Email from Cornell about AP Scores

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<p>Hi guys:</p>

<p>I received an email from a Cornell admissions officer requesting my AP scores. I didn't submit my AP scores on the common app because I did horrible on them(4,3,3,2), but now, since they're requesting this, what should I do?</p>

<p>Are they allowed to do this? What would my AP scores reveal to them?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>so much for AP scores not meaning anything…you may want to go on Sally’s page to post this question…ask the dean…</p>

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<p>Do you have the link to her page?</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.collegeconfidential.com/askDeanForm.aspx[/url]”>http://www.collegeconfidential.com/askDeanForm.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>it’s actually on CC home page…</p>

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<p>Did anyone else get this?</p>

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<p>Hmm, I didn’t get that e-mail, but if they’re considering them it would give me a bit of a boost, lol.</p>

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<p>Will they make their decision based on these scores?</p>

<p>^Because otherwise, I don’t see why they would want them.</p>

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<p>They might consider them, I really have no clue. As far as I know, Cornell has only used AP scores to actually give credit to enrolling students in the past.</p>

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<p>When I e-mailed them, they told me to not send the AP scores until a decision has been made on my app. Hopefully I will send them on December 11th =D</p>

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<p>The only reason I can think of is that the admissions people are trying to validate a grade in one of those AP classes. Like, if you had a D in the class and a 4/5 on the test–that would tell them you had a bad year/teacher/situation or if you had an A in the class and a 1/2 on the test–that would tell them the class wasn’t very rigorous compared to others. I don’t know. This seems really odd.</p>

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<p>They said that during the review process, they noticed that I took some AP classes, but they did not receive scores for them. So now, they want my guidance to fax the scores to them. I thought colleges need the AP scores after we get admitted. <em>confused</em></p>

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<p>You don’t need to send an official AP score report until you’ve been admitted and have decided to attend (so that you can get credit, place out of intro classes, etc). But on the common app, if you’ve taken AP classes but don’t indicate your scores, frankly that looks a little odd.</p>

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<p>are you a freshman applicant or a transfer?</p>

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<p>I’m a freshman applicant. Would the 4,3,3,2 jeopardize my chances to Cornell, even though my transcript displays a 4.0 average?</p>

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<p>Well, it certainly shows that either you didn’t study or your classes weren’t as rigorous as they could be.
I don’t think it would make or break anything, though, as they don’t usually use AP scores to admit/reject people.</p>

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<p>I think your scores aren’t that bad. Shouldn’t even come close to making or breaking. Good luck!</p>

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<p>If I don’t come close to making or breaking, what would I come close to?</p>

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<p>He means that they aren’t bad enough to change the pile [accept, reject, defer] you’re in now.</p>

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<p>Does Cornell want the scores only to verify that I took the test or is there another reason to it?</p>

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<p>I have to disagree with most people. The fact that they requested your AP scores means that you are possibly on the “fringe” of being accepted or rejected considering they don’t send out emails requesting AP scores to most of the applicants. In your case, your scores might harm you more than anything because it shows a grade inflation. Having a 4.0, colleges would really expect you to at least pass all your AP tests and score in the 4 or 5 range.</p>