<p>I recently took my ap calculus BC test and I got a one on the test. I got a B in the class. I was wondering, if I did submit that score, would that necessarily hurt my chances of getting accepted into possible Ivy league schools?</p>
<p>Don’t submit that score. It’d indicate your B in the class is inflated and would call your entire math achievements into question. The class is on your transcript and leave it at that.</p>
<p>^My idea exactly</p>
<p>Like others have said, you don’t have to submit the score. So, the better question is if you will ** succeed ** at Ivy League schools if you get a one on AP test.</p>
<p>^I’m not sure if that was written in jest or with malicious intent, but either way, we don’t know WHY the OP got a 1. Maybe he/she had a horrible teacher who didn’t prepare the class, or maybe the OP was really sick, or going off no sleep. Who knows.</p>
<p>I mean, it’s not a bad question to ask…if OP got a B in Calculus BC and got a 1 on the test, it makes you wonder if there’s grade inflation going on in the whole entire school. I don’t doubt that the vast majority of fault is not the OP’s (more with the teacher/school), but it makes you wonder…a 1 is…ouch.</p>
<p>I know, and I agree. I’m just sensitive to rudely-phrased comments on CC, even if the poster didn’t mean to be rude. (It constantly surprises me how downright mean people–a minority, really–can be on his website!)</p>
<p>@thebeatlestoday: Some posts that are interpreted as being mean are just honest evaluations of the facts presented. There is a tendency on CC to be positive and give false encouragement to students who don’t have one chance in a million of being admitted to a certain school. Don’t want to hurt their self esteem at that age I guess.</p>
<p>I find that there is no happy medium on CC. Everyone is either extremely positive or rather negative. I mean, I’m not saying it’s bad to be honest, but it leads a lot of people to believe that CC is the end-all-be-all of college admissions.</p>
<p>If you got a one on an ap test, I doubt you have the intellectual capability to go to an Ivy. I didnt take an AP European history class and I guessed 70% of the questions on the test and still got a 3 (obviously didnt report). What would it take to get a one?</p>
<p>To be honest, the 1 really does call your B in the class into question. It will definitely hurt your chances a lot, since the college may think that you simply do not have the intelligence to even come close to passing a college-level exam. Also, unless there were some extenuating circumstances surrounding the 1, I would agree with the above posters: you may want to reevaluate and make sure that you are intellectually ready for the challenging courses and exams of an Ivy</p>
<p>Guys, realize that at some schools - in some states even - being in AP indicates you are among the very best in the school even though almost no one ever scores 3 or higher. OP could gate been sick that day as suggested above. We don’t know enough about the OP’s circumstances to judge whether they can get in and succeed at an Ivy League school.</p>
<p>Yes, but being the best in your school doesn’t mean you’re Ivy caliber.</p>
<p>Actually if you come from a key performing school where 1/3 students never complete geometry, yes it does. in fact it shows intelligence and character beyond a 5 from a prep school indicates. we simply don’t gave enough info. in some cases even that 1 is amazing even if in most circumstances it is lousy. The top schools evaluate in context meaning you have to be exceptional wrt your circumstances .</p>
<p>^A one is never amazing, because it has no bottom. My dog could get a one. In my experience, if you get a 1, 2, 3 you have no clue what you’re doing in the subject, and you should receive an F/D/C in the class, respectively.</p>
<p>Again, they will evaluate you in context, but if a 1600/2400 and a 3.0 makes you the top student in your school, you still won’t get into an Ivy League school.</p>
<p>I’m sure OP is stronger than the theoretical student I made up, and even though we don’t have the full details we can still come to the conclusion that OP should look at other schools as well. I’m definitely not going to tell someone they shouldn’t apply to any top school (hey, we’ve all gotta have some kind of dream), but I <em>will</em> tell them they should also think realistically. If I’ve learned anything from CC, my teachers, and my parents, it’s that.</p>
<p>Dancegrl: I get your point and I hope OP does too. To bring perspective - our hypothetical applicant would likely have 1500-1600, 4.5GPA. there are schools where only 15pc students take the sat and these presumably top 15pc score an average of 1100 CR M W combined. I get a lot of data and one that struck me in the past couple years is how in Mississippi fewer than 10pc students got a3 or more on their Ap. At some schools getting a B or more puts a target on your back. Still there are students from gang land, the bario, or Mississippi in the ivy league.
I do agree with you though I hope OP is applying to 2safety schools plus 3 match schools and a couple. realistic reaches in addition to the Ivy League.</p>
<p>OPs SAT is 2250 and GPA is 3.87. OP only has a 1, a 2, and 3s on other APs. Your SAT and GPA could be competitive for an ivy, but it really depends on your school. The AP scores really call into question the quality of your classes and your own preparation/test taking skills. You can and should leave off the 1, but if you leave off your other scores, which are not competitive for an ivy, colleges would wonder why you didn’t take any AP exams. In your situation, I would definitely include the 3s and maybe a the 2. If there were any extenuating circumstances, which it seems there may have been, definitely write about those. Also, remember that colleges look at SAT2s more for admissions then APs.</p>
<p>So you don’t report the 1. And, if you are aiming for STEM, they see you didn’t report it and assume it was no better than a 3. </p>
<p>But, OP has posted questions about his low scores all over- and has asked about Princeton. Fact is, plenty of top performing kids in the pool won’t have this issue. It isn’t whether his teacher was lousy or the high school inflates. </p>
<p>Nor does it mean he’s not smart. It means the performance wasn’t there, even with retakes. The most selective schools care about performance- it’s not all about stats, but you need to show your stuff. And, you can’t explain it away, when the competition is tough. Ime, SAT 2 and AP scores are both measures of how one fulfills.</p>