назад +4

      The education system sucks regardless if a “for profit corporation” is in charge. State-mandated education was created to make children accept authority, and that’s what it still exists for.
      That’s why schools have rules like: no wearing hats, no going to restroom without permission, no hoods up, etc.

    • @aldegator
      @aldegator 3 года назад

      @@ski7301 I have never once seen those rules enforced.

    • @orsencart
      @orsencart 3 года назад +2

      @@aldegator my highschool had all of those rules enforced, and uniforms too.

    • @aldegator
      @aldegator 3 года назад +1

      @@orsencart as recently as YESTERDAY I have seen gangs of children leave classrooms without teacher interference.

  • @amarena_
    @amarena_ Год назад +14

    America: Yeah, we eliminated monopolies in the late 1800's to ensure that one business doesn't control an entire industry and make egregious revenue
    College board:

    • @destroyer4929
      @destroyer4929 6 месяцев назад +1

      Yes but the thing is the government never anticipated that people would try the most obvious work around of attempting to classify themselves as a "nonprofit"

  • @lostcolonyforge5792
    @lostcolonyforge5792 Год назад +4

    I had a blackout happen during either the sat or act and the test was still scored

  • @mathewbrigman5592
    @mathewbrigman5592 3 года назад +17

    One of the questions on my SAT was converting Fahrenheit to Celsius with a real and accurate formula. I had to convert 9.9F into C which should be a negative answer. However there was no way to input a negative into the answer. So unless 9.9-32 isn’t a negative or a positive fraction times a negative whole number is a positive, then that question was rigged.

  • @jamesryan2115
    @jamesryan2115 4 года назад +63

    Anyone else noticing all the comments are from the last week, even though this is three months old?

    • @prabeshgurung1067
      @prabeshgurung1067 4 года назад +13

      Because of... recent events

    • @Zoomii5
      @Zoomii5 4 года назад +7

      Yea, a couple weeks ago they did online AP exams. The site was absolutely broken. The submit button didn't work for some people, and a lot of the tests that were submitted got labeled as "lost".

  • @thewerianwarrior2944
    @thewerianwarrior2944 Год назад +6

    Exactly. When I was about to take the AP Literature and Composition Exam after staying up two nights before, the proctor and my classmates were unable to even take the exam!! As per the CollegeBoard fashion, they didn’t even own up to their mistake! Now, we have to take the written exam, which is much, much, much more stressful…. I hope this monopoly changes their ways

  • @isaaccantrell1479
    @isaaccantrell1479 Год назад +6

    Last year I took my AP US government class, on day one our teacher told us that college board will give the material to study the Supreme Court cases that they will test us on. Instead he gave us a pdf of 15 generally known ones summarized. Then still, there was a question about a Supreme Court case we had never heard of.

  • @SlipScout
    @SlipScout 4 года назад +14

    yall tell me why my AP lang exam was one essay and when I tweeted to the author who wrote the exerpt of our essay(apologizing for how much i botched her article as a joke), she responded 'there were no rhetorical vices--i should know, i wrote the book'.
    LIKE YALL
    THEY AINT EVEN TRYING BRO

    • @mayhair
      @mayhair Год назад

      rhetorical vices? did she mean rhetorical devices?

  • @zmr3352
    @zmr3352 3 года назад +81

    I knew collegeboard was a scam when I was actually in my junior year of high school. I couldn't stand preparing for the SAT, taking the SAT, and the fact that the whole process and test(s) are treated as the end all be all for getting into college and things of that nature.

  • @skadaaskadeen
    @skadaaskadeen 7 месяцев назад +3

    I already took the SAT in junior year, and now we are required to take it again even if you're satisfied with your grade. Dunno about the people in my school, but I'm sure as hell gonna sit in the testing room and bs my way through. I got my desired score in junior year, and I have a burning hatred for CB, I'm not wasting my time actually putting in the effort I put in junior year.

  • @iusethisnameformygoogleacc1013
    @iusethisnameformygoogleacc1013 Год назад +7

    I transferred to a school that somehow had no pre-existing relationship with the college board. I had to pay like seventy USD to have my transcript mailed to me, and like an extra thirty to get it there overnight. Four months later, I was already done with the first year classes I had to retake senselessly, and my transcripts arrived via the cheapest US Postal Service shipping method.

  • @hannahm7007
    @hannahm7007 4 года назад +276

    I once had an SAT proctor that heard a students phone go off halfway through a test, but since she knew the kid made it into a joke and didn’t even ask for his phone. I was appalled.

    • @blgdoesthings4122
      @blgdoesthings4122 4 года назад +8

      I stan stan teacher

    • @bluewuppo
      @bluewuppo 3 года назад +69

      Why tf does it matter tho... he wasn’t cheating and it wasn’t on purpose. You sound like a miserable person to want them to be punished over something as minuscule as that.

