Do colleges take note that students in an AP course do better on the SAT II?

<p>Will they see an applicant with a 730 on the SAT II Chem who did not take the AP Chem course equally competitive as someone taking AP Chem who scored a 790 on the chem sat II test? Or does the guy who scored well on the sat ii chem because of the ap course have an advantage over the person with the 730 who did not take ap course?</p>

<p>The way I understand it, AP's and SATII are considered separately.</p>

<p>AP's carry more weight than SATII, I think. So if you have the option of either taking AP, or studying yourself and taking SATII, I'd go with the AP course.</p>

<p>Suppose a college admissions officer is looking at two applicants with identical stats except one scored a 730 on the SAT II Chem because he was not in AP Chem when he took the sat ii, while the other applicant scored a 790 on sat ii chem because he was in ap chem class, which helped him get the 790. will the applicant with the 790 be chosen over the person who didnt have the privelege to take ap chem and scored a 730? because ap classes really do help when it comes to sat iis</p>

<p>You're acting like an AP class is an unfair advantage. If someone takes AP chem, then they have handled a more challenging class and (according to this SAT II scenario) learned more. It's only right that they should do better on the SAT II.
I don't think colleges will look at two uneven SAT II scores and judge one candidate as less impressive because they took the AP course. On the contrary, I would hope that the student with the AP course would be more competitive.</p>

<p>but some students dont have the privelege of taking that ap course in junior year</p>