AP score witholding

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<p>I would appreciate receiving answers to the following questions. Thank you.</p>

<p>A student is planning to take AP Chem in May 2010 and she is currently in her sophomore year (10th grade). Today she does not know which college(s) she will apply to in future, and therefore she is not indicating any "score report recipient" on her registration sheet.
Also, it is possible that she might like to "withhold" her May 2010 score if it is not good enough; and if the May 2010 score is not good enough, she will probably re-take the test next year (May 2011). </p>

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<li><p>In this situation, can she send the withhold request (with the fee) to the collegeboard in, say, September 2010 (AFTER seeing her score; if she is happy with her score she will not withhold it)? According to the AP Bulletin, the withhold request MUST be received by collegeboard by June 2010 for the May 2010 AP exams. Please clarify.</p></li>
<li><p>If an AP test score is withheld, does the score report show that something was withheld (e.g., by leaving a blank line or a blank box or by the phrase "withheld at student's request" or by any other means)? That is, by looking at her AP score report (I understand that the student will receive a single, cumulative, report showing ALL her AP scores for ALL the years), will an admission officer have any way of knowing that some score was withheld?</p></li>
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<p>To answer your second question, the answer is yes, depending on one thing: Is she taking the class in school? If yes, then the class will show up on her transcript. An admissions officer will not see the AP exam grade but will wonder why it isn’t appearing. They can easily put two and two together: “She took the class, but isn’t divulging her exam grade; therefore, it must not be a satisfactory score.” </p>

<p>To be honest, I wouldn’t worry about it… you seem extremely worried, way moreso than you should be. Let her take the exam, and whatever she gets, she gets. It’s not like she will be discredited for dooing poorly on the AP exam. She simply won’t get the college credit equivalent (if applicable, depending on the college to which she plans to attend).</p>