I’M SO STUPID
I totally forgot to write down my AP scores in the testing category in the common app and then I sent in the application. I realized that I needed to send them, so I did through college board (like official score) so do you think this would be okay?
Bump. Wondering the same thing. Can you go back and edit your application assuming it hasn’t been evaluated yet?
You can’t edit the Common App for schools where it’s already been sent, but you can edit it for schools going forward.
For Penn, I’d call the admissions office and ask them how they want it handled and if they’d accept an email where you self-report scores. I’m not sure the score reports themselves would actually get to the admissions office, since those typically aren’t sent at this stage.
@suzy100 is correct. Make the correction for future applications and email an update to Penn (assuming they say it’s OK)
AP score reports go to the registrar’s office. Admissions will likely never see it.
Were AP scores required to be reported on the Common App? Aren’t they really just used for credit / placement as opposed to an admissions requirement? Any negative of not reporting AP scores but rather just submitting ACT/SAT and SAT II’s?
No, it’s optional.
AP scores carry little to no weight in the admissions decision. That said, it is conceivable that an AO would wonder why none were reported, especially if the transcript lists courses as AP’s and if the applicant self-reported SAT/ACT scores.
Which school did you apply to and what scores do you have? If you applied to engineering and the officers see a 5 for Physics C on the common app, they might be impressed.
I disagree with @skieurope on the importance of AP scores in admissions. I think they carry a some weight, but likely not a ton. For reachy reach schools, I think not reporting any scores may raise an eyebrow with an AO.
which Penn is.
Potato, potahto, tomato, tomahto! Unless a Penn AO has said otherwise, which they are unlikely to do, it’s all guesswork on our parts. Personally, I like MIT’s transparency:
http://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/on_aps_1
Now, even if the scores do not enter into the formula, AO’s are human, and would certainly notice that a wall of 5’s is better than an application loaded with 2’s and 3’s.
But again, the OP is just asking for next steps in his/her case, which I repeat, is just to email Penn to ask the best way to communicate an update.
@TakeruR I am wondering the same thing. Did you contact them? What did they say about this?
I emailed them but they haven’t responded yet. They’re probably looking at hundreds of other apps right now…
I did Physics 1 and Physics C, as well as US History and World History and got 4s or 5s but they don’t have anything to do with my major (it’s nursing).
My experience is they matter. They may not be “part of an admissions formula,” but they reflect you as a candidate. Note that blog is from 2006, when the MIT admit rate was roughly double what it is now. Apps have gone up just under 80%, for roughly the same number of seats. Similary, back then, Penn accepted about 2x as many.
Fix the problem, imo. You can self report the scores to admissions or have your GC do it.
@takeru I just called them.They said they will receive it as long as we ordered official report from the Collegeborad.