<p>My son took 3 AP exams so far in his Junior year. Got 4 n 5 in two and got a 3 in AP Latin Virgil which seems to be very hard.</p>
<p>The GC tells me that it's up to me. Since he has 3 very strong SAT IIs, I may choose not to send this AP score to the college admission.
I hear mixed stories. Some say that the colleges dont pay much attention to AP scores, some say that they value a lot.</p>
<p>Any words of wisdom that you want to share with me? Anubody had same experience. Thanks</p>
<p>There is no need to pay to send AP scores with applications. Some schools ask the applicant to self report on the application. In that case, it makes sense to do so since the transcript will show that the courses were completed, and there would be likely be an expectation that the AP tests were taken.</p>
<p>Hi twinm, then the adm officer wud think that the kid took the AP Latin class in school but failed or chose not to take the AP test. What kind of conclusion do they draw from this scenario? does it help the application or not?</p>
<p>I'd self-report all three when asked. A 3 on Virgil is nothing to be ashamed of. You don't need to send official score reports until you know which college you are attending.</p>
<p>Tokenadult had a recent thread addressing AP’s on apps. There was a lot of discussion about self-reporting a less than impressive score by CC terms: </p>
<p>I know others feel differently, but S never quibbled over this idea of reporting or not. Though S had many 5s and two 4s, he also had a 3 in AP German. He self-reported all of his scores and was very proud of just passing that German exam. Perhaps that helps.</p>
<p>report them all...adcoms can weigh his AP scores properly in the broad scheme of things.<br>
in our case, we hope that admissions offices realize instruction is weak where we live and that interest in AP tests is also very weak among students and parents. Teachers dread being judged by the low scores in our hometown and it is unfair because culturally there is little support or interest in them. In our town, 3 is a triumph.</p>
<p>that said, I ask my sons to do their best to assume self study to compensate. Taking AP German shows exposure to college level tests and looks good, as long as he doesn't have some essay overstating fluency.</p>
<p>It depends to which colleges he is applying, IMO. Personnaly, I would recommend reporting 4+ to everyone, but only a 3 to a school which gave credit for it. For example, a 3 is no help at all to an app to Harvard et al, so why waste the space by entering something on your app that will not help?</p>
<p>btw: concur with others. Do not waste money sending an official score report from CB. Just self-report scores in the "Others" section of the app.</p>
<p>Robinhood - Yes, that's what I meant. If they give you space to self report, then do so. If not, don't worry about it. A 3 on that test is probably fine; don't stress over it.</p>
<p>Here is another facet. At our school, all AP scores are recorded on HS transcript. So self-selecting which to report on the app would be problematic. (I know it's been reported on CC that you can petition your schools to take them off your transcript. I just don't happen to think it's necessary.)</p>
<p>Secondly, I believe this may fall into the same category as less than perfect Board scores. It's all about context, imo. S was not planning to major in German. Had 5's on rigorous exams. S self-reported scores to top tier schools, MIT, Stanford, Yale, Dartmouth and the like. No rejections. </p>
<p>I'm no admissions expert, and I could be wrong. But our approach was that his stats were his stats, and they went. I find the micromanaging and trying to read the tea leaves to be far more stressful. YMMV.</p>
<p>I agree with 3Ks (as would be expected from my previous posts on this subject) that one might as well self-report everything. Most college applicants to the very top colleges are competing with a lot of students who hardly took any AP classes, or who ditched the opportunity to take an AP test for a nominally AP-level class. It is not going to look bad to self-report a 3 even to a college that wouldn't give credit for a 3, because there are other applicants who have nothing to self-report in that same subject. </p>
<p>No later than when a student is admitted, pay the money to get the official score report sent to the college where your child will enroll, to gain time to have the official scores used for placement, credit, or whatever that college offers for AP scores. I have already reported my son's AP scores to one college that is on his application list for two years from now, partly because he may start a dual-enrollment program there next year, and the AP scores help make the case that he is ready for college-level work, as that college defines that level.</p>
<p>I guess you learn everyday.
I didnt know that self-reporting AP scores on the Apps is a valid option. For my D, I sent the scores to colleges via CB. Now that I started talking to them to understand the process, the CB is giving me all kinds of option - normal delivery, expedited delivery etc. The CB will charge extra $10 just to withhold one AP score per college.
If I can get away with self-reporting, then I dont have to worry about any of this.
Thanks parents very much.
I still wonder why do the colleges stress so much to have the CB send the SAT I/II scores.</p>
<p>Bottom line, the SAT scores weigh much heavier in the admit decision than AP scores. Right or wrong, colleges assume that SAT and SAT II are more standardized measures. AP Test scores can vary widely from school to school and teacher to teacher, and since all students don't take them, they really are difficult to use in evaluating students against each other.</p>