<p>To any members of the incoming class of 2016 who are reading this…</p>
<p>I’m sure you received/read an e-mail from one of the associate deans of the College, concerning AP score reports (and sending them to Brown). I’d appreciate it if someone could clarify some points for me:</p>
<p>1) In the context of sending AP score reports to Brown, what is the difference between June 1 and July 1? Did the Dean make a mistake in the title of the message by typing “June 1” instead of “July 1”?</p>
<p>2) On my AP answer sheet, I personally did not list Brown as my score recipient (I left that portion blank, for some reason). Does the e-mail’s second bullet point address my situation? The wording is somewhat unclear…</p>
<p>But regardless, do I NEED to send CollegeBoard my College Information Card (on the back of the AP Student Pack) along with the $15 payment to designate Brown as my AP score recipient? (The other option, I suppose, would be to use the AP automated phone service and report my scores now? LOL I am so confused…) And when/if I do so, am I done? Or do I need to complete any more steps to finish reporting my scores to Brown?</p>
<p>Thanks. Hopefully one of you guys gets the chance to read this…</p>
<p>I also received that e-mail and found the wording unclear. If you go to the CollegeBoard website before June 1 (I think, not entirely sure) you can send your scores to Brown free of charge. I am not sure if your AP score from prior years will be sent, but you can find that information on the CollegeBoard. In the e-mail, the Brown dean also said that if an AP score is sent to Brown, you cannot remove it later. So if you got a 5 on AP Biology, you will not be allowed to take Introductory Biology (BIOL 200) at Brown. Check out Brown’s AP credit policy before sending your scores.</p>
<p>I can answer a small portion of this…</p>
<p>Unless they lose your scores like they lost mine (twice), they’ll automatically put on your transcript anything for which you have obtained “credit” when entering Brown, such as for AP Calculus or Biology. For example, the top of your transcript might list MATH0090, MATH0100, and BIOL0200, which precludes you from taking those courses, even though it will not give you Brown credit for them (you’ll have no grade and it won’t be counted towards the 30 courses passed required for graduation, unless things have changed in the past year).</p>
<p>On the other hand, something like Physics C, which grants retroactive credit after the successful completion of a higher level course, will not automatically go on your transcript and you’ll later need to fill out a form if you want the credit. I did this for one such AP exam but elected not to do it for the other because there was little point in getting AP credit on my transcript for anything beyond calculus. It may be relevant if you’re trying to graduate early, but otherwise, I’m not sure I see the point except for courses that are prerequisites for other courses.</p>