<p>Are AP scores sent to all colleges that we are considering or are they sent just to the colleges after acceptance? Thanks</p>
<p>The only place to send your AP scores to is the place where it matters- the school you will enroll at. You do this to receive any college credits your school (college) is willing to give you. Many entering freshmen have their orientation/registration in the summer before the spring’s AP results are available, courses are planned with assumptions of passing tests and revised if need be. Credits obtained that would change one’s class standing would not take effect until second semester- everyone registers as a freshman even if they will have enough AP credits to give them sophomore standing. I would imagine you also have the scores sent to your HS where they could be a part of your transcript for the purposes of college applications.</p>
<p>My S started taking AP tests in 10th grade and wasn’t sure where he wanted to go to college. He had them sent to several, which all ended up being ones that he applied to anyway. </p>
<p>So, for soph & jr years, they were just sent to where he thought he’d want to go. By his sr year, when he knew where he was going, they were just sent to one school.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that the scores are sent to one’s HS, and many HS put them on the transcript.</p>
<p>The applicant also gets to list them. Ah, you say, but she can cheat…</p>
<p>True, but what do they do then when the college accepts her and gets the official transcript from the CB? Worth the risk?</p>
<p>On the common app there is a place to list one’s AP scores. This, ECs and awards won, are all self-reported and there is no need to pay the $ to have AP scores sent to all colleges. The scores are not required nor are they officially counted, as a rule, by adcoms.</p>
<p>Is it really true that adcoms don’t care about AP scores? I find that hard to believe. Any adcoms care to weigh in?</p>
<p>My S just listed his scores in the honors section of the application. He sent the ultimate official score report to the school he decided to attend. (When we did the info session at the U of C, I recall that the presenter said that one should indeed send the official score report there as part of the app. He didn’t, but got in anyway.)</p>
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<p>It is true that some high schools do that. But the College Board reminds high schools that that should NEVER be done, because of data privacy laws, unless the student has signed a waiver allowing the high school to do that. Check your high school’s policy about putting test scores on high school transcripts if you don’t like them to be on your transcript. </p>
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<p>That’s not true at all. I attended a college information session just a week ago at which the admission officer said that Vanderbilt regards AP test scores in the admission process. See </p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/371690-colleges-request-ap-scores-their-application-forms.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/371690-colleges-request-ap-scores-their-application-forms.html</a> </p>
<p>for more details. Now the Common Application asks for student self-reported AP (or IB) test scores, and hundreds of colleges use that application form.</p>
<p>Just like Consolation’s S, my S got into the schools he applied to without having the AP scores officially sent. I’m sure Adcoms look at self-reported AP scores, just as they consider everything reported on the apps, but how highly they weight those scores is a good question. </p>
<p>I have heard adcoms may check that students who have taken AP courses also report taking the AP exams, and those who get A’s in HS AP classes but score 2-3s on the AP exams may raise a red flag about grade inflation at that particular HS. But listing a lot of 5’s on AP exams must look as good to an adcom as seeing other outstanding awards and honors.</p>
<p>My d sent AP scores to all schools she was applying to, b/c she got all 5s on the exams she took in her Junior year. Look at it this way - it’s positive information, so it can’t hurt. Also, it was easier that way- rather than trying to sort out which schools wanted official reports, and which didn’t.</p>
<p>Folks, keep in mind that admissions is an art as much as a science. I suspect that an admissions officer could not even describe how s/he uses AP scores because they are not part of the “formula” usually used, yet they are relevant, valuable information.</p>
<p>So folks, please stop trying to second guess the process:
- it varies from college to college
- no college accurately describes how they make their decisions (whether deliberately or not, and I think it is deliberate at the top places), so we are in the dark anyway.
- NO ONE requires “official” AP score reports at the application level. Save your money.</p>
<p>FWIW, I am glad this application madness is behind me. In retrospect, we spent way too much trying to second guess the system and position for maximal impact, especially because information I learned later told me you can’t second guess…</p>
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<p>Yes, it appears all colleges are willing to deal with self-reported AP scores for admission purposes. Of course some students will come into the application process with AP scholar awards, which should definitely be mentioned on any college application. And colleges develop their recruiting lists, if they choose, partly based on AP scores on record for the recruited students. </p>
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<p>You just self-report scores. If there are any doubts the admissions officers can always check with your school. Teachers and GC’s may mention your score results (if they were good) as part of the recommendation, even if they aren’t on the transcript. In addition if you have done well on enough APs you may be able to report AP Scholar status.</p>