<p>the teachers in my school insist that NONE of the colleges see or care about it. They say that it is only important after you get in when you want to recieve college credit for those courses.</p>
<p>Fact or fiction?</p>
<p>Very true for state schools. I didn't even send mine in for admission to any of my schools.</p>
<p>I don't know about elite schools though</p>
<p>For top tier colleges, that's just simply not true.</p>
<p>hmmm.....</p>
<p>well, i ask because a friend is wondering whether or not to take an AP test (she has a B in the class and is struggling). she was going to take it since she thought no colleges would see it, but now she may change her mind. ill share this with her.</p>
<p>colleges will only see it if she sends the scores... so, she can take the exam and not send her scores.</p>
<p>Wait, tell her to take it. Unlike the SAT, you can withhold and cancel AP scores.</p>
<p>EDIT: Beaten :(</p>
<p>Hold on. Might not be important for admission but AP scores are used at many colleges to determine placement in class levels and often will take the place of a lower level general education credit class thus opening up your college schedule. Only time it's questionable is if you KNOW where you are going, have checked that schools AP policy and found out that that particular AP won't count.</p>
<p>really? i didnt know you could withhold scores. in that case, why would someone worry about getting a 1 on an AP test if no one will see it? is it more complucated than i think?</p>
<p>well, when you send your ap score to a school, collegeboard sends all of them, just like with SATs. so if you get a 1, but wanna send your 5, colleges will also receive the 1. The only way you can cancel individual scores is if you cancel them within a week after the test, which means it won't be graded at all.</p>
<p>i dont think so hotpiece! i think if you pay a fee you can withhold the score</p>
<p>oh yeah, i forgot about grade withholding. if you take the test as a senior and designate it to be sent to your school, you have to call and get your grade withheld by mid-June or the score will go directly to the school. but if you wait to get your scores back and then send them, you can always withhold the grade before a school receives it.</p>
<p>ok, so im confused. </p>
<p>should she or should she not take the test if she is struggling with the class?</p>
<p>she should take the test and then send her score reports after she receives her score back in July.</p>
<p>but shes only a sophomore, she doesnt know where she wants to go to college, so where does she send her score reports?</p>
<p>shes only a soph. then she doesn't send her scores anywhere. she can send them once she is a senior and knows where she wants to go.</p>
<p>but also, admissions officers are not stupid. They would know that if a score was withheld, it must be pretty bad.</p>
<p>but, then again lollipop, you don't have to send your scores until after you've been accepted to a college, they are not required.</p>
<p>but for competitive universities, would it be a bad sign for the adcoms to see you are withholding scores?</p>
<p>okay, when i applied to the more competitive schools, i merely wrote my ap scores in the appropriate box on the app, but did not actually send a score report. i will do that after i get accepted to a college.</p>
<p>so, a college will not know that your score was withheld until after acceptance (that is, if you do what i did).</p>