<p>Also, colleges with personal portal webpages for admitted students often have on those pages summaries of the student's registration/enrollment elements: test scores (whether rec'd), transcript rec'd, immuniz. status, housing, f.a., etc. Apparently, according to the student forums, sometimes the page will include the actual scores themselves, not just a record of their receipt. On CC's AP Test Prep sub-forum, some students were saying that's how they first found out about their AP scores, so clearly those students also did not have to pay to get an "early" report ahead of the mail.</p>
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My daughter is registering for her fall semester classes this week. She is a liberal arts foreign languages major. The other four scores were fun to learn, and the AP Calculus BC score and Physics test score were great to see and important to learn. She now knows she doesn't need register for math or science classes this fall and can start working on different distribution requirements.</p>
<p>I do want to remind parents that not all colleges treat AP scores the same way. While my D will get credit for APs at her college, they DO NOT count toward distribution requirements. Her school has requirements for a particular number of courses within certain disciplines. AP credit will count for elective credit, but not toward satisfying the distribution requirements. For example, while she got credit for the equivalent of 2 courses with her APUSH score, it won't count toward fulfilling her American Studies requirement ... even though one of the courses that would count is pretty much USH. It's not a problem, because there are plenty of great courses she can take to fulfill the requirements ... but it makes a difference when planning courses. BTW, she is transferring ... and her credits from college DID count toward distribution requirements.</p>
<p>When I called the number it said we needed the AP number and the SS #. There's no chance of digging up the former. Are you sure we can do without it?</p>
<p>^Yep. Just need to speak directly with an agent there, re-supply personal identifying info, & they will research the AP # for you.</p>
<p>Owlice: The curiousity got to my son. He called me one day from work and asked that I call for his scores. He won't be home when they arrive in the mail, so I did call. Three 5s and a 4. He wishes that 4 were a 5 for his AP English Language teacher, as he loves her to death. But she was thrilled with his score since the test is a real pain. She said that every year, something is changed on it, and teachers are given no clue what the change will be. Two years ago, they added research-related questions, and she and her fellow AP teachers had no idea that they would do that. And she attends all those AP conferences to find out that latest in AP.</p>
<p>While D's school assured her that she could play with her schedule and change courses all the way up to Sept. 2, she really wanted to know her scores so she would know whether she needed to take Rhetoric and other intro courses. So, yeah, we paid the $8.</p>
<p>D did not take an AP science test (bio, chem, physics) so this did not apply to her, but she is matriculating into a health sciences college and I was very surprised to learn that no AP credit for science was being given to majors in the college. Apparently, many med schools do not like to see AP over college courses, so many universities do not grant it, except to non-majors fulfulling core course or distribution requirements.</p>
<p>Is there anyone living in New York who took AP's last year? If so, when did you recieve your AP scores in the mail?</p>
<p>We didn't pay. Honestly, at her school, the scores are worth very little and she will not transfer in any science credit since she will be a sci major. My biggest beef is probably that she took both AP Spanish Language and AP Spanish Lit. Neither is at intro level; they are both the equivalent of a <em>second-year</em> college course. Her school will give a maximum of one semester credit of language irregardless of whether she does well on one or both of the exams.</p>
<p>ILuvA's:
Just checked "the drawer" for you. I keep everything in the original envelopes with what the contents are. Unlike ALL the other mail/scores there, there is no postmark on the envelope!!! Sorry. What I hear form my kids is that it is July.</p>
<p>We only sent AP scores, after all grades were in last July, to the one school S would attend in the Fall. The school then sent us a print out of all the courses (their equivalents in the college he was attending), course number and amount of credits awarded. Gave him credit and counted the grade for the one college course he took at his high school. Credits, no grades, for all the AP's. got college credit for 12 of 13 Ap's he took.</p>
<p>Good luck. Unless you need them sooner to register for classes, just wait fort he mail. The grades will arrive soon. (Awaiting ourselves here for our up and coming high school senior!)</p>
<p>I like the AP credits for at D1's school she used them to bump up her class standing to be ahead in housing lottery or when signing up for classes.</p>
<p>I have a couple of former students who are a full year ahead because of AP credit awarded by their respective schools. They will complete four years with BA and MS degrees or do extensive internships. My son said that if he went to our state university now, he already would have 42 credits. (He is a rising senior who plans to take five APs this year) My AP teacher friends are always touting AP credit, not just for the rigor of your schedule but because the benefits can be wonderful -- like advanced standing in classes or housing lotteries. Only a handful of kids ever listen. Their loss.</p>
<p>We called and paid the 8 bucks because D1 is trying to figure out her course schedule at college this fall and wanted to make sure she had the AP credits she expected.</p>
<p>momreads, That is particularl true of state universities but not true of top liberal arts colleges so it depends where they want to go. My daughter took 6 AP classes and will end up with credit for only 2 <em>semester</em> courses at a top liberal arts college. I believe she would have earned close to a year of credit at the state university. We checked the credit situation before applying so we were aware of it. I don't think she would have earned more than about a semester at any of the top-20 liberal arts colleges where she was admitted but the big state universities (even UVA where she was admitted) were far more generous with credit. It's not a bad thing to take the tests anyway-- it shows rigor and the tests may suddenly become useful if one transfer. But the credit situation can be very different between 2 schools and, if it's important to a student, is well worth checking into before applying.</p>
<p>2collegewego, we've seen how generous some schools are ... and then, yes, there are other schools where they are not so generous. My S has a mix of possible AP credit offerings on his list. Fortunately, our school pays a portion for the AP tests, so that's a big help. That means I paid $75 for four tests this year. If he gets all his credits, a semester cost me just $75. What a bargain!</p>
<p>The amount of AP credit with which she could enter was a key variable in D's college choice of a public's honors program over a private university; the public takes 3's in some subjects and is generous with the credit in others for 4's and 5's. She saw the flexibility it gives her in double-majoring, studying abroad, etc., as an important advantage, even though she wasn't looking at us saving a semester's tuition. Even though I think she'll choose to retake Psychology if it proves important to her still undecided major, most of her credit will be in areas in which she's glad to check off distributional requirements without ever taking another course.</p>
<p>I'd definitely recommend checking the AP credit-granting policies of schools of interest if they matter to your child; colleges in tiers below the most highly selective are all over the board in terms of hours granted per test, required score (varies by subject at many universities) and how they can be used (distibution requirements versus just elective hours.)</p>
<p>Well, AFTER paying the $8 (at least it wasn't $15 or $25), daughter realizes the AP credit is already there, listed etc., on her transcript-page when she logs into her account at her new school. So I guess the lesson here is that the AP scores go out much faster to the schools the kids pick than they do to their homes. Check that out before you give them another eight bucks.</p>
<p>It would appear that S did not arrange for the free score report to be sent to his school of choice, even though he had decided in advance of this year's AP tests. So we'll have to pay to have them sent. Grrrr....</p>