<p>is it true that cornell uses your ap test scores mainly for placement and not so much for admissions. also, when looking at the applications, does cornell see each individual's ap test scores from collegeboard or do they just look at the scores recorded on the common app? ¡Gracias!</p>
<p>Yes, but this isn't a Cornell-specific practice: most (if not all) schools do not use AP scores in admissions, only in course placement/fulfillment once a student decides to matriculate there.
During admissions, they only see your self-reporting.</p>
<p>ummm my college counselling office last year sent out an email right after we took our aps and said most schools dont consider them for admissions but some schools such as cornell do take them into consideration for admissions. This is right after they came back from a conference at Cornell also soo Im pretty sure its legit</p>
<p>No way they use them in admissions? That's aweeeesome.</p>
<p>according to college counsellling. u dont remember reading that email?</p>
<p>i visited cornell univeristy and personally asked a information session guy for CALS if ap exam scores are used for admission. he said yes.</p>
<p>^Good.</p>
<p>Why wouldnt you want AP exam scores to be used for admission? They aren't too difficult if you study.
I'm pretty sure at Yale they don't care about AP scores, since the guy who got admitted from my school got a 2 on the AP US exam.</p>
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<p>If colleges do not consider them for admission purposes, why would they ask students to self-report their AP grades?</p>
<p>I think most colleges DO consider AP grades for admission purposes.</p>
<p>I've heard several times over that colleges don't use them in admissions, but hey, I am really glad to hear otherwise. I only took two APs before this year but I did well on the exam, so I'd love for that to be at least a little bit taken into consideration.</p>
<p>Yeah, I don't think they're crucial but getting a few nice scores will only boost your attractiveness to adcoms.
All hail the AP Bio exam!! (I actually enjoyed writing the essay on double fertilization of angiosperms because I had to write that EXACT essay on a bio test the week before and I actually remembered every step)
Who knew plant sex could be so cool?</p>
<p>I love plants.
Stop me before I only talk about biology. :eek:</p>
<p>I like biology, too, but I'm taking Physics currently and am forgetting bio...</p>
<p>You can talk about biology, I don't mind ;)
So how 'bout them spliceosomes?</p>
<p>so, do we have to send our AP scores to cornell via collegeboard?</p>
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<p>No. You self-report.</p>
<p>Last year I spoke to Cornell and Harvard admin. reps. Both said they use them, in Harvard's case it was imperative to have 5's (and 4's worst case). Harvard women said the AP's are the best way to defeat grade inflation, they confirm your knowledge and your HS grade.</p>
<p>I'd talk about physics too but I have an unreasonable affinity towards biology. I have biotropism.</p>
<p>Hahaha, I still remember phototropism and gravitropism. There's one that's like thigmotropism or something, the one that are sensitive to touch like Venus fly traps?
Ahhh biology.
I don't really like Physics, I like F=ma though :)</p>
<p>Oh jeez, forces. It took everyone so long to understand which forces were what and what force caused the acceleration and what the force was called, etc, etc, not to mention the fact that most people were still shaky on vectors and OF COURSE, forces are vectors.</p>
<p>Now we're on momentum, but since I haven't been paying attention in class for the past... week so I'm going to have to learn them in the next two days.
My physics teacher assigned two entire UNITS of physics to read over the break, and I haven't started any of it yet :O</p>
<p>Oh, momentum is one of the easier topics (so far). If you've got vectors basically down, and you can plug in numbers effectively, momentum should be fine for you.</p>