<p>I feel pretty stupid for asking this, but I received a 3 on my European History AP exam (my first AP exam). Will this affect my chances to get into MIT?</p>
<p>Not Whatsoever</p>
<p>Do they look at your AP scores? What if I get a 2?</p>
<p>is it better to have more percentage of high scores or more Ap tests?</p>
<p>AP scores are used in placement of courses.
AP courses on your transcript are used for admission.</p>
<p>Yeah, MIT does not see any of your AP scores until after you matriculate.</p>
<p>unless you self report them right</p>
<p>MIT does not see your AP scores on your application unless you choose to report them. I'm very certain that they will factor those scores in. One or two 3s won't likely affect your chances but generally, it is good to score 5s and 4s on AP tests.</p>
<p>If you're getting 2s, I'd recommend not putting them on your application.</p>
<p>by reporting them, do u mean there is a section where you can enter them yourself (choosing which ones to include) or do u have to somehow notify collegeboard to send your AP transcript to MIT (or any other college for that matter)</p>
<p>The application has a space for you to enter all of your AP scores. After you're admitted you can request CB to send your official score report to MIT.</p>
<p>what will they do if you get admitted and you send them the score report and they see that you totally left out a score?</p>
<p>Nothing -- the AP score report after you're admitted is sent to the Academic Resource Center, which is not affiliated with the Admissions Office.</p>
<p>AP scores on the application are totally self-reported and you can leave out any scores you choose to leave out. The counter-argument to this is that it does not look great to take an AP class and not have a reported score.</p>
<p>If you take a lot of AP tests w/o have taken the class (self-study), does it look like ur taking them just to try to impress the college, or u actually are learning the material for the sake of learning it (how does MIT tell)?</p>
<p>^ That's something that would probably be indicated either in a teacher rec or one of your own essays. Not necesarily an exact, word-for-word "I am taking these AP tests because" sort of thing, but just a general sense that you enjoy learning for the sake of learning.</p>