<p>Yes, but the point was that the incentive of getting into a top school by falsely claiming to have 10 perfect AP’s may exceed the disincentive of having to decline advanced standing once admitted. The universities’ incentive seems to be to not alienate students by checking AP scores after admission, and especially not through the College Board which would create needless expenses.</p>
<p>This leaves a loophole, unless the university makes active attempts to verify self-reported scores after admission, for the sole purpose of ensuring the honesty of the application. My impression is that it’s unlikely a university would ask during the application review, and that it’s a Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy after the point of admission.</p>
<p>The colleges get from College Board enough information about AP test performance of students </p>
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<p>that really blatant cases of cheating could be detected through that, or through counselor recommendations, and perhaps through other sources as well. </p>
<p>I always figure that strict honesty is the best policy in applying for college.</p>
<p>I think that a certain amount of cunning score inflation (or even invention) would be hard to flag, and is also a possibility for self-reported scores beyond AP. Some schools ask for math competition scores, and it seems that an applicant could add some AMC or AIME points with impunity. It stands to reason that the more college admission becomes an arms race, the less hypothetical such considerations become.</p>
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<p>You’re not a math coach who receives the annual book listing all the top scorers in the AMC tests? Everyone who cares about AMC test scores knows how to look up the names of all the top scorers. I’ve always assumed that that book is at the table of any admission committee that considers AMC scores as part of the admission process.</p>
<p>S1’s math coach never gave out scores – S had to contact AMC to get them. That was fine by S, as he knew then what he had was accurate and had the email from AMC if anyone questioned it.</p>
<p>I think <em>not</em> reporting a score when you took a class that’s labeled as AP on your transcript raises questions that an admissions committee may not answer to your liking!</p>
<p>If there is a legit reason one didn’t take the AP or canceled a score, that is an EXCELLENT thing for the GC to mention in the rec letter. Otherwise, I’d say put the scores out there and let the chips fall where they may.</p>
<p>I’m familiar with the book (or older versions of it, anyway). I also have trouble thinking of what category of college would attach enough importance to the scores <em>and</em> have enough applicants whose scores they’d want to verify, to retain copies of the book. I guess it could be used as a recruiting tool.</p>
<p>On the form where it asks what school to send the official reort to, I was not sure what to write. I am a junior who is considering various schools. I just wrote down my first choice school, but what should I do if I decide to go to another one later down the road? Can I just pay to have an additional report sent to the other school?</p>
<p>You could pay to send a report to another school later if need be. The only school you MUST send a report to is any college where you will enroll where the AP test scores will be useful for class placement, credit, or something else. But it can be optionally useful to send AP score reports officially to some other college. In the admission process, you self-report scores. And colleges have SOME information about AP test scores of students for student recruiting </p>
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<p>whether or not you officially report scores. But sometimes reporting your scores to a particular college results in more specific recruitment, as it did for my son this admission season. </p>
<p>Good luck in your applications when the time comes.</p>
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<p>I know this question has been coming up for a time but would a senior high school get rescind from their college if they failed most of their AP exams?</p>
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<p>That is exceedingly unlikely. Were AP scores mentioned in the offer of admission? Usually, all you lose by scoring poorly on an AP test is whatever benefit the higher score would have brought (exemption from a class, credit for a class, an AP scholar award, or whatever). </p>
<p>By the way, good luck to everyone taking AP tests this week and next.</p>
<p>If a person would get a 1 on his AP Exam(s), would he/she be in risk of losing their admissions offer to the college they’ve been accepted to?</p>
<p>btw, this is a curiosity question, I shouldn’t get lower than a 3 on my Exams so don’t start talking about how I should’ve studied etc. I’m just wondering because I know many people who have been accepted into a college and just slept through their AP Exams.</p>
<p>Do they really care about APs? I don’t care. Unless you got a conditional offer from a British university.</p>
<p>You could just cancel the scores if you slept through it though</p>
<p>You do not have to cancel scores. Just don’t send them if they are not up to your liking. They will not cancel your admission. However, if you do well on them you can get credit or advanced standing in college which can be very helpful down the road. It is worth it to do your best.</p>
<p>This clears up a lot for me!</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>I now know my guidance counselor was wrong.</p>
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<p>well whats bad? if one got 5,5,5,4,3 (us gov, english comp, world, calc bc, physics c) would that look bad at top schools? or 5,5,4,4,3?</p>
<p>I’m also curious about what bad AP scores are. My other scores are good (2330 SAT, 770+ subject tests). But I haven’t been feeling good during AP tests this year. I scored a 5 on chem and a 4 on world history last year, but I’ll probably get 4’s this year. Is that a significant negative for admission to HYPS and other top schools?</p>
<p>Doesn’t canceling an AP score look just as bad as getting a 1 on it?</p>
<p>Alright, so if we’ve worked hard all throughout high school but do bad on an AP exam or 2, our chance of getting in is in jeopardy?</p>
<p>^Well, that’s the way it works for the SAT and SAT II’s, but AP’s aren’t weighted as heavily.</p>
<p>I’m interested in whether too many 4’s will significantly impact admissions to top colleges.</p>