<p>Recently I have been in and out of the hospital and was diagnosed with a serious chronic pain illness with more doctor's visits and medical tests to come. Anyway, because of this I've had to miss some school time. A very bad attack resulted in a hospitalization, a visit to some specialists and me missing my AP Language and Composition exam. I have an A in the class but I'm worried that this will be looked at unfavorably when I apply to college next year. </p>
<p>Should I be significantly worried that I was unable to take the exam? Or is this something minor that my doctor's notes and GC can explain in his rec letter for me? Does it even matter? (It is a dual enrolled course by the way as well as an AP course).</p>
<p>You should be able to petition the school or College Board to let you re-take it provided you have a legitimate reason… I would look into it or maybe call somebody from College Board. I’ve heard of that happening for people, I don’t know the proper procedure as it’s rare… And I’m sure that it won’t affect your college application at all. If you’re worried about it just document it on your application… Colleges will understand, it’s not your fault.</p>
<p>You can register to take it late – we had a mix up a few years back, thinking the registration paperwork was completed when it wasn’t. We paid a little extra and my kid took the exam later in May. If you will be in a position to take the exam, there are alternate dates that I think appear on the College Board website. For us, the late fee was well worth the 6 college credits earned as a result of the test score. </p>
<p>If you don’t feel that you are in a good position to get a good score, and don’t want to impact your health by cramming, then it is fine to not take the exam. Colleges only get the AP scores you choose to send, and you have a compelling reason why you did not sit for this exam this year. </p>
<p>There’s also an “additional information” section on the common app. If you don’t take the exam late, you can always say that you had a medical issue that prevented you from taking the exam (but were intending to take it).</p>
<p>Thank you everyone for the comments and well wishes! It turns out that I will be allowed to take the AP exam in late May. thanks for all the comments!</p>
<p>It should not be a problem that you didn’t take the exam given your health issues. You can note it in the additional information section of the application and/or your guidance counselor can put it in his/her recommendation. Colleges care more that you took a hard class and dd well. Hope your health issues clear up.</p>
thanks for all the comments!</p>