<p>On the UC Berkeley website it shows that for incoming freshman and sophomores they recommend that you send in your AP scores if you took an AP class to show your mastery of the subject. Does this mean that you're basically screwed if you got really bad AP scores? I wasn't planning on sending in my scores because I only took 2 AP classes and I was really lame and didn't study for the exams. Is that being dishonest?</p>
<p>I took AP World History and AP English and got a 1 on World and a 2 on the English exam... I don't want to send them in because I got A's in the class I just failed to study and really take the exam seriously... At my school the teachers never emphasize the importance of AP exam scores and up until this year I didn't really think they mattered... I just don't want to be completely ruined because of my poor choice to not study... I'm a rising senior so I can't really retake the exams before applications are due... :/ </p>
<p>Don’t submit them, submitting AP scores is a choice so it’s not academic dishonesty, you just won’t get college credit for it. Also, what you get on your APs doesn’t really matter much, so you won’t be “completely ruined”!</p>
<p>^Ya sure, I think your first semester at Cal, you should only have two “difficult” classes. That way, if you find it easy you can take three the next semester or if you find it difficult just take one. If you try to take like 3+ difficult courses your first semester, you may not know what you’re getting yourself into, Cal is very different from hs so you may be unsure of your level (I sure was). Keep in mind, nearly everyone who goes here was a top student during hs, so now you’re no longer the big fish in a little pond and are competing with top notch students (this goes for curved classes, nearly every science course is).</p>
<p>ok thx dina but u said on the other thread that u overloaded ur first semester and had problems. can u talk more about that im real interested…im looking at my courses and i realy dont wanna mess up my record…</p>
<p>I took 3 difficult classes and then 2 not so difficult classes my first semester, and ended up with mostly B’s, it might not sound that bad but for a pre-med it results in an undesirable gpa. You can always drop a class after a couple weeks (make sure to know the drop deadline for your specific class, some classes have early drop) once you get a feel for the classes and decide.</p>
<p>Alright. I just had assumed that since the website said they recommend people take the test if they take the class also meant that you need to send in your scores… Thanks for the clarification! :)</p>