<p>so far, I've gotten</p>
<p>World history: 4
comp sci A: 4
econ, micro/macro: 5/5
calculus BC: 5
Physics B: 5</p>
<p>AP language and comp: 2!!!!</p>
<p><strong><em>. I'm very shocked right now. What do I do??? Do colleges require every AP test to be submitted? Are you allowed to omit AP scores?? I feeling like a f</em></strong>** loser.</p>
<p>Don’t panic: you can show whatever you want to show. 
It’s entirely self-reported.</p>
<p>even for Ivies? And wouldn’t it look bad if they see the class on my transcript and not receive an AP score for it? </p>
<p>Also, is there a way to ask for a re-grading? I feel like the only way this could’ve happened is if I misbubbled. or am I just screwed. </p>
<p>sorry, i’m still a little uneasy.</p>
<p>Yes, you can withhold a score, but you have to pay something.</p>
<p>No, despite what some will tell you here, AP scores have no impact on admission, because there is NO COLLEGE in the country that REQUIRES that you submit AP scores for consideration. Some colleges provide a space for optional self-reporting, but you can simply leave off the AP English score.</p>
<p>The only exception to this is if for some reason you decided to send the scores to a college on your bubble sheet that they gave you. Then they will see your scores, but I doubt that it will have much of an impact. If a college cares about subject knowledge they will have you take the SAT II, not AP. If a college doesn’t require SAT IIs, they won’t care about AP scores either</p>
<p>In response to the OPs 2nd post:</p>
<p>Ivies require the SAT II for admissions, chill out.</p>
<p>Since college board only allows you to send 1 transcript for AP, and they recommend that you don’t send it if you are a underclassman, the vast majority of applicants will not have sent AP scores at the time of applications.</p>
<p>It costs nothing to not list a score.</p>
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<p>Incorrect. AP scores do affect admissions in that they provide context to your high school grades.</p>
<p>^But no college sees them, except for self reported scores, which I would argue have little impact at all.</p>
<p>Like I said, competitive universities use the SAT II for admissions to put grades in context, and use AP for placement, and not all schools require the SAT II, or even put much weight in it. The most important admissions factor for most universities is the high school transcript.</p>
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<p>ECs are self-reported, yet they are weighed heavily. </p>
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<p>For the most part, yes. But AP scores are used to provide meaning to one’s high-school grades. (All 20-25 admissions officers that I have heard comment on this have said that exact same thing.) If, for example, someone has straight A’s in AP classes but a smattering of 3’s and 4’s on the corresponding tests, the A’s will mean much less.</p>
<p>so AP scores don’t factor into the admissions/acceptance process? And when I said “transcript” i meant the one with all of my high school classes. So when considering me for acceptance, colleges will only care about the fact that i took the class? Also how many SAT II’s do Ivies require? specifically Upenn (I’m really interested in the Jerome Fisher program). I have 800’s on Math II and Physics. But a horrendous score for world history SAT II. </p>
<p>sorry for sounding so freaked out, but I’m sure you understand my worries.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the speedy responses, you guys are awesome.</p>
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<p>All of the Ivies require two.</p>
<p>^ I think Princeton and Harvard require 3, but I could be wrong.</p>
<p>And on the self-reporting thing, you may be right that they do place weight on it, but I am almost positive that one of the counselors on the UNC-Chapel Hill admissions blog said that they ignore self-reported scores, unless they were backed up by official score reports, even though they allow for self-reporting on the app.</p>
<p>Now UNC might not be Ivy, but OOS admission there is pretty competitive (it is tougher to get into OOS than Duke, and some would argue the lesser Ivies, though I won’t go that far.), because of the 82/18 rule, and I would expect that universities of the same caliber or higher would have a similar policy</p>
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<p>UNC was actually one of the schools that I attended an information session for, and they indicated the same practice that I described in post #8. Not sure why there would be an inconsistency. In any case, it is highly unlikely that schools uniformly ask for AP scores and uniformly say that they consider them if they don’t.</p>
<p>They require 2. They changed their policies.</p>
<p>If you report your AP scores and matriculate there, colleges will see your official score report if you want credit. I doubt they completely ignore AP scores.</p>
<p>You can always get the AP Language score canceled (for free) so that it doesn’t show up on next year’s (and any following year’s) report (unless you’re a senior; there aren’t any future reports if you’re going to college next year). However, you then run a risk (I guess you could call it a risk) of colleges wondering, “This person took the AP class, but why didn’t he take the AP test?”</p>
<p>you could always retake the test.</p>
<p>yeah, that’s my dilemma right now. I don’t know what to do. which option would be least likely to hurt my chances? Cancelling the score? or praying to god that it won’t be a significant hole in my app? i got an A in the class which apparently isn’t significant now. I have straight A’s, and plenty of what I think are good EC’s. Is there anything I can do to mitigate that 2? I just don’t know how that 2 happened.</p>
<p>If you are confident that you wrote good essays and earned above a 2, you could alway request a hand regrade of the MC for $25 I think.</p>
<p>how do I do that? Do i call? go on the website??</p>
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<p>From here: [AP</a> Scores - AP Scores & Reporting Services](<a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>View Your AP Scores – AP Students | College Board)</p>
<p>It says to mail or fax a signed written request. I do not see a form for it on the website, so I would call them and ask what you should do. I know you can’t request it by phone or the internet, but they can tell you what you should do.</p>
<p>EDIT: Thanks to 314159265 for the actual quote and link.</p>