<p>I have heard mixed answers to this but...</p>
<p>Does Dartmouth (and other ivies) see your ap exam scores in the application process?</p>
<p>Yes, I am talking to you Dartmouth '16s.</p>
<p>A simple yes or no is all i'm asking for.</p>
<p>Only if you self-report it in the Common App or send it to them officially. But you are not required to do either. Most kids self-report it, but many choose to only self-report some scores and some choose to just not include any of the scores. It is up to you.</p>
<p>But if you choose not to send your scores don’t they just assume you did poorly on the test?
Also, I heard they don’t have much influence in college admissions anyways, is this true?</p>
<p>(Sorry, I guess I need more than a yes or no.)</p>
<p>I’ll be done with 8 AP’s by the end of my junior year, so I hope to be a national AP scholar by the time I apply! however, I <em>did</em> get a 4 on the AP chem test (first ap test ever and was having a bad day, A’s both semesters in the class). would it look bad if I just didn’t include any AP scores?</p>
<p>Woah, a 4 is good! I got a 4 on US history, and didn’t report two scores (Macro and Physics). I was still admitted. Relax, you’ll be fine :)</p>
<p>Self report all 4s and 5s – if you don’t they’ll just assume you did worse. </p>
<p>It’s up to you for scores below a 4. </p>
<p>Either way, I think APs DO matter in the admissions process but not as much as SAT scores or grades.</p>
<p>Well the Common App can only hold a certain amount of self-reported scores. And since most kids don’t officially send AP exam scores, you could possibly be off the hook. Start by self-reporting you ACT, SAT 1, SAT 2, and the AP scores you like. Hopefully you will hit the maximum and can’t input any more and then it won’t look suspicious if some scores are not there. I accidentally hit the maximum for self-reports, so I just excluded one of my SAT 2s, because I knew it would still be sent officially. But you could choose to just not report the AP(s).</p>
<p>I was accepted to Dartmouth this year. I did not report any ap scores even though I had several on my transcript junior year. I got threes on the exams (my parents were divorcing at the time so I wasn’t focused)… Clearly the lack of scores did not hurt me. I did self-report my ACT and subject test scores though which were all great 
I wouldn’t fret about not having them but being able to report a bunch of 5s certainly strengthens an application</p>
<p>row, AP scores are self reported, meaning you filling in a blank, on the Common App. If you list that you took an AP course and there is no score perhaps admissions people will note that. Perhaps not.</p>
<p>What you might want to check is what information your high school routinely sends. Your school does receive a copy of your score and may include it with your transcript. Check with your GC or registrar.</p>
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<p>Not true. D did not submit Ap scores on CA and got admitted with a likely. I know plenty of students over the years who did not submit scores and it did not hurt them in the admissions process. There are also student who take an AP course and don’t sit for the test. If the school is not going to accept a student it will not be because of AP scores.</p>
<p>I can’t remember whether or not there was a self-report section on the common app, but I do remember that when I asked a private college counselor about whether APs were considered for admissions, I got a firm no, so I never went out of my way to actively report my APs (all 5s).</p>
<p>I self reported all my scores (not many, but all 5’s except one). I don’t know about D specifically, but a friend of mine got into top schools like Johns Hopkins and Carnegie Mellon without reporting the two AP Econ scores. She’s into science, though, so it’s slightly possible (just musing here, no idea really) that it will matter even less if the subject does not pertain to your expressed interest.</p>