<p>Should AP scores be sent directly by college board as part of the application process? When checking the Dartmouth College website, this is what it said, but the paragraph seems to be cut off</p>
<p>Testing</p>
<p>I don’t believe you send AP test scores until after you’re admitted and when you want credit.</p>
<p>You can just report good scores in the “honors” section of the Common App and on a resume, if you send one.</p>
<p>When you get in somewhere, then send to official report to them.</p>
<p>Should I bother sending in a 3?</p>
<p>It depends on the school. For D, probably not. Go to the Dartmouth website and do a search on AP placement and you’ll see what they give. It varies from department to department.</p>
<p>If you are asking whether you should self report a 3 as an “honor,” it probably depends on the school. For the most selective schools, I don’t think it would do you any good.</p>
<p>I would send the report if it really “adds” to the strength of your application. For instance, if you have many 5’s, perhaps AP Scholar, AP Scholar with Distinction…otherwise it will cost you money and may not add much. D only accepts certain AP score, etc. == some for credit and some for placement. I believe they have a max. amount of credit you can earn.</p>
<p>I know some high schools also have them on the HS transcript. You can self report and they can see it there as well. You may not need to spend the money to send them until you know you get in.</p>
<p>Don’t waste your money sending them. Just self-report the scores on the Common App. No admissions reader at a highly selective college cares about CollegeBoard’s so-called AP awards; they only care about the courses and scores. (In other words, 5’s in Chem, Calc BC and English Lit are much more impressive than 5’s in Enviro, Human Geog and Psysch, even tho both would earn the same CB ‘award’.)</p>
<p>I will have to send in my 3 in World then, since I only have 5 APs, and need it for my AP Scholar with Distinction award. Right?</p>