<p>I am going to be a junior and I'll be starting a three-semester Calculus BC class. I will probably take the exam after the second semester. If I don't score how I liked, can I retake it after senior year to get the credit and not tell colleges?</p>
<p>You only need to self report AP scores for college applications.</p>
<p>Plan for success! The most selective colleges expect a “5” for placement credit on the Calculus BC AP.</p>
<p>Thanks. But doesn’t it show up on my transcript?</p>
<p>Some HS puts standardized testing on the transcript, but will remove if asked. That said, cross that bridge when you come to it. Put a bit of effort into prepping for the test and you should be fine and the question becomes moot.</p>
<p>The do not show up on your transcript (I just checked mine). If you don’t like the score you could always send in the better one when its time to start scheduling college classes.</p>
<p>Alright, thank you!</p>
<p>My son is a rising senior, and he will be applying to Ivies.
So far, he has one 3 (AP Eng Lang) and five 5s on the AP exams.
Should he report all of the scores or just the 5s?</p>
<p>Note that for placement and credit, all schools have their own policies. Some use the AP scores and some don’t. D only got a 3 on her AB test (but a solid A in the class - she didn’t study for the AP test due to time limitations), yet took her college’s own placement test and was put in Calc II with an award of credit for Calc I with a passing grade in Calc II. She’ll see if that was a wise move the first few weeks of class, and if it wasn’t, she’ll just move down to Calc I with no problem.</p>
<p>Anything at 3 or above is good although one may only get college credit with 4 or 5. Anyway, you are going to submit AP scores to the college you matriculated. It does not matter at all to show them all the scores. They really don’t care at that time if you did get a lower score in certain AP exam or not. On the other hand, a low score in AP exam but a high grade in class may raise the red flag in adcom. They may think your school may have an inflated grading scale.</p>