<p>To ensure college credit, students should list their desired colleges as test-result recipients when they register for exams.</p>
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<p>Advanced Placement exams. AP credits earned in high school often reduce the number of credits needed to graduate. Qualification standards vary by university, but students must typically score a 4 or 5 on each AP exam. To ensure college credit, students should list their desired colleges as test-result recipients when they register for exams.</p>
<p>Can anyone please explain what is implied about listing the desired colleges WHEN REGISTERING for exams to ensure college credit?</p>
<p>I was under the impression, once we get the results, we send the scores to the desired colleges. what is this about listing during registration?</p>
<p>How are the AP Scores normally sent to colleges and on what basis are credits obtained?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>Most schools that administer AP exams have pre-registration sessions in April where you fill out most of your answer sheet - you bubble in your name, address and so forth - this saves considerable time at the actual exam. Let’s say you are attending such a session mid-April - and you already know you will be attending XYZ University in the fall - so you go ahead and fill out that piece of info as well - so that the AP scores are automatically sent to that school in July.</p>
<p>On the other hand - if in mid-April you are still deciding where to attend - you do nothing for that section of the form. You can add the college info in May when you take the AP exam(s) or you can call CollegeBoard in July and ask to have your test scores sent to the college you will be attending in the fall then.</p>
<p>Every college has their own chart about what they will accept. Your best bet is to google something like “AP Credit at XYZ University” and you should get the chart for that school. Most will give credit for only 4s and 5s. Be careful about skipping a vital class like Calculus or Chemistry even if you have AP credit that allows you to do so. If you are not majoring in those areas - might be fine - but if you do plan to major in a math/science field you may find that the 2nd course in the sequence is extremely difficult and that your AP class did not adequately prepare you.</p>
<p>Thank you so much rockvillemom for your excellent inputs. So, can I safely assume that
“WHEN REGISTERING for exams to ensure college credit” is not actually correct and can be done during pre-admin or during the exam session OR in JULY post results by calling collegeboard and still the credit benefits are the same irrespective of the timing… The “when registering” part really confused me.</p>
<p>Also , what is the suggestion for 11th graders? Do they just skip that college part during pre admin session and also during the test taking session. When EXACTLY should that information be filled out. Say for example, some one is taking 2 AP’s in grade 10, 5 AP;s in Grade 11 and 5 AP’s in grade 12.</p>
<p>When should the college information be filled ? Ideally, its not possible to have those details during grade 11 …</p>
<p>Thanks in advance for your help</p>
<p>AP scores can be self-reported on college applications - but you really just send the report once - when you know what college you will be attending. Fill in the info to have it sent when you take the exam in May of senior year - or in July after graduation.</p>
<p>When AP reports are sent to colleges - they are sent to the attention of the academic dean or similar person - not to the admissions office. So - there is no point in sending them to various schools as part of the admissions process.</p>
<p>so - 10th and 11th graders should just skip that section entirely.</p>