<p>I have 2 5's (Calculus BC and World History) and 3 4's (Spanish and Human Geo and Chemistry) and 2 3's. The 3s are in AP biology and AP English language. Should I report the 3 scores on the application or would it be better not to?</p>
<p>what about for other UC schools like UCLA?</p>
<p>I recommend reporting it, since if you don’t report it, they might think you failed. It doesn’t hurt to report for the UCs. </p>
<p>AP test results are processed after your admission and is solely for credit purposes. It has no effect on your admission decision whether you get a 5 or 1. </p>
<p>Does your intended school grant credit for certain scores on certain AP tests? Check. That might help your decision. </p>
<p>Wait AP scores have no effect on our admissions decisions at all…?</p>
<p>If you have a choice between getting an A in the class but a 3 on the exam or a B in the class but a 5 on the exam, then you should go with A in the class but 3 on the exam.</p>
<p>First of all, your AP exam test results you took in senior year aren’t out until June which is well after your admission, and when it’s finally reported to the college in September, it gets sent with the scores you’ve gotten in your sophomore/junior year AP exams. </p>
<p>Sure, you still report your score in common app and other applications, but those scores are all not official until College Board sends the scores right before (or after) you attend college.</p>
<p>As for what I said about having no effect, maybe it does have an effect if you happen get an A in the class but a score of 1 b/c that just looks bad on the school, but I communicated with 3 different admission officers from 3 different universities and the inconvenient truth is a class grade (and your GPA) is much more heavily considered than the AP scores.</p>
<p>AP exams are not used for admissions. They are for advanced placement. A “3” will get you credit, or exemption at least, in many subjects. You also need to realize that many highly selective private high schools (i.e. Exeter) no longer offer AP courses, so universities aren’t as excited with them as before.</p>
<p>For self-reporting, my son left of the two 2’s he got. The school that accepted him did get the official reports, but either didn’t use them or didn’t care.</p>
<p>Same thing for self-reporting SAT scores, he put in his best and left out the rest.</p>