<p>Are AP scores looked at heavily in admissions? do you not have to put them down if you know you won't get credit with the score at a particular school? Will colleges go and look them up like SAT and ACT scores if you don't put them down?</p>
<p>they will count as much as sat II's will... and they <em>should</em> be sent with your ap test i think</p>
<p>AP scores are probably given some weight, since they demonstrate the ability to do college level work. I think they are probably weighed less than SAT I and SAT II scores, because one bad AP score won't necessarily kill your chances at top schools. </p>
<p>Most colleges do not want an official AP score report for the admissions process. They rely on your self-reported scores on your application and don't have access to any official records. Some people take advantage of this by omitting their bad scores from the application. </p>
<p>The only time you need to send an official score report is when you choose which college you will be attending, so that your AP scores can be used for credit/placement.</p>
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<p>Is this frowned upon, or is it a generally accepted practice?</p>
<p>I was under the impression that they were automatically sent...?</p>
<p>If I didn't have AP calculus even offered at my school, took calc AB exam, and got, say, a 3...how bad would that look for...say...MIT? Speaking of which (a little off topic, sorry), I heard that you had to get a 60% on the Calc AP to get a 5...am I hearing that correctly? You can get 60% of the questions right and earn a 5!? Is 4 a bad score?</p>
<p>For a 5 on AP Calculus AB you need like 70%, but on the BC exam you'll need approximately 60% for 5's.</p>
<p>Yes - you need a raw score of about 60% (perhaps a bit higher), although since wrong answers on the multiple choice section are penalized, you'll need a somewhat higher percentage.</p>
<p>If I remember your other posts correctly, you're pretty good at math - a 5 on the AP test shouldn't be any problem for you. A 4 <em>is</em> a bad score for calc if you're looking at MIT; however, again, I don't think that it should be an issue, even if you're self-studying. </p>
<p>I'm pretty confident about this because I basically self-studied calc BC myself: I switched into the class only a few months before the AP test, and, quite honestly, there were enough slacking seniors there that no real studying was going on - still, I got a 5, and it was very easy (and I was 11). You're probably smarter than me, so you should definitely get a 5. :)</p>
<p>so hold on they are sent to colleges? I am a junior and I will probably make 3s on mine so how can they send it? When i apply? Can they look them up like SAT scores bc if they are bad and not going to get me credit I don't want to write them down on college applications you know.</p>
<p>Scores are sent after you get your senior years scores back, which is after you have already decided on a college. You don't have to write them down on you application, but I'm pretty sure the school would realize that if you took an AP class but didn't submit the score that you did pretty poorly on the test.</p>
<p>poorly is a 3 for some people. that is pretty good for my school, but some people on this site would cry if they got a 3. Just don't want to report scores that are bad even if they can look it up to a school that is really hard and is my reach. thanks for all your time.</p>
<p>Not very many colleges are going to accept a 3 for credit</p>
<p>At colleges that require SAT II's (small minority), AP scores may be considered but are given far less weight than the SAT II's in admissions decisions; in fact AP is considered more for the fact that you have taken an AP course and have a high grade in the course rather than what you did on the test. There are exceptions because some of those SAT II colleges will actually take some AP scores in lieu of the II's.</p>
<p>For colleges that do not require SAT II's and only require the SAT or ACT (the vast majority), AP scores carry little or no weight in admissions at most and are considered by some, but having an AP course and your grade in it is a more important factor.</p>
<p>The AP rule for sending to colleges is different from the SAT where all scores are automatically sent if you order any one sent. When you order AP scores to be sent, you can choose which test scores to send and not send any others.</p>
<p>i know not a lot will accept a 3 that is why there is no reason to tell them the score. Right??? See, I just don't understand if they are used for admissions bc lots of ppl post their AP scores on this site and they are excellent. mine are probably not going to be and don't want it to interfere with my SAT and ACT scores that are excellent for my school(which would make people cry on this site too) I guess I am just stressing too much, but I have learned alot about AP stuff so thanks again.</p>
<p>At Vandy, the admissions officer told me to self-report your score if it is a 2 or better; otherwise they assume it's a 1.</p>
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Yes - you need a raw score of about 60% (perhaps a bit higher), although since wrong answers on the multiple choice section are penalized, you'll need a somewhat higher percentage.</p>
<p>If I remember your other posts correctly, you're pretty good at math - a 5 on the AP test shouldn't be any problem for you. A 4 <em>is</em> a bad score for calc if you're looking at MIT; however, again, I don't think that it should be an issue, even if you're self-studying.</p>
<p>I'm pretty confident about this because I basically self-studied calc BC myself: I switched into the class only a few months before the AP test, and, quite honestly, there were enough slacking seniors there that no real studying was going on - still, I got a 5, and it was very easy (and I was 11). You're probably smarter than me, so you should definitely get a 5.
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<p>You flatter me. You got a 5 on BC at 11. I'm reading through Barron's gudie and saying..."Um."</p>
<p>How would this situation look to colleges?</p>
<p>First semester Grade = F
Second semester Grade = C
AP Exam Score = 5
SAT II Score = 770</p>
<p>Will the lower grades be forgiven, or at least looked at less violently?</p>
<p>Some schools are much tougher than others. This being said, your grade can look like: 1) The class was very very hard 2) You slacked off in class</p>
<p>More than likely Variance did number 2. That is easy to see through.</p>
<p>that was my sophomore yr..
As and Bs ever since..</p>