<p>My teacher told me they don't, but I'm not sure.</p>
<p>I dont think so but idk really. I always thought they use that for credit to place out of college courses.</p>
<p>I’ve got a copy of Son’s transcript here on my desk. No sign of his AP scores. Just shows the final course grade. </p>
<p>So, if the score is not on the transcript, how would a school be able to get the data?</p>
<p>There’s a spot on the common app where you can self-report AP scores.</p>
<p>I know you can self-report them, but is it a factor of admission?</p>
<p>It’s used to assess whether your class was challenging enough (so if you get a B- in the class but end up with a 5, it may reveal that the teacher was rigorous) since courses within different schools vary in rigor, and…that’s pretty much it.
It is mainly used to give you credit or let you skip intro classes once you GET INTO college. Or at least, this is what I understand from past CC posts on this subject.
I hope I helped!</p>
<p>I agree that it gives an indication of how rigorous APs are at your school and if you have learned the test material. Schools/teachers vary widely in how well they cover the AP material, so the test is a standardized way of assessing what you learned.</p>
<p>I see. So if someone received a 2 on an AP test but an A in the class, the admission officer would frown.</p>
<p>Maybe not frown, but it would raise an eyebrow or two.</p>
<p>probably just a squirm or something</p>
<p>Some colleges specifically ask for the scores.</p>
<p>But you are not obligated to report your AP scores at all. My D took 4 AP exams, didn’t report any of the scores, and did fine in admissions. She didn’t want to place out of fairly low level courses anyway. She felt that early college would be enough of a challenge. She was right. Also, she never really took any more math or language courses, after the first semester, so it wouldn’t have made a difference.</p>
<p>Yes, if you report the scores, colleges will consider your score when evaluating you. If you had an A in the class, but a 2 on the exam, someones going to realize.</p>
<p>great… haha</p>
<p>But, an A in the class and 2 on the exam isn’t necessarily your fault: by getting an A, you show you’re meeting/surpassing your school’s expectations, which simply aren’t as high as they out to be. Likely, if the school had tougher expectations, your score would be higher. Then again, a 5 on the test looks better than a 2. No matter your grade.</p>
<p>But most schools DO consider the difficulty of your school: they want you to take the toughest courseload possible, but if you can’t take AP classes or get good preparation for the test, it may be your environment, and not you, that’s stifling.</p>
<p>What if you had a B- in the class but a 5 on the test? </p>
<p>(this happened to me in 2 different classes)</p>
<p>Would that reflect well upon you?</p>
<p>A low grade but high test score would tell the admissions officer that that particular AP class is rigorous. A high score on the exam may lessen the negative impact of a bad grade by showing that the class is very rigorous.</p>
<p>A 5 on an AP exam, means you have clearly mastered the required material and are (as CB puts it) “extremely well qualified” for college-level work. That exam score would certainly help to counterbalance a B- grade, since the assumption would be that your teacher was really tough!</p>
<p>A good AP score can level out a bad class grade so its worth reporting.</p>
<p>My APUSH teacher told us on the first day that if anyone passes the APUSH exam, he will change that person’s grade to an A+ for each term. I ended up getting a B- in the class but a 3 on the test so, voila, two A+s are on my transcript. But now I’m thinking that it can’t look good that I got an A+ in the class but then only a 3 on the exam.</p>