<p>Hey guys, </p>
<p>AP exams are around the corner 
I was just wondering if there was anyone who got into Brown without reporting there ap scores?
Thanks</p>
<p>My daughter never reported any AP scores to Brown, either after junior year or after senior year and she was accepted RD. Most of them come in after senior year is finished, so long after decisions are made about colleges. Schools donāt base acceptances on AP scores, just the fact of taking AP courses, and the high school grades that you get in those courses. AP scores might be used for credit/placement once you get to college, if you choose to report them.</p>
<p>Sweet. So there is no pressure when im taking these exams?</p>
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<p>Self-reporting 4s and 5s on your application could help validate your GPA and especially your skill in your desired major. In a competition where inches count, you should do your best and report your successes.</p>
<p>If you got admitted and do not feel like submitting your scores, then there is nothing wrong with that. The above poster is right that self-reporting high scores on the application is encouraged, but it does not matter once youāre admitted. </p>
<p>I self-reported scores on the Common App, and then decided not to officially submit scores because I did not want to place out of anything at Brown. You wonāt be punished!</p>
<p>If you have been already accepted to Brown and are planning on going to Brown, unless your school requires that you take the AP exam in an AP course, there may be some AP tests you might want to not bother even taking, the end of senior year. For most AP exams, Brown does not give you any credit for the exam. Some they may give a āgenericā credit in that department after you finish the higher level course that the AP exam places you into. In some cases they may allow you to skip a prereq and go into a higher level. (Languages? but you can still take the language placement test.) So you may want to check your likely course schedules and see if there is any point in taking the AP test. My student dropped 3 AP tests, (got most of $ refunded) and had a much more enjoyable end of senior year.</p>
<p>This student has not gotten into Brown. I believe s/he is a junior.</p>
<p>OP: If I were you, Iād take every exam seriously at this point. You havenāt gotten into any college yet, so everything counts at this point.</p>
<p>Agreed. If you are not yet accepted into college, ie Junior, deferred , wait-listed etc. then AP exams are going to count, even if you donāt report them. or want them eventually for credit at some school. Your high school guidance counselor and teachers who write recommendations will know if you took them, and your scores, so even if you donāt report them to a college you are eventually going to, not taking them if expected to, or poor scores compared to your peers is going to have some impact. As always, your academics are going to be the heaviest weighted factor for admission in the big picture.</p>
<p>There is a difference between doing oneās best with responsibility and integrity, and deciding to report scores. Not sure why someone would decide not to report good scores, but nonetheless, admission is not dependent on the scores, only on the school transcript. Taking an exam seriously and reporting its eventual scores are two different discussions, and highly selective schools like Brown clearly are more interested in the integrity, etc. of its applicants than in the scores that come in during senior summer.</p>
<p>no, you defs should report your scores.</p>
<p>is it worth submitting a 4?</p>
<p>my teacher for ap biology was brand new and barely knew biology himself so literally everyone got a 4 or below</p>
<p>should i submit it still? my advisor (former admissions at harvard/columbia) said to include a note saying that i had an A in the class so i mastered everything he showed us, but not what he didnāt teach us (his fault)</p>
<p>Thereās nothing wrong with a 4, Iād submit it. I think it will look like whining if you put a note They can already see from your transcript that you got an A in the class. I donāt think it will reflect well on you to blame the teacher when you got a decent score.</p>
<p>Iād normally say to listen to a former admissions officer, but in this case it seems ridiculous to use space to point out something so minor, and especially to report a grade that can be easily seen from your transcript. And draw attention to your 4 and make a big deal of it.</p>
<p>i seeā¦</p>
<p>Do you have to submit an official score report from College Board? Iām not too sure how to go about reporting AP scores</p>
<p>You report from college board just as with SAT scores</p>
<p>@justaspy you shouldnāt āofficiallyā report AP scores via college board to a school as part of your application. You can self-report these in the common-app if you want. </p>
<p>When you report scores via college board, they are sent to the registrarās office, not admissions, so it wonāt help.</p>