<p>Well I got my AP exams back the other day. </p>
<p>Computer Science A - 5
Physics B - 1 :(</p>
<p>What should I do? Retake it or leave it as it is?
Does it hurt my chances for colleges like Duke or Stanford?</p>
<p>I'm a rising junior.</p>
<p>u should cancel the score so colleges dont see it</p>
<p>Unless you self-studied for the test (didn't have an actual class for it in school) I would cancel the score and retake it next year. Otherwise, colleges will see the class on your transcript and wonder what happened; if you cancel, study and retake (and get a passing score!) they will see the new score when you apply and not have to know you bombed the test the first time around. It's a hassle but I think it's worth it if you're applying to such selective schools.
By the way, I am just curious, how did you get a 1? Did you study?</p>
<p>"u should cancel the score so colleges don't see it"</p>
<p>Won't they just assume that you did poorly if you don't report it? It would show more backbone if you sent the score. Colleges like honesty.</p>
<p>At this point, canceling the score is not going to help. First of all, no college requires an official AP score report when you apply, so you get to choose which scores to write/omit on your application - you don't have to even write down your Physics score. The only way the college will see the score is if your high school includes it on your HS transcript. Talk to your registrar or counselor at school and see if you can have your AP scores (or just that one score) removed from your trasncript.</p>
<p>"Won't they just assume that you did poorly if you don't report it? " Many, many people take AP classes and don't take the AP exam for academic or financial reasons. The college has no way of knowing if you took the exam and did badly or never took if and that they really can't hold against you. In some of the books about college admissions written by AdComs, they advice definately not reporting scores below 3 and maybe not even reporting 3's.</p>
<p>Thank you for the responses.</p>
<p>I guess I didn't know the material well. I was surprised at getting a 1 though. I'll probably retake the course or self-study.</p>
<p>wow..I feel for you, michael. No matter what, just don't become discouraged. I'm a rising junior too ^^</p>
<p>ok, this is kinda on topic</p>
<p>ok, i have ONE bad score</p>
<p>2 fives, 6 fours, 1 three i think.</p>
<p>1 TWO!!!</p>
<p>i'm planning on writing a "note" in my application that includes those scores. would they like it if i was "honest" and include the two?</p>
<p>no sweat. i'm applying to Ivies and have a row of fours and then a 1.</p>
<p>the teacher sucked. i'm not self studying for an AP. my philosophy is the teacher is everything. out of all my teachers, i had a crappy teacher that didn't even talk once about the exam. also, the exam was new for us this year, Spanish language.</p>
<p>Chanman, most applications have a place to write your AP scores. I would recommend that you do not write down the two.</p>
<p>thanks bingo , tanman</p>
<p>hey, tan man
chanman
get it, rhymes
hehe</p>
<p>"Many, many people take AP classes and don't take the AP exam for academic or financial reasons. The college has no way of knowing if you took the exam and did badly or never took if and that they really can't hold against you. In some of the books about college admissions written by AdComs, they advice definately not reporting scores below 3 and maybe not even reporting 3's."</p>
<p>But on your high school transcript, for this dude, it will show that he took AP Physics B. Then he sends in his <em>good</em> AP scores, and they don't see a score for AP Physics B. They'll assume you did poorly because you reported some scores, but only the good ones. And technically, colleges can hold an AP score against you. If you do poorly, they'll think that you couldn't handle the rigor of the program at their school. Even if you have a bad teacher, you should still figure out a way to do half way decent.</p>
<p>My own high school (not sure about others) has score choice for AP exams.</p>
<p>I didn't read the whole thread, I don't know if anyone metioned this before, but is it possible to not write down an AP score(s) on the college applications? Say someone received two threes. Do you think that the scores should be reported?</p>
<p>Yes, tanman said that there is a section where you can choose which scores to report. This works to your advantage only if your high school does not include your AP scores with your transcript, so find out if your high school does or not.</p>
<p>I already canceled the score, but I plan on retaking the exam after I self-study the material that wasn't taught in class or do you think taking Physics C and doing well on that would offset Physics B? Since most colleges that I'm aiming for only accept credit for Physics C anyways. Or just wait till I get into college and take the intro course? I think many medical schools want students to take the intro physics course in undergrad anyways. What do you all think?</p>
<p>Also, I'm going to a new school next year and at this school I would have to pay for the exams (unlike my previous school, which pays for the students). So right now I don't have a series of <em>good</em> scores yet, just the one 5. Do colleges really hold it against you if you aren't able to pay to take exams for each AP you take?</p>
<p>Usually they'll have a waiver if you can't afford it.</p>