<p>I was wondering how much weight AP scores carry in the college admissions process. Do you have to report them? Can you report some and not others? Does it look bad if you take an AP class but don't report an AP score? I have pretty good stats otherwise: 2290 sat; 790, 770 sat2s; 4.0 gpa; 2/230 class rank. I just didn't feel like I did especially well on my recent AP tests. Thank you for any input.</p>
<p>course load is considered and since the ap test is used as a factor to measure you up against the other thousands of students that took the AP course, yes I guess they are weighted. (probably not much)</p>
<p>I applied to 6 colleges(UNC, UMD, Umich, Texas, PSU, and Wisconsin) and not one asked for AP scores and I did not send it to any of them. Now i guess I could have sent them and so can you if they are good. I still have yet to report my scores to the college i am going to, UMD.</p>
<p>OP:</p>
<p>no, you don't have to report them. Yes, you can (and should) self-report good AP scores (use the "Other" section of the app). No.</p>
<p>Ivy league schools ask for AP scores, but I hear they are considered minimally (not nearly as much as GPA). Personally, I think they should consider them more because if someone gets a B in a class and a 5, he/she probably knows the subject better and just went to a harder school than the student who gets a 3 and an A in the class. But that's the system for ya.</p>
<p>Da' Bear's fan:</p>
<p>the common app does not ask for AP scores, and some Ivy schools accept the CA, sooooo.......</p>
<p>Also, Columbia, which does not use the Common App, also does not ask for AP scores.</p>
<p>The Common Application doesn't ask for AP scores, but some colleges' supplements to the Common App do.</p>
<p>thanks to those who responded. one more question: would it look bad if you took an AP class but did not take the AP exam?</p>
<p>you dont even have to report some scores so i dont think it would.</p>
<p>thanks lurker</p>