    • @jen6294
      @jen6294 3 года назад +17

      ....appalled for what?

    • @generalh1044
      @generalh1044 Год назад +41

      @@bluewuppo have you ever listened to the rules that they read before EVERY SINGLE TEST?

    • @bluewuppo
      @bluewuppo Год назад +6

      @@generalh1044 its been a year L

  • @exoticcats6119
    @exoticcats6119 4 года назад +61

    They have a ton of money please just make more servers

  • @chocolateaddictedartist5924
    @chocolateaddictedartist5924 11 месяцев назад +6

    Me who's going into high school next year and plans on taking AP Human Geography, AP Biology, and AP Computer Science Principles in freshman year: *chuckles* I'm in danger.

    • @AmaryllistheThird
      @AmaryllistheThird 28 дней назад

      As a freshman taking human geography, *I HIGHLY ADVISE YOU DO NOT DO THAT!!!* You WILL get overwhelmed and burnt out and you’ll be spending all your free time doing work. If you want to take an AP class, only do 1 or 2. You don’t wanna be paying a HUGE test fee with all those AP classes (that being said, I can’t force you and this isn’t meant to be mean, I’m just warning you).

    • @netermind9357
      @netermind9357 16 дней назад

      @@AmaryllistheThirdhuman geography ain’t that bad

  • @maayatheperson9635
    @maayatheperson9635 7 месяцев назад +1

    Got this video recommended after I finished my PSATs. On Friday the 13th. Great timing

  • @bubbao6209
    @bubbao6209 4 года назад +86

    Who’s here after their AP test did not submit?

    • @trash_can_1871
      @trash_can_1871 4 года назад +4

      That's depressing

    • @exoticcats6119
      @exoticcats6119 4 года назад +3

      I’m super sorry for you gl when you (I assume) retake

    • @bubbao6209
      @bubbao6209 4 года назад +5

      Exotic Cats oh no my tests submitted fine I just wanted to see how many people had the problem lol

    • @exoticcats6119
      @exoticcats6119 4 года назад +1

      bubba o Oh ok that’s good

    • @bubbao6209
      @bubbao6209 4 года назад +1

      Exotic Cats did you take any AP classes?

  • @huh8402
    @huh8402 3 года назад +12

    this year, i took the AP Biology test, but because of the coronavirus, i paid for and took a two question test.
    TWO. QUESTIONS.
    Because the test I got was nothing like the one i prepared for, i failed.
    my whole year of learning and the 94 dollars i worked for and paid them ultimately meant nothing, and i’m glad someone finally addressed how terrible of a company they are.

  • @ultimatememe3586
    @ultimatememe3586 Год назад +5

    I used collegeboard to prepare for the SAT, and while it was a bit expensive, I found it very helpful. The actual SATs had questions that collegeboard helped prepare me for. I even took a practice test when I first started, and gradually took tests throughout, and my scores got better each time.
    Them claiming to be a nonprofit is pretty scummy, but they at least did exactly what they said they would. They helped prepare me for the SATs, and they did a good job at it.

  • @K-MasterGirl
    @K-MasterGirl 10 месяцев назад +2

    I hope this gets big again. I’m seeing it after all this time hopefully it breaks through!

  • @alekonicolacakis7002
    @alekonicolacakis7002 4 года назад +88

    interesting how the countries without standardized testing have the best educated populations...

    • @avinashreji60
      @avinashreji60 3 года назад +28

      It’s almost like we’re getting scammed

    • @kaijuslayer3334
      @kaijuslayer3334 Год назад +3

      So who’s going to tell him Korea and Japan use standardized testing?

    • @DoormanSoorman
      @DoormanSoorman Год назад +9

      @@kaijuslayer3334 to be fair Korea and Japan also have very extensive after school testing and a more cutthroat culture in schooling anyway. It’s more in spite of standardized testing than because of it.

    • @kaijuslayer3334
      @kaijuslayer3334 Год назад +9

      @@DoormanSoorman Yeah but that shows the standardized testing isn’t really a end all be all to who has the best education. Having it means little, and not having it means little.

    • @DoormanSoorman
      @DoormanSoorman Год назад +2

      @@kaijuslayer3334 fair enough

  • @heihei3453
    @heihei3453 3 года назад +18

    I taught AP Euro and AP Gov for 5 years and I finally found a video that clearly articulated my thoughts. Bless you for making this lol.

  • @murderbot_2pt0
    @murderbot_2pt0 Год назад

    Billion props for providing links for the sources!!!!!!

  • @bmprimer7809
    @bmprimer7809 Год назад +5

    i was confused in the first 3 minutes because i thought you were talking about collegehumor