Do low AP scores hurt admission??

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<p>I just finished junior year and got really low AP scores. Last year I got a 5 in Bio but this year I did terrible. I was wondering much top colleges weigh AP scores in the admission process??</p>

<p>AP scores:
AP Chemistry-3
AP US History-4
AP English Language-2 (honestely I do not know how this happend)</p>

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<p>Not very heavily.</p>

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<p>The “3” and the “4” will not hurt you. They are decent scores.</p>

<p>The “2”, while not good, will probably not be a big deal in the grand scheme of things.</p>

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<p>Do you have to report all your AP scores, or could you just not mention it? Do the schools really know if you even took the tests?</p>

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<p>thanks for the replies</p>

<p>and dizzbang, the schools might figure it out cause the AP course will be written on your transcript and the college might wonder where the score is</p>

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<p>I realize they will know if you took the course or not. But they won’t really know if you took the AP tests, will they? There are a lot of valid reasons why one may choose not to take the test.</p>

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<p>Does your school print AP scores on the transcript? Otherwise, you don’t need to declare a bad score for admission since most schools don’t need them as part of decision making.</p>

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<p>oh sorry I didn’t realize that you had a choice of whether or not to take the AP. In my school, if you take the course you have to take the AP test, no exceptions :(</p>

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<p>The college won’t know that.</p>

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<p>You don’t have to report the score for the 2. Just report the good ones.</p>

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<p><a href=“http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/ap-score-cancellation-form.pdf[/url]”>http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/ap-score-cancellation-form.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I thought you could only cancel your score before you get the score back? ahah i’m really confused</p>

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<p>Are your AP scores on your school transcript? </p>

<p>It looks like you can cancel them now also but it sounds like the deadline was to prevent any report from ever having a score.</p>

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<p>no my scores aren’t on the transcript. But don’t most people who take the class, take the test? I just don’t want to lie on my application by not reporting my score…</p>

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<p>Taking the test is not a requirement but some schools do enforce it. No college asks you to submit your score as part of the admission requirement. It is not a requireement of common app to submit all scores either.</p>

<p>If you don’t mention any of your AP scores, no one asks for it. People report them because it adds weight to their applications.</p>

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<p>alright, that makes a lot more sense. Thanks!</p>