<p>Do I have to submit my AP scores when I apply to schools? Or do I send them after I have been accepted and have committed to a school?</p>
<p>Send your scores after you pick which college you are going too, but put them down on the application if there is room for them and if you did well on them.</p>
<p>hmmm, so omit the 1 and the 3, but report all the 5s?</p>
<p>i thought it was better to show that you took the AP test instead of just taking the class and not taking the test.</p>
<p>Opinions vary. As a "3" is a passing score, showing that you are capable of college-level work while still in high school, I can't figure why you would omit it. If you report some and not others, admissions will assume 1s ansd 2s for those you don't report. For many opposing and agreeing opinions, see these threads:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/547777-how-ugly-3-a.html%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/547777-how-ugly-3-a.html</a>
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/551131-should-i-show-my-ap-score-3-a.html%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/551131-should-i-show-my-ap-score-3-a.html</a>
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/551093-do-colleges-care-about-low-ap-scores.html%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/551093-do-colleges-care-about-low-ap-scores.html</a></p>
<p>Thanks for all the input and the links to the old threads!</p>
<p>I think I'll report the 3, but would it be better to not report the 1. Would they rather see that I took the AP class and failed the test, or that I took the AP and didn't (supposedly) take the test?</p>
<p>I'm applying to Yale, Middlebury, Amherst, Notre Dame, and Kenyon.</p>
<p>I think the rest of your record can easily withstand reporting a 1. My reasoning last year was that it might make me more memorable to be the one with enough confidence (and/or foolishness) to boldly report a 1. (It worked well for me, btw.)</p>
<p>note: I did not apply to any of your listed schools.</p>
<p>where did you apply?</p>
<p>UCLA, UCB, Occidental, USC, Santa Clara Univ, University of San Francisco, and Saint Mary's of CA.</p>