<p>This isn't totally athletic-related, but my daughter is completing in her application for what is today her top school :-) She can apply early action because they don't offer early decision, without closing herself out of other options.</p>
<p>She hasn't even been there on the visit yet! She has a lot of eggs in this basket now; we did go twice on unofficial visits and she liked it a lot, plus they have a good program for the field she's interested in. Her visit is in two weeks from this coming weekend, but she has another first. I'm hoping this one will work out. Seems like there are a lot of positives.</p>
<p>Anyway, my question. Do you send AP scores to schools when you apply, or do you wait to be accepted? Are they part of the decision process or just used for credit? The school already has her SAT and ACT scores. (I mean official reports, they have already seen everything else for the preread)</p>
<p>and depending on where she goes, they may never matter. Not all colleges accept AP credits. But for applications and recruiting they are not considered.</p>
<p>they will matter, maybe not for admissions but for school - there’s a table on their site that says she’ll get full credit for the three she has taken so far - they give credit for 4s and 5s in all three subjects. </p>
<p>I can’t even find how to send them! I guess I have to call?</p>
<p>My D’s counselor clearly mentioned to us: You need to send your AP scores only after you get accepted. If your D’s AP scores are great, you can do self report in the common application. But you don’t have to send them now. (Only send your SAT1 and SAT2s.)</p>
<p>pacheight, yes D1, not ivy. Hoping for a good package and a good recruiting trip. This was the first one she had scheduled and it will hopefully be the last one she goes on. She has another scheduled for the weekend after but I don’t think her heart is in that one. If she likes the girls and the team at this school, I think she won’t look back.</p>
<p>She is also only doing the one. There are a couple of other schools she’ll apply to if it comes to that (that she knows of so far) but they both only offer ED, so she won’t do that. If things don’t work out with this one, she can apply RD to the rest; unless it’s still early enough to to ED at the end of October !!!</p>
<p>So many checkboxes on the checklist! I can’t see how people do this for every single school! Was it this much work back in the day? I don’t remember it being so cumbersome; all the postcards and the postage on the envelopes … somehow I envisioned the common app being just a ‘click’ and you’re done!!! :X</p>
<p>^^she signed last year, the first week of November! Got her app in right about now, last year. She was set on her choice, 1,2, and 3 in May of her Junior year. Although it’s easier now in hindsight to see how clear it really was.</p>
<p>the pre-read feedback in May of her Junior year was probably the key event, it was all downhill after that…although when you’re going through it, it can feel all up hill:)</p>
<p>Would it be looked down upon if you only self reported 3 of the 5 AP scores? I had two 3s and so I just want them to look at my 4s and 5s…then in May (when I’m accepted) send all my scores…</p>
<p>Yes, the schools want to see the challenging course load and the grade but not necessarily whether you got 1-5 on the AP exam to get credit. My son’s school only accepted 5s for transfer credit. My son had the option of passing over the entry level class (due to the 5) to take the next level class. He decided to take the entry level class to learn the material the way his school wants him to learn the material. </p>
<p>Incidently, we were at freshmen orientation a couple months ago. There was a student on this panel that we could ask typical parent questions to. Through a series of questions, it was discovered this kid had transferred something like 14 or 16 AP classes to the school with 41 credit hours or something ridiculous like that. He scored 5 on all of them, and was graduating a year a head of time. His reason for doing this was that his family financial resources were limited, and they couldn’t afford another year. God bless his efforts!</p>