AP Scores: Will it hurt my chances of getting into an Ivy League or any other good schools?

Applying to College
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I am currently going into my Junior year, but by the end of my high school career I will end up taking 17 AP classes (my school offers 22)
Freshman:

Ap government

Sophomore:

AP Stat, Comp. Gov., US history, Physics 1

Junior year:
AP Calc BC, Chem, World, physics C, Lang

Senior year:
Ap macro, micro, psych, Euro. His., Lit., Biology, Env. Sci.

Extracurriculars (End of Senior year)
6 years of Karate (Black Belt)
3 national qualifying tournaments (one in Pennsylvania 1st, one in Virginia 2nd, and one in new york 2020 (TBD)
3 USA National tournaments ( Richmond, VA (2017) 2nd place, Chicago, Illinois (July 2019) TBD, (2020) TBD)
Other smaller tournaments
3 years of Youth and government (2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021)
3 years of cross country and track and field ( personal record: TBD)
3 years of a volunteer for red cross + a volunteer for the Relay for life for 2 years
Saturday school teacher and assistant teacher for 4 years
Volunteer as a translator in churches to help with legal advice for immigrants
I was awarded multiple biliteracy awards (Spanish, Portuguese, and French) by the state I live in.
4 years of piano: But I have never really done performances other than my piano teachers small shows for the parents
And other small extracurriculars that I probably won’t be putting on this resume or any other b/c I haven’t really shown as much initiative or leadership like the ones above.

Summer Extracurriculars:
Summer school:
No failures, just to complete prerequisites
Community College:
Classes: Accounting, International relations
Internships: With a law firm, and interest group (only 1 year though)
Volunteer as a student aid for my school
Grades (end of sophomore year): Not fully determined b/c my school hasn’t sent out transcripts yet.
Without an updated transcript: 3.91 (unweighted), 4.6(weighted)
Haven’t taken SAT yet

Questions: Will it hurt me if I only send out some and not all my AP scores? Should I replace the ones I won’t send with SAT subject test? The ones I did poorly on should I cancel my scores? If I do have to send my Ap scores will my extracurriculars and good grades counteract some of my poor ap scores?
I know that my Ap scores will not be on my transcripts.

Comments:
I don’t necessarily know if these matter in the Admissions process for ivies or any other school
SSL Hours: By the end of my senior year I will have about 700 SSL hours, but please note I haven’t earned these through my volunteer work but mostly just helping out as a student aid for my school in the summer and what I did in middle school. Also when I was a teacher helper for Saturday school.
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Nationality: Dual Citizen of the US and Peru
Economic Status: Low less than 30k a year, Single parent (some scholarship money)
I am not a part of any legacy

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Define “poorly” Regardless, it’s a waste of money to cancel scores. AP scores are self-reported on the application. The ooficial score report only goes to the college you are attending, and the clerical will not care what your scores are.

No. Not unless you need a Subject Test,

Moot. You don’t have to report any scores if you don’t want. Whether you should report is another question. But, in general, for top schools, there is not “making up” weak portions of an application; they want it all to be strong.

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not your question, but your Junior year looks really content heavy to me- is that a typical load for your school? A lot of people who sail through Grades 9 & 10 are surprised by the way that the jump in workload that often comes in Grade 11- just as you are also stepping into leadership roles in your ECs.

If you are looking at tippy top universities, having 17 APs with low scores (and possibly lower grades) will not look as good as having 8 APs with high scores and high grades. I know that in some schools to be competitive you need a lot of APs for weighted averages, but talk to your GC and find out what course load you need to have the ‘most rigorous’ box checked. Note that your UW GPA will matter more for many schools than your W.

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Will it be suspicious if I do not summit some of AP score when I apply to ivies or any other schools?

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It depends on how many you omit. One or 2 is likely fine. 5 may raise some eyebrows.

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I have all A’s in all my Ap classes and it usually isn’t as typical to take as much Ap classes but I have proven to my GC that I can with time management. A lot of my Ap scores are great but I have some that are not so great (3). My unweighted became this low b/c of some bad actions in middle school which will be noted by my gc in her letters of rec.

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Also I have completed many of my high school credits so most of the classes are my choice

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The assumption will be that a non-reported AP score is low (1 or maybe 2).

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2 other things to note:
• No college cares about middle school grades
• An admissions officer will roll his/her eyes at any attempt to explain a “low” 3.91 GPA. Ask her not to “explain.”

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Thank You. I didn’t see it that way. I will mention it to her. Also that was my grade by the end of the first semester sophomore year not the end of 2nd semester sophomore year. Hopefully it comes up.