<p>I only received a 2 on my AP World History exam. I know I will not receive any credit for this at the colleges I plan on applying to. Should I still include the scores in my application?</p>
<p>yeah i have a similar question… i took six and passed only 4 =/ but i wanted to report the scores for the ones i passed… is that possible or do we have to send all??</p>
<p>This is a tricky question. Most High school transcripts list their students AP scores. It would be more than unethical to hide it from a college, especially since it appears on the high school transcript. If they see that discrepancy, it might be grounds for immediate rejection or worse. Therefore, I personally would list all my AP exams and all my result.</p>
<p>With that said, there is a “score withholding” policy with the AP Reporting Services. Not sure how it exactly works and can’t vouch for its efficacy, but details can be found here:
[AP</a> Scores - AP Scores & Reporting Services](<a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>View Your AP Scores – AP Students | College Board)</p>
<p>Do you want colleges to think that you spent an entire year taking a course but didn’t even attempt the exam?</p>
<p>i’ve been reading this on a couple of threads, and it’s kind of bugging me, but since when do high school transcripts include your AP or SAT scores? i thought they only contain your classes and grades., and “high school” stuff. you have to pay collegeboard to send your SAT/AP scores.
for the SAT, they give you 4 free sends, and everything else is $9.95 or something. i don’t know about APs, but i remember something similar when i registered for them.</p>
<p>and jason, since when has not reporting AP scores been considered unethical? i don’t really follow your logic, especially since AP scores are mostly used for placement, not admission.</p>
<p>You are right. AP scores are mostly used for placement, not admission. </p>
<p>I’m not sure whether your high school did this, but mine included SAT, ACT, and AP scores on it. I get the feeling that a lot of high schools do this (why do schools specifically want you to send the scores directly from the testing agency and not just the ones on the transcript). </p>
<p>The folks who administer the AP will automatically send a copy of the scores to your high school.</p>
<p>Unethical might be the wrong word, but it definitely raises red flags in a college app if the scores are on the high school transcript but not on the college application. The school might be wondering, “what else are you hiding?”</p>
<p>I would definitely take a look at your high school transcript before you apply to colleges.</p>
<p>sorry for my somewhat belated reply but thanks jason!! i didnt even think about whether or not it would be on my transcript… i was thinking that the ETS (or whoever does AP exams) would just send all the scores to colleges i’m still a little unclear on that issue</p>
<p>and yeah the score withholding thing seems purposefully hazy lol it says, </p>
<p>"If you later decide to send an AP Score Report to a different college, however, you need to contact AP Services to have the score withheld from that score report.</p>
<p>A request to withhold a score does not permanently delete your score, and all exam scores, even those withheld from score reports sent to colleges, are sent to you and your school."</p>
<p>so it seems almost contradictory lol</p>
<p>thanks for replying though, i do think i have a better understanding now</p>