<p>If I end up with a bunch of 4's, does anyone know if that would be low by the standards of Cornell?</p>
<p>dude colleges dont see your ap scores until after you are in the college</p>
<p>they use the ap scores for course placement not for application decision</p>
<p>dont worry about...take the ap tests for credit not for your app</p>
<p>you can send them your scores if you want to..and generally most people "want" to and if you don't want to then they assume yo udid badly or something</p>
<p>Right...you're supposed to self-report them under the "Academic Honors" section on the Common App.</p>
<p>so if I get a 1800 SAT and all 5's on 10 exams, what would that equal?</p>
<p>^^</p>
<p>You are really smart and just suck at the SAT maybe?</p>
<p>yea, so then I shouldn't take it again.</p>
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<p>Well that's a bad assumption on their part.</p>
<p>Do they count that much positively though? E.g. if I have 5 5's (haha, I hope) when I apply how much will that help me?</p>
<p>Here's some points that might help answer this often-asked question:</p>
<p>-Some colleges don't even include AP scores on the application.</p>
<p>-All colleges see the grade you receieved in the AP Class.</p>
<p>-The purpose of AP Exams is to receive college credits.</p>
<p>-AP Scores of exams taken senior year can not be seen until after application letters are already sent out.</p>
<p>I think colleges like to see that you took AP courses. But in the end, AP exam scores are really only to receive college credits. Thus I doubt having an 1800 SAT but straight 5's on a bunch of AP exams will look too good. Colleges will definitely see the SAT score, but not the AP scores unless you want to send them with your application (assuming the college you are applying to even includes AP scores on the application).</p>
<p>To summarize, AP scores are for credits. And in most cases, a 3 or higher will do for credit. So try your best to get an A in the class, and try your best to get at least a 3 on the exams, and be pleasantly surprised if you get 4s or 5s + any of the AP scholar awards. :)</p>
<p>I think self-studying definitely improves your application. It shows your interest, initiative and capability to learn independently. Also, since AP is standardized, it could reflect the level of difficulty of your classes when comparing your GPA with your AP score.</p>
<p>There is a great post written by Oasis (search it) that outlines the importance of AP (and self studied AP) for college application specifically.</p>
<p>^ I thorougly agree with KevRus</p>
<p>if they don't include a spot, you can always fill it in anyway. and usually students send their ap scores along with their other scores. and if you don't send them, they will probably think you did badly on them. it may be a "bad assumption" on their part, but why else would you not send your scores?</p>
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if they don't include a spot, you can always fill it in anyway. and usually students send their ap scores along with their other scores. and if you don't send them, they will probably think you did badly on them. it may be a "bad assumption" on their part, but why else would you not send your scores?
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<p>It costs money to send AP scores to like 8 different schools. A lot of money. Applications already cost enough.</p>
<p>i think i would rather spend a couple bucks or even a lot of money to show the good test scores I worked hard the whole year to achieve. besides isn't that the point of taking the test? to show that you know the subject? besides, i would spend a couple bucks if it meant that i would have a better chance of getting into college.</p>
<p>It's not just a couple of bucks.</p>
<p>Well maybe to the average CCer. But not to my family lol.</p>
<p>"Additional Grade Reports</p>
<p>If you would like a grade report sent to an additional college, or if you did not specify a college to receive your grade report at the time of testing, you can contact AP Services to request the delivery of additional grade reports. Requests generally take one week to process from the date they are received and cost $15 per report. Rush reports are processed within two working days and are available for $25 per report."</p>
<p>Seems like a waste of money. Scores are for college credit. I shouldn't be expected to send them to colleges I'm going to apply to. They don't require it. I'll wait to send them to the college I get accepted to.</p>
<p>Speaking of which, I was doing some studying for AP Human Geography a couple of days ago in a chartroom with a fellow CC'er and he informed that he paid over $65 to get the latest version of the AP Human Geography released exam ($25 for exam + $35 for overnight shipping). I said, "What? That's insane! Why did you do that?" He basically said that $65 is not a lot of money. I couldn't imagine spending that kind of money on one freaking practice exam. CC has a large proportion of the upper, middle-class obviously (either that or idiots).</p>
<p>Okay, question here:</p>
<p>A lot of extremely selective colleges, for example, Yale, has on their supplement that reporting AP scores is optional. Does that mean AP scores (from freshman, sophomore, junior years) have no bearing on the actual application? Also, if you have 6 or 7 5's but have a 3 in there, would that hurt your chances at the most selective colleges?
Thanks!</p>
<p>no and no. i guess if you can afford it, it's better to send them. and a 3 here or there won't hurt your chances, as long as you have mostly 4s and 5s.</p>
<p><em>cough</em> my schools which thinks that a 4 is ultimate failure. which is why we have like the highest AP average in the state</p>