<p>Okay, so I didn't do so well on APs...</p>
<p>Chem - 2
Macro - 3
World History - 5 (!)<------the only one I didn't have an official "AP" class for (only advanced)</p>
<p>On the Common App should i still report them all? Can I just submit WH/withhold the rest? Will they even see an official report for admissions? </p>
<p>I'm so confused...</p>
<p>Most schools dont even look at your AP scores. You just submit them afterward to see if you place for certain classes and stuff like that</p>
<p>Hi qwert . my son scored a 1 on the ap european history test and is worried as to how this will impact his admissions. So you dont think that this is an issue?</p>
<p>You don’t have to report all of your AP scores if you don’t want too. Colleges usually only require them once you have been admitted and they need them for class placement. I would probably only report the “5” and the “3.”</p>
<p>I think this is true and not true. Schools like that you take AP classes but there is also a correlation between how well you did in the class and how well you did on the exam. If you got an A in the class and a 1 on the exam, I would wonder how much of an AP the class truly was. And if you don’t take the exam, i.e., dont report the score even in the application… why didn’t you? It raises a question. No, your AP grades don’t necessarily compute in your GPA and other test scores, but they still say something.</p>
<p>Hmm. These are going to sound like terrible excuses, but my Macro class was a JOKE (100 average all year), so it was largely self-studies. Chem was challenging (I got an A-), but the teacher didn’t teach to the exam, if that makes any sense. Like, my friend got a tutor from a nearby private school, and she said that half of what he taught never showed up on the exam (no one’s gotten above a 3 in the past 2 years). The problem is that reasonably high grades/low AP scores probably just look like grade inflation to adcoms.</p>
<p>I would say that I seem to be the only person to ever get a C in AP chem then a 5 on the exam, but a friend of mine got a D-/5. lol. </p>
<p>But yeah, uh, don’t submit anything less than a 3…</p>
<p>Yea I know what you’re saying about AP scores and grades not adding up. A lot of APES students at my school got As in the class and 1s on the exam.</p>
<p>unless you can get your guidance counsoler to write something saying that you had crappy teachers (which is extremely unlikely), you can’t use that as an excuse.
report 3 and 5.</p>
<p>I know that supposedly AP scores shouldn’t be used as a college admission tool for colleges. But my counselor told me that they are used to “verify” your GPA and grades in your AP classes. Say if you had an A in World History and received a 1 on your AP test, colleges might wonder if you really deserved the 5.0 you receved for World History. the college might think your school has inflated grades. On the other hand, you might get a C and receive a 5 on AP, and colleges will think you’ve definitely excelled in the subject, etc. But then again, i don’t completely have faith in my guidance counselor, she’s told me wrong informations before… just a suggestion. any opinions on this?</p>
<p>You guys realize - you can cancel your AP scores. Just pay $15 i believe and the score will no longer be shown.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t get rid of those scores. It at least shows that you tried the exams. Congrats on the 5, and a 3 isn’t as bad as some may say it is because it is still considered passing.</p>
<p>^i agree. with some schools you even get credit for that course if you got a 3 on the exam. Depends on which ones though</p>