<p>As the title says. I'm curious as to whether AP test scores matter when applying or only after you get admitted for credit. If it's the latter, it makes them a lot less stressful.</p>
<p>Also, would it look bad to a college if you took an AP class but not the exam in that subject? For ex: Physics - got an A- in the class but no exam taken.</p>
<p>No to both questions. Most colleges do not care about ap exam scores, with one exception. You can use them to explain discrepancies. I submitted mine because I got a B- in Calc BC because the class is very difficult at my school and i had a lot of other extenuating circumstances, but I got a 5 on the exam, showing that i really did know the subject.</p>
<p>Okay thank you! And can you choose to send some to explain discrepancies without sending all? Say that similar to you I got a B in calc but end up getting a 5 on the exam. However, I get a 4 on an exam for a class that I got an A in. Can I just send the calc score to explain the reason?</p>
<p>It depends on the school, some schools require that if you submit exam scores, you must submit them all.</p>
<p>They don’t really care too much, unless you get, say an A in the class and a 2 on the AP test. That simply doesn’t line up. An A with a 4 or 5 does! I wouldn’t stress much.</p>
<p>Even the A with a 2 doesn’t matter much, as anyone can have a bad day or simply be overwhelmed by too many AP tests. A series of 1s and 2s with high grades may be an indication of a problem, particularly of a school that is grading too easy, but a student who gets a mix of 3s and above, with only the occasional 2 (which you shouldn’t report anyway, unless required), will not be punished.</p>
<p>High scores are noticed as it’s unlikely you failed upward, you generally have to know the material to get the high score.</p>
<p>How do I know which schools require all scores to be sent?</p>
<p>They should note it on their website on the same page as the requirements for which ACT/SAT scores need to be sent.</p>
<p>For the record, few schools require all ACT/SAT scores to be sent, and I don’t know of any that require all AP scores, but that doesn’t mean such schools don’t exist. Even Stanford, which requires all ACT/SAT scores, lets you self-report only the AP scores you choose to report and use Score Choice for your SAT IIs.</p>