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<p>Hello all,</p>

<p>I guess I wasn't surprised I would get a bad score but I didn't expect a 1. My results this year (Junior year) were:</p>

<p>APUSH- 5
AP PHysics B-3
AP Chem- 1</p>

<p>Yikes. I know. Funny thing is I used to be a super science geek. Yes, I went to ISEF, aced Freshman Biology Honors with ease and even did research at a university in the city for a whole summer. Super science geek.</p>

<p>I guess my brain just completely shifted. History and literature and psychology are much much more interesting to me now. I guess I didn't find anymore joy in looking at the world through numbers and formulas.</p>

<p>Anyways. The teacher for AP Chem was SUPER nice, I mean the nicest guy ever really. I loved him, still do. HOwever his teaching style wasn't great I think. I got away with not doing homework, I was generally not interested in the subject (I signed up mid-Sophomore year at the height of my love for science) and I never dropped it, so I didn't pay attention, didn't do homework, and somehow scraped by with a B and B+ for the semester.</p>

<p>So should I cancel or not cancel? I think I shouldn't, show some integrity and that I at least tried. But I'd like to hear your advice too. And don't be afraid to ask questions too if you need more detail about why I completely failed haha.</p>

<p>Thank you guys!</p>

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<p>Are you saying you didn’t get your scores back but you expect to get a 1? Because, I’m pretty sure, that you can’t choose to cancel a score once you actually receive it.</p>

<p>At any rate, there’s very little point in cancelling an AP test. Colleges will see all your scores, but only after you’re accepted and registering. If you’re not a senior, simply don’t report the bad scores. If you are a graduated senior, colleges will have already accepted you and they aren’t going to rescind you for one (or twenty-billion) bad AP scores.</p>