<p>I asked them this question a few days ago and received a reply today. They said anything that’s asked on their application is a factor.</p>
<p>I had some really bad AP scores (yes, like 2’s) and of course, still reported them…</p>
<p>And now I’m just really worried. My GPA is already a weakness, so with this added, I just like I’m going to get an automatic rejection. I know, scores aren’t everything. But still, they still an important factor.</p>
<p>Is there an explanation for the bad scores? like, did you have mono in the months before the test? Do you have a disability that would account for poor test taking skills?</p>
<p>yeah i have bad ones, but i didn't report them, although they are on my transcript...
my first ever ap teacher freshman year told me that for schools like ivies and etc. they won't even accept ap scores for credit. so i decided not to REALLY put effort into trying. i don't think that itll be a "considered" factor not an "important" or "very important" factor.</p>
<p>My high school counselor made me report all of my scores even though I didn't do particularly well on most of them. If it were up to me, I wouldn't report my scores because I know they're not "Brown standard" but like I said, I didn't have a choice :( I was always told that schools didn't even see them until you were admitted anyway. I just kinda froze up in the testing room. I just hope they'll look more at my grades in the actual classes and not just those stupid AP scores.</p>
<p>For US History, the mc was pretty easy in my opinion. I know I did bad on the essays but still, I thought I bsed pretty well. I really thought I was going to get a 4 and if not a 4, at the very least a 3.</p>
<p>For Biology, it's my worst subject, so I was hoping for nothing less than a 3. But I guess I wasn't too surprised with my score for Bio. I thought I missed like every single mc but the essays were pretty okay. </p>
<p>I know one person who skipped the last essay, like it was totally blank and still got a 5.</p>
<p>I took the SAT II's the week after I found out about my dad having cancer. I have decent scores (770,750,740) but I really think they would have been better if I had been able to study. Do I report this (I don't want to come of as egotistical because I'm not... I'm actually kinda a self-depricator)?</p>
<p>Wait, yeah. I know this is different from the tone of the thread, but I think my AP scores might actually HELP me--I put them on the commonapp, but I didn't do an official score report or anything--should I have done that?</p>
<p>nah, they don't need those until you're trying to get credit once you've applied. But I think mine probably helped me. I had a pretty rough APUSH grade in class, but that's just the way our teacher taught. But I got a 5 on the test, so I'm hoping they kinda connect the dots.</p>
<p>My D is at Brown and took 4 APs. She did not report any of them, although her scores were good. She took 1 junior year and 3 senior year. The fact of TAKING the course matters in Brown's admissions, the scores do not matter. The only thing the scores do is enable you to miss intro courses, if they are pre-requisites for other courses. My D decided that even though her scores would allow her to skip a course, she didn't want to do that; college would be tough enough without starting at an intermediate level. You do not get credit which would allow you to graduate early, you just get placed higher on the ladder. I believe some departments need 4s and some need 5s. But reporting the scores to Brown is definitely not required.</p>
<p>pineapple, I know this isn't the answer you want, but in a competitive application situation when more than 20,000 students are vying for 2500 or so spots -- yes, anything and everything is taken into account. If they love you they will accept you in spite of the low APs. If they are looking for a reason not to accept you, then the low AP scores may hurt you. What you need to do now is chill out, stop worrying about things you simply can't change, keep up your good grades, and make sure you have applied to some rock solid safety schools. </p>
<p>biology91: I'm so sorry about your father's cancer. Your SAT II scores are not decent, they are EXCELLENT. They are outstanding. You absolutely positively DO NOT need to take them again. Go spend time with your father instead.</p>
<p>franglish: I think AP scores do more than give you credit. They're a way of comparing... since AP classes are not the same at every school. Someone could get a C in their class and get a 5 on the exam (very challenging class), while someone else could have an A+ then get a 3 (very easy class).</p>
<p>Ooooh I hope Brown takes mine into consideration...I have VERY low SAT II's (710, 680, 660) but I'm hoping that my three 5's will make up for them, or at least get me to committee. The problem is that EVERYONE from my school gets 5's, like last year in my 24-person BC Calc class, 21 got 5's and 3 got 4's and that was actually a bad year for us lol...</p>