<p>So I got my AP scores in the mail today. I was expecting one to be bad and the other to be amazing and I was a little iffy on the last one. But my scores did not turn out how I predicted it to be AT ALL. Would it hurt your chances to apply to an ivy if some of your ap scores are low, or does it not matter?</p>
<p>You self-report the scores (so they do see them on the application) so it might hurt if you scored low on an AP which you got A’s in during the class - because it indicates grade inflation. Other than that, it doesn’t have a huge influence. </p>
<p>“Plus, you can always cancel a score.”
You can’t cancel the scores once you get them. You can only do that within a certain period immediatley after you take the exam.</p>
<p>Heyyy, what state are you from?
Because I’ve been waiting for mine and they havent come in yet… <.<
Do they send them out to all the states all at once?</p>
<p>But I dunno, I guess it shouldn’t matter.</p>
<p>Are you sure? I looked at the commonap and I didn’t see any place where I had to self report, but I was merely skimming.</p>
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<p>Yes you can… this is a huge misconception on CC. According to the College Board, scores can be “canceled at any time”. See the “Score Cancellation” section on this page: <a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools;
<p>However, if canceled after June 15, the score will still appear on this year’s score report, but NOT next year’s.</p>
<p>Ok that’s good. Do you have to self report your scores?</p>
<p>You do not have to self-report your score.</p>
<p>zoosermom - do you think it’s honest to self-report some scores but not all of them? I have some real inconsistencies - 2 5’s, 2 3’s and one 2. Seems sort of dishonest to report all but the 2 (and schools would see that I took that AP course but not the exam). Should I report all of them including the 2, report none, or report all but the 2? So confused!</p>
<p>Not knowing what the rest of your package looks like, I can’t tell you for sure. However, I will note that if all your classes are listed on your transcript and you only provide certain scores, it will raise red flags. Not what you want to do. If you were my child, I would assess what the scores were in (if you got a 2 in an area that relates to the major you will apply for, as an example) before making a decision. Your scores are really fine, considering that you aren’t yet even a senior, but it’s a pretty strategic decision. I think you should weigh it in the balance. Do your excellent scores complement the totality of your package more than the poor score detracts from it, or vice versa? My D, for example, was weak in math on her transcript and had her GC explain the circumstances in her rec, so in that case, the high scores were much more beneficial than the one low score was problematic. But YMMV.</p>
<p>Thanks zoosermom - lots to think about. My 2 was in AP Environmental Science - we had a new teacher teaching the course for the first time and we just didn’t learn it very well, though I had an A- in the course. I’m much more of a humanities kid and the higher scores I’ve received are in humanities/social sciences courses which are more my thing. So maybe I report all of them? Seems like if I leave off the 2, admissions officers are likely to make a guess that it’s a really bad score anyway. If I don’t report any of them, maybe they’ll guess that all of them are bad?</p>
<p>Thank you! Yes, I have the same issue worriedone. I got a 1 in spanish, but that’s simply because our teacher never prepared us at all. We didn’t even know the format! I got a 3 in AP Chem, and I’m planning on getting my score report back to see what I did wrong. I would have thought I could have gotten a 4 or a 5. And on World History, I received a 4, even though I totally thought I got a 5. I’m a little worried…I might ask for a rescore. Of course, bio was a 5, but I took that sophmore year, so I don’t know how my scores went down so much junior year…I’m definitely leaving off the 1. I want to go into medicine, though, so I don’t know if I should leave off my chemistry.</p>
<p>You know, folks, if there is a school-based issue with regard to a particular class, it is appropriate for the GC to make mention of that. For example, a relative had a class in which the AP scores were very low – but the reason was that it was a small school whose teacher suffered a heart attack and left in February and a replacement took a while to be found. The GC explained in the recommendation and it made perfect sense. If your issue is completely legitimate (rather than “the teacher stinks”) it should be addressed and the scores sent. I urge you to really think hard about whether to send some, but not all, scores if all AP classes are listed on your transcript. By the way, have you SEEN your transcript to make sure it’s correct?</p>
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Not necessarily. They may simply think you didn’t report them and will submit official scores when you matriculate.</p>