<p>I hear that MIT only gets your official AP exam grades once you are accepted. So on the application could you omit exam grades and MIT will never know the score? And what score or lower should you omit?</p>
<p>Well I thought that colleges did get exam grades. I mean you can omit them on the application if you want, but usualy they'll see that you took an AP and didn't report the score etc...</p>
<p>I got a 2 in Spanish, so if what you said is true I'm definitely not going to report that score.</p>
<p>Hmmm.... great question. I don't really know the answer to it, but I'd really like to know too. I had an unfortunate score, and I'd like to keep it secret. A little follow-up to anybody who knows, is there a lot, if any, weight placed on these exams in the admissions process?</p>
<p>i think the way it works is, technically, you don't have to report the scores (though they probably WILL see them). Unless you sent the scores junior year or prior (which I don't think you were supposed to do), CollegeBoard holds on to the scores until you choose which college to send them to. Generally, by May of senior year, you know where you're going, so you indicate on your test(s) where you want your scores sent, and CollegeBoard just sends them all, like the SATs.</p>
<p>so basically, MIT will probably end up seeing the scores....but if you're lucky enough to actually be sending scores to MIT, that means you're already in...and most likely, they're not going to revoke your admission because of a 2 in Spanish</p>
<p>Haha, that's good. I think I'll phone them up to clarify it...there's spaces for you to fill in your own scores before they get your reports but I'm wondering if you have to put in your bad scores too....</p>
<p>You don't have to send MIT your official AP scores unless you are admitted, and even then only if you want to use them for credit or placement. So they won't see your official scores unless you choose to send them in. (So don't fill anything in on the "what college should we send the results to?" field on the May APs this coming year if you don't want them sent.) BUT. The space on the application says, "List Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, or GCSE courses taken or under way. <a href="If%20you%20have%20taken%20the%20test,%20please%20list%20the%20date%20and%20score.">b</a>**" (Emphasis mine.) Given the wording of that section, I'd think it's a better policy to be honest and to explain in the "additional information" essay any results that you weren't happy with, than to dissemble or omit, but of course it's your call.</p>
<p>"'List Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, or GCSE courses taken or under way. (If you have taken the test, please list the date and score.)' (Emphasis mine.)"</p>
<p>about this field...for my Junior year, I took IB classes but the AP exams. How should I specify that? As of now, in the "course" section, I have in parentheses (AP exam), but since the field only allows so many characters, most of the class names are abbreviated and I'm worried that the adcoms won't understand what they mean anymore. Any advice on what I should do?</p>
<p>Also, how do you get those gray quote blocks?</p>
<p>coffeebean I did the same thing. I'm just going to list my exam scores on anther sheet of paper. I think that's what they want you to do.</p>
<p>I'll be listing my unfortunate Spanish score...but I honestly can't say much in the "additional information" essay. What can I say, that spanish is usually a slack class at our school and I was totally unprepared for the class which was why I got a B and a 2 on the exam? Or that the teacher kept grading us on the same level as spanish speakers, or just keep ragging on the teacher and say she graded too hard? I think I'll just write my spanish score in really messily so they can't tell what it really is, or use really tiny font on the computer or something...haha..</p>
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<p>[ quote ] like this, but without the spaces inside the brackets [ /quote ]</p>
<p>bold and italics work the same way, with "b" and "i" in brackets.</p>
<p>Hi,everyone,my first post here.
I am from Malaysia and would apply for US universities this year.</p>
<p>I wish to ask would it be possible for a liberal arts student to transfer to MIT after their freshman year?
OR
must it be from a GOOD University like from Ivy League?</p>
<p>Thank You.</p>
<p>MIT accepts very few transfer students of any kind. It is much more difficult to get in as a transfer than to get in as a freshman. Successful transfer candidates have to be exceptional within the context of students who are already there.</p>
<p>thanks texas! I was wondering why html wouldn't work on here :p</p>
<p>kamikaziwave: I'm guessing that you're doing your application on paper. In that case, I think I will just specify in the "additional information" field. I'm sorry to hear of your Spanish score dilemma, but if everything else on your application is top-notch, then it shouldn't matter too much. Good luck with the app!</p>
<p>Thanks coffeebean. I think I'll do that, but I think I'm going to do my app online instead, so I'll just attach a note somewhere if I can think of a good reason that doesn't sound like I'm whining, otherwise I'll just put it on and hope they ignore it.</p>
<p>Well MIT shouldn't care about Spanish that much right? haha.</p>
<p>What if I self-studied for an AP exam? How would I list that score (because I didn't take the course since my school doesn't offer it)?</p>
<p>Generic - just list the score with all your other test scores. It doesn't matter if you took a course or not. Lots of people self-study for AP exams.</p>
<p>Thanks, texas137. I'll list it there, with self-studied in parenthesis for clarification.</p>
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<p>If you did spend a significant amount of time learning the subject, you will want to state that somewhere on the app, just as you would if you had spent a significant amount of time learning something (piano, competition math, Finnish) that didn't have an AP exam. Look at the entire app and decide where it makes the most sense to put it. That won't necessarily be with the test score.</p>