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It has been shown that it is possible to be admitted to MIT, Harvard reporting ONES on AP tests.
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<p>Source, please?</p>
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I say, report it. It will hurt only minimally...
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<p>IMO, that is not logical. Why would you give an adcom something to "hurt" you with? Think about it another way. Your app is first read by your regional rep who, if they like what they see, advocates for you in committee. However, your rep has to listen to other reps who are advocating for kids from their regions, and who will vote on yoru app. If you are accepted, then one less slot is available for kids from other regions, diminishing the chances of other reps gettting their kids accepted. Why give a rep from another reason to diss your app? It just doesn't make any sense to me.</p>
<p>The common app does have a spot for 6 AP scores. If you have taken an AP and do not list it there, then I think they would assume you have not done well or did not take the test. I don't think a 3 hurts unless you have as many 3's as 5's let's say...or maybe more 3's than 5's. I don't think 1 thing on an application will hurt most...but it's one thing and my guess is the limit is pretty low. I think that 1's would give adcoms a reason to pause and question why.... and I do think several 1's would hurt. However, it's a new story now that the question appears on the common app. as to what role AP scores will play in admissions.</p>
<p>A whole lot of scores of 1 would hurt in much the same way that a whole lot of grades of D would hurt, but the OP was asking about one grade of 3, and that's a very different issue. If the OP has other competitive grades and scores, there is no reason to worry about a grade of 3 on an AP test (one that must have been taken in junior year or earlier, for this question to even come up) in the overall context of the OP's application. </p>
<p>Yes, now that the Common Application, used by HUNDREDS of colleges, has spaces for self-reporting AP (and IB) test scores, college admission committees will see many more sets of scores and will soon learn that not all applicants ace all AP tests. Big deal. Don't worry about it.</p>
<p>You should consider yourself lucky. Only 20 out of the 120 ppl in the Ap lang class at my school qualified. I managed a 3, everyone of my friends made 2's.</p>
<p>Cancelling a three doesn't make sense. If you don't have a score, you still have admissions people seeing the AP class on your record and no score - they will assume that you received a low score (and they will probably assume lower than a three!) Also, you do not at this time know where you will actually be attending - your THREES can get you college credit at soooo many colleges and universities!!! I am entering my university as a SOPHOMORE because of my AP scores - including some GORGEOUS, BEAUTIFUL, WONDERFUL threes. (BTW, my university is $52,000/yr, so that is what a full year of credit from those threes, fours and fives are worth to me.) Don't cancel a three!!!!!</p>
<p>No, I would not cancel a 3 at all, but would cancel the 1's. 3's are respectable even if you don't get college credit at your chosen school. At least it shows that you would be well prepared to take the class.</p>
<p>This thread is interesting, because I did not even know that a 3 is considered a "bad" score. At our local high school, a 3 or better changes your AP course grade to an A, so obviously in our context, a 3 is considered "good."</p>
<p>damn i thought a 3 wasn't too shabby.
how about self studying and then getting a three?
i have two 3's and a 4 and two of the tests were self studied.
how will they look at a 3 if it was self studied?</p>
<p>threes, fours and fives are passing scores that are granted college credit at thousands of universities. Students (such as myself) with several threes, fours and fives often receive a year or more of college credit and enter their university as sophomores. As I said above, that is a savings of $52,000 at my university.</p>
<p>"They" will look at your threes and fours as evidence that you are ready for and have been successful in college-level classes.</p>