<p>I'm an International student and in my country there's only one place where you can take AP exams, which in an american school in my city. As a consequence, very few applications from my country have AP's in them. Soooo, in order to have a differential aspect in comparison to other applicants from my country, I decided to self study for the AP exams (I'm planning on taking three). That being said, here's my question:
How can I be sure the admissions office will look at my app, see the AP's and say: "Wow, it's uncommon for us to receive an app with AP's from this nationality, this kid must have worked hard to get good grades in those!" and not "So this guy had access to AP's and he only took three, not the kid of applicant we're looking for..." ?</p>
<p>You are not expected to take AP exams if you are an international applicant whose school doesn’t offer AP courses in the first place. You are expected to excel within your own national or local school system.</p>
<p>AP results are self-reported on the college applications which means that only students who think that their scores are good enough for the colleges that they are applying to do indeed report the scores. The only time you would actually have a score report sent is when you are enrolling at the college or university that you will be attending, and then you will only send them if the scores will be used for advanced placement or for credit.</p>
<p>I am sure you have devoted a tremendous amount of time and energy to prepare for the AP exams, but truly, you don’t need to be doing this.</p>