<p>When taking an AP course, what do colleges prefer out of the two...</p>
<p>Having a Class average from 80-88 and getting a 4 or a 5 on the AP exam..</p>
<p>Or</p>
<p>Having a class average of 91-100 but only getting a 2 or a 3 on the AP exam?</p>
<p>i kno its better to have a high class average and high AP test grade but out of the two up top, what do colleges prefer?</p>
<p>I would think the first would be preferable--they would think your school is challenging rather than thinking it gave out good grades but didn't teach you anything.</p>
<p>Whether I agree with it or not (as a good test taker but slightly lazy student, so I wish they would like option 1 better), I think option 2 would actually look better, because the vast majority of schools have you self report AP scores, and don't use them in admissions really, only for placement, whereas GPA is a major factor in admissions for pretty much any college.</p>
<p>The first would be better and seen as more favorable because then they would be able to tell how hard the class is because some schools have serious grade inflation.</p>
<p>I was wondering about this myself. I got 2 A-s last year in Calc, yet I got a 5 on the exam. I was wondering how colleges would look at that.</p>
<p>You're worrying about A-'s? Please don't tell me you are serious!</p>
<p>The second would be better because as one of the posters already mentioned, AP classes are used mainly for placement. The AP scores only matter to the very elite universities.</p>
<p>I only worry about A-s because they mess with my GPA and more importantly rank.</p>
<p>Seems colleges prefer the higher class average. They don't care about the score --- we were flat out told that at receptions for Georgetown, Duke, Harvard, etc. They do not consider the scores for admissions, so they say. However, I would think that if they are included in the admissions info, they would MAYBE help. But if you are asking which is preferable, the high class average/low AP score is preferable to the low(er) class average/high AP score. Of course, the high class average/high AP score would be the combo to shoot for!!!</p>