<p>Yesterday, I took the AP European exam and did not complete the writing section because I went from essay 1 to dbq to essay 2, which turned out to be a horrible order to go in. I finished everything but my 2nd essay, in which I simply wrote down a thesis and a paragraph. </p>
<p>I'm worried that this poor ap exam score (expecting a 2 or 3) will affect my chances of getting into a good college like UVA, William and Mary, or even a few upper tier schools out of the state of Virginia. I have a perfect gpa through my sophomore year thus far and am taking two AP's currently. </p>
<p>Do you even have to report your AP scores? Do colleges even consider them? </p>
<p>I'm freaking out...</p>
<p>I know they’re taken into consideration…</p>
<p>But let’s hope they don’t count for much. I have a feeling I won’t be totally pleased with all my scores.</p>
<p>I feel like standardized AP tests are supposed to be a reflection of your performance in class…but there are a lot of other factors at play when you’re sitting in a room for 4 hours opposed to an entire school year.</p>
<p>other opinions?</p>
<p>I think some colleges look at them and some don’t, and for most that do it doesn’t play that big of a part.</p>
<p>Very little…it may get an additional look IMO if you came from a really disadvantaged school that offered virtually little to no AP’s and self-studied some, but even that’s fairly common.</p>
<p>Bottom line, overloading AP’s (including exams) for the sake of admissions is pretty pointless, so don’t stress it. get a 3, 4, 5, the better, but get a 1, 2, and still, don’t stress it.</p>
<p>…Concentrate on other things.</p>
<p>I think you can choose not to send them.</p>
<p>Can’t you cancel them?</p>
<p>I think they are used to check for grade inflation/deflation when going over your transcript. Mainly they are used for college credit once you enroll into college but places like my college (Amherst College) don’t give college credit for AP exams, but they do allow me to place out of intro classes or jump into multivariable calculus next year. But like I said, I think they are mainly used to 1. reinforce the rigor of your courseload and 2. make sure that your teacher is not inflating your GPA with 4.0’s when you get a 2 on the AP test or you’re getting high 80’s but get a 5 on the AP test. It’s also somewhat impressive if you receive some sort of AP Scholar award, especially something like National AP Scholar as a Junior but even just an AP Scholar is still impressive.</p>
<p>Yeah, I think you can cancel the scores, but ONLY BEFORE you see what you got.</p>
<p>They are not used. Schools may ask you to self-report but you can choose not to. </p>
<p>Honestly, nobody cares. Schools would rather you need to take those undergrad courses so getting AP credit is not going to influence them one way or another.</p>
<p>I wish someone would really truly confirm this. im getting cnfused</p>
<p>Low AP scores coupled with high class grades can be an indication of grade inflation at your school. </p>
<p>They’re not used as much in admissions considering that course offerings vary by school and AP tests are not required by colleges, but the higher the scores the better.</p>
<p>i don’t think that one bad AP score would keep you from getting into college… i don’t know for sure, but i was always under the impression that they don’t matter all that much.</p>
<p>I want to go to william and mary too. I reside in Maryland and love Williamsburg…well anyways. I know how you feel because I felt like I did bad on my AP World exam. I hope that the exams don’t count for much but I rocked that class.</p>