Hi, I am entering my senior year of high school and have started to finalize my list of colleges to apply to. From my understanding, AP scores carry a greater weight in the admission decision at Harvard than other schools, which leads me to my question. How severely will having a 2 on one AP Exam (Chemistry) hurt my chances of admission? My other scores are fine (3 5’s and 2 4’s) and I feel that the 2 is the one blemish on an otherwise solid application. So should I omit the score when applying? Is it even worth applying if I report the score? I would really appreciate any responses and I thank you in advance for any advice you are willing to share.
I can’t really say whether or not the score will harm you or not, but I don’t think withholding the score will help you. If they see the class on your transcript but don’t have an AP score submission, they will automatically just assume a 1-2 score.