<p>In the Common Application, there is a section for the applicant to "self report" his/her SAT, ACT, SAT II, and APs.</p>
<p>The colleges require that the SAT, ACT and SAT II results are sent independently of the application by the testing services themselves. However, there is no such requirement for the APs. I wonder whether colleges ever get applicants who "self-report" all 5's on multiple APs, knowing that there is no verification requirement.</p>
<p>They may specify AP score reports as a condition of admission in order to verify self-reported academic information.</p>
<p>UCs do that for high school courses and grades – applicants self-report them into the application (which recalculates GPAs for the admissions readers). Only for matriculated students are final transcripts required to verify self-reported courses and grades and to show that the student did not slack off too much in senior year.</p>
<p>I would argue that the fact that AP scores are only self-reported is an indication of the importance (or lack thereof) adcoms place on the scores.</p>
<p>Woe to the applicant who is foolish enough to self-report higher scores (5’s) on the application, then ask for credit for lower scores (4’s and 3’s) after being admitted.</p>
<p>I agree with rmldad that it’s a sign of importance. But if you have been admitted to a school, the school will ask for official AP score reports to transfer college credit so it’s not a good idea to cheat.</p>
<p>My Ds were asked to submit official AP reports only after admission so that they could be used for placement in fall classes (one LAC, one state univ). My impression is that, for admissions, the important part is the grade in the AP class (high grade in rigorous class) and that AP exam results are not really used. One would hope that the grades and exam scores are consistent…in other words, that the class is really tough and not just a GPA booster, but at any rate reporting a fake score on anything is dishonest and doesn’t even really help IMO.</p>
<p>I think your begging for a dismissal due to lying on your application. It is my understanding that while colleges usually consider course rigor to be one of their top criteria AP test scores are not used for admission purposes. If you later wanted to use your scores for credit it is likely that your dishonesty would be found and you would be dismissed for a reason that gave you no advantage in the first place. Perhaps there are universities that use AP test scores to determine admission but I’ve never found one that indicated they did.</p>
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<p>UCs allow use of AP scores to establish baseline eligibility in the absence of specified high school course work. For example, a student with no foreign language high school course work who gets a sufficiently high score on a foreign language AP test fulfills the baseline UC eligibility requirement for foreign language. Of course, baseline eligibility does not necessarily mean admission to the desired UC campus.</p>
<p>AP and IB scores aren’t really used for admission purposes in most cases. Their primary purpose is for credit and placement if you’re admitted and choose to enroll. So cheating wouldn’t have much of an impact, and the school would almost certainly notice if someone claimed high scores and then didn’t ever submit them for credit.</p>