<p>Remember that no schools (at least of which I'm aware) require that you send in AP scores!!!!</p>
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I'm a sophmore and I took my first AP exam this year and I got a one. Is getting a one, even though I had a B+ average the entire year in Ap Euro going to affect my chances of getting into college? I can't stop thinking about it and it's so upsetting can someone please answer me?!
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<p>It all depends, of course, where you're thinking of applying. In some ways, APs are the great equalizer, because the curves assigned to the tests reflect what average students knew; unfortunately, it appears that your preparation for the test wasn't so good compared to your peers. However, remember that a bad AP score is nothing like having some disciplinary action recorded on your permanent record. Unless you've taken a lot of AP tests and have done very well (majority of 5s, some 4s) on them, it really doesn't even make sense to send the scores; many people don't. Schools are usually only interested in the scores once you've been accepted and they need to determine placement into classes. </p>
<p>Mnemosyne: if you can afford it, you should send in your scores.</p>
<p>Based on all the information stored in this thread and elsewhere on CC, powerbomb and other posters seem more interested in adulation than discovering new information.</p>
<p>The bottom line is that HYPS doesn't expect students to send in scores as CB, not surprisingly, charges a lot of money to send in scores. It seems that AP scores are really more a tool for students who come from schools unfamiliar to HYPS and co. to verify their academic excellence when their school's reputation at HYPS etc. doesn't otherwise do so. But if students are near the top of their class, have great recommendations, and great transcripts, AP scores are quite superfluous because their resumes will be more alluring than their AP scores. Furthermore, for students who have unimpressive resumes, AP scores will hardly give them the boost they seek. As we know, students that score high on standardized testing and have pedestrian resumes are yearly rejects at top schools; AP scores wouldn't have changed these students' fate. It seems possible, however, that AP scores can balance a slightly lower rank, but at top high schools, high AP scores are unlikely to be unusual.</p>
<p>i just received my scores from my ap tests from sophomore year, and i failed both. :( this was a blow to the face because i had my hopes set on ivies. is there any way i can cancel these scores? as a junior, i will be taking 5 aps, and if i do really well on them, all 4s and 5s, and i send those scores in to colleges, will they see my 1 and 2? also, there is a personal reason to why my ap test scores were so low.. if that matters.</p>
<p>you can take the ap exam again. i skipped ahead to ap german when i was only at a 3rd year level because i found out that was the last year my school would offer german. i got a two on the test. the next year i studied and got tutoring outside of school, took the test again, and did much better. so, from experience, i know that you can take the test again.</p>
<p>I was accepted to Air Force academy and stanford and got a 2 on apush english and euro. Stopped with stupid ap tests. There a waste a time if you want to save a little money. Besides take college classes like I did showing you took initiative along with studying your ass off on the act which I did and got a 34. It’s not hard just make priorities. Btw 5 college credits physics 2 :)</p>
I had the same question. I received some 4s on my ap exam and I am afraid I might not get into Cornell because of that? I would say out of the 12 I took, half were 5s and the other half were 5s.