<p>I'm just wondering if this would affect me negatively</p>
<p>It's worse not to report them because the AP class will show on your transcript, and they'll wonder why you didn't take the exam....though there is debate as to how much AP exams affect your chances of admissions.</p>
<p>How could having a passing score be worse than having no score at all? </p>
<p>it depends upon which schools you are applying to. A 3 will not help at HYPSM, but would earn credit at UC. Thus, my recommendation is to self-report the scores when it will help your app.</p>
<p>My opinion is to only report scores that would get you credit at that particular university.</p>
<p>So if the school accepts 3's for that test, report it.</p>
<p>I was wondering actually....would reporting a lot of 4's on tests hurt me? I'm looking at schools like Stanford, where I'm not sure a 4 would be "good enough" for them. =</p>
<p>^ yeah! I have the same question. I have a handful of 5's, a couple of 4's and a 3. I'm applying to Yale ED, so should I even report anything under 5?</p>
<p>I don't where the OP is applying, but to anyone who is not considering highly selective schools: I know that you have been told a zillion times that college credit is not guaranteed for AP scores, that you need 5s, etc. Note that it varies WIDELY. I was looking at the web site of St. Edwards in Austin....they are EXTREMELY generous with AP credits....you get 3 hours of credit for lots of 3s and 6 hours for lots of 4s and 5s. You could really save Mom and Dad a year's tuition.</p>
<p>lover:</p>
<p>if you were my kid, I'd recommend reporting the 4's and 5's, but ignore the 3.</p>
<p>Yales is SCEA, btw.</p>
<p>DS reported everything, and I mean everything, including a 2 in Latin. (Thankfully offset by many 4's and 5's.) His reasoning was that he didn't want to second guess adcoms. He just said, here I am. Take it or leave it. He didn't want adcoms to wonder why he didn't take AP. It didn't seem to hurt him any by the acceptances he received; the only rejection at an elite was Dartmouth, though he did not go the HYP route.</p>
<p>Friend at Princeton was accepted with reported 2 in Spanish.</p>
<p>Maybe it shows confidence, I don't know.</p>
<p>I would not withhold 3's. You don't get credit, but you did pass and complete the requirements of the AP Program. If the rest of your record is strong with higher AP grades, adcom can only figure it's a weak teacher. If it is your only AP then you surely should report it.</p>
<p>If you look at AP test results, I think about have don't even achieve 3's, so a 3 is definitely not a foregone conclusion.</p>
<p>I don't think you select which scores you want to send. All of the scores are sent by the college board.</p>
<p>^I agree! :)</p>
<p>actually, you can send pick and choose AP score reports if you want. But, don't waste the money on an official score report. Just self-report in the 'Other' section whichever scores you want.</p>
<p>Kolom- I believe the op was talking about self-reporting scores. Not official ones.</p>
<p>mythmom, I agree on the "take it or leave it" and "here I am" My DD is senior in IB but has 5 AP's through junior year, yes, no 5's, but 4's across the board. She will definately report them, along with her 6 and 6 in SL IB classes. Why would you want to get accepted to a college with a "sugar coated" resume? Put it out there and let the chips fall where they may!! (two of her 4's were Latin, she is thankfull for Latin!!!!)</p>
<p>My daughter's highly competitive private school doesn't recommend showing anything less than a five at any fairly selective school and up. For what it's worth.</p>
<p>HSN: That may be good advice, but it's also possible that the school was concerned with its own reputation; that's not necessarily a bad thing because in the end that will also garner its students more acceptances.</p>
<p>What are the published admission results at the highly competitive private school?</p>
<p>I have a 3 on my one AP test, which I've been reporting in my apps. I don't see anything to stop me from reporting a 5--obviously I won't, but do people cheat in that way? It would be very risky, I guess... but if schools don't want an official report, how would they ever find out?</p>