<p>I didnt know we needed to send these in... (whoops), but seeing as they cost a good bit of money apiece (15 regular sent, 25 quick) do i need to rush these?</p>
<p>I know its a bit late, but just the apps are starting to cost quite a chunk of change.</p>
<p>you are only required to send in official AP scores to one college, after you have decided where you are going to go. And even then, you only need the official scores sent if you are going to try to get credit. If you will be taking AP exams at the end of senior year, when you know where you will be attending, you can have the report of all AP scores sent to that one college for free. Otherwise, you can just self-report your AP scores through junior year on the app.</p>
<p>A student who has a lot of very high AP scores by the end of junior year, and a small number of college apps, may choose to send out official AP scores as part of the app process. My son did this, but he only applied to 4 colleges. This probably doesn't make sense if you are applying to a large number of schools, which it sounds like you are. And it really doesn't make sense if you also have some low scores that you want to have withheld, since that involves an additional cost beyond the score report.</p>
<p>10 high scores @ the end of junior year is impressive.</p>
<p>I can't speak for other schools, but for MIT you don't need to send AP scores as part of your app. I took 2 AP tests junior year (both self-study) and indicated that on the application along with my scores. Then I added the AP tests I intended to take the coming May and left it at that. I never sent any official documents and no one ever asked for verification. So there you go. AP scores may be a measure of intelligence/aptitude/motivation/whatever, but they are definitely not necessary to an application the way SAT scores are.</p>
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I can't speak for other schools, but for MIT you don't need to send AP scores as part of your app.... I never sent any official documents and no one ever asked for verification.
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LaurenN - Every college, including MIT, requires an official AP score report before they will give you credit. If you never had to send one, I assume that you did not get any AP credit (or maybe you listed your college on your senior AP registration and forgot about it. That would have given your college an official report automatically w/o any memorable action on your part).</p>
<p>No college requires an official AP score report as part of the app. But individual students, like my son, may choose for one reason or another to submit official AP scores. (we homeschooled, so he didn't have many grades. AP scores were a major chunk of his app and we felt they should be documented officially.)</p>
<p>texas137: I think she means to say she didn't take any AP credit, and beyond the application she wasn't bothered with official AP stuffs.</p>