<p>I'm talking someone who's taken all the APs her school had to offer, got As/a few Bs in the classes, and got all 2s or 3s on the exams. Could someone like that still get into an Ivy/top LAC? Or would colleges think it's too risky to admit someone who, according to her test scores, can't compete at a college level?</p>
<p>i think sending your ap scores is optional</p>
<p>Won't colleges be suspicious if you don't send them? Obviously, if you don't send them, they must be bad.</p>
<p>You tell me. If you were on the admissions committee and saw the exact same thing, what would your reaction be? What justification would you think of to explain why this student performed so poorly on the AP tests? How would you compare this student with others who performed just as well (or maybe even slightly worse) in the classes but scored 4s and 5s on the AP tests?</p>
<p>I'd also like to note that it's widely understood that the quality and rigor of AP/honors classes can vary between schools. So US history AP at school A could be much easier than US history AP at school B. Meanwhile, the AP test itself stays the same.</p>
<p>suspicous yes, but they cant make a complete judgement. most do send thier AP scores, but in the end its optional. I think how you do in these classes is most important. obviously it would be foolish to send them, so take that notion out of your head, they can only hurt you if you have 2's and 3's. whats most important is you recieving A's in these classes.</p>
<p>I think an admissions officer would think the grades are inflated and that the entire transcript would no longer be legit.</p>
<p>Sending your scores are completely optional (some schools allow their students to take AP courses but don't make it mandatory to take the exam).</p>
<p>It is not unusual for students not to send the scores, so adcoms will not think that your transcript is not legit, they are merely just evaluating the information they have before them.</p>
<p>Unless you have 5's at most selective universities you won't be able to use your aps for credit.</p>
<p>Teachers have been telling me over and over again that a 1 is better than a blank score.</p>
<p>Do NOT listen to anyone who tells you that your AP scores will affect your admissions in any way. It simply is not ture. AP scores are NOT college admissions tests...they have no impact on your admissions. I know two people who work at two different, highly selective schools' admissions departments...they have both told me this. If they are bad don't put them on your application.</p>
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<p>I think your teachers probably meant that it's better to take an AP class even if you don't do as well in it. When it comes to scores, it's just asking for trouble to send in stuff consistently below 4.</p>
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<p>It well known that the admission committees want the kid to take the highest level of courses offerred. So, AP classes are important for admissions but not the scores? How will the ADCOMS know if the classes were of a certain standard unless the AP test scores are shown? The class grade is fast becoming a useless measure because of rampant grade inflation.</p>
<p>Adcoms aren't going to judge if the class was "up to standards." You can't control your school's curriculum. You simply took the best of what was available.</p>
<p>Yeah, that's right. Besides, there are other factors to compensate for inflation like class rank.
Just to echo what most of the others said, AP scores don't have much effect on admission.</p>
<p>"College admissions would rather see that you tried to take the AP test. If you don't take the AP test, then they'll assume that you only took the class for the AP GPA point". That's what they always tell me.</p>
<p>Not reporting your score does not tell colleges that you didn't take the test. It might make them think you did bad but here's the bottom line: Would you rather them know you did 5hitty or just suspect it?</p>
<p>Honestly, I think your major concern should be not " can I get in?" but rather "can I perform once in?"</p>
<p>+1 to fizik</p>
<p>My understanding is that you are not even really supposed to send your scores until AFTER you have been admitted. At that point you submit your scores so you can credit or advanced placement in the school where you are attending. If you have taken AP classes as a junior and don't submit the scores, the schools you are applying to will not think it is weird. </p>
<p>However, some schools will ask for your scores on the application. It is up to you to decide if you want to add those or not. But I would never send official AP score reports to schools where I was applying, even if they were 5s. AP is not to be used for admission purposes.</p>
<p>yea, actually thats what i did, i submitted my AP scores after i got admitted. sending ap scores is expensive as hell, your not required to do anything. Ap scores can only be used to help your admissions, if they were required then it would be on the requirement sheet. i hope this ends the discussion here, GL OP :)</p>
<p>Unfortunately, getting bad AP scores won't have a negative effect on admissions... It would certainly help to balance out those with inflated GPAs if some sort of knowledge-based test was used in admissions, similar to the system they use in Britain with A-levels.</p>