<p>The new common app has made a few changes to their academic testing reporting section. Students will now be able to superscore both the SAT and ACT, and the section where you report AP classes already taken with scores and AP Classes from senior year has been removed. Are colleges putting less emphasis on AP scores? I guess the colleges can find out the number of APs taken from your transcript. There doesn't appear to be anywhere on the new common app where a student can list the scores from AP tests.</p>
<p>I looked at the Common App preview for the upcoming year and there is a section under the Academics heading that allows you to report SAT subject scores, IB scores, or AP scores.</p>
<p>I thought I saw a section for AP scores when I looked at the preview.</p>
<p>oops…you are right…yes…I went back and looked at it again. It was hard to read the actual letters under the green highlight. I thought that section was only for SAT subject tests. HOwever, it is an interesting twist that you can now superscore your SAT and ACT</p>
<p>Most schools are only been interested in seeing your best scores anyway, so this change isn’t all that much of a twist for us. It’s in our best interest to only consider the best scores, too. Remember that we have to report our scores to all sorts of groups (internal and external).</p>
<p>@bluemath</p>
<p>While it’s true that next year’s Common App will ask you to self-report your highest subscores from different sittings, this is different from superscoring. First off, remember that the information you put on your application is self-reported information ONLY and does not fulfill the testing requirements of your individual colleges. Colleges like to have this information so they can begin reading your application even if your official scores have not yet arrived from College Board or ACT, but they will always verify self-reported information. Second, the reason Common App is now explicitly asking applicants to report their highest individual subscores is so that everyone gets to put their best foot forward regardless of what individual colleges need, want, or permit. If a college wants to know all your scores, you will still need to provide that information–but you will no longer need to do so on an application that is intended to be sent to other college that might have more flexible testing requirements.</p>
<p>On a similar note, are you required to self report ACT scores if you plan on submitting your SAT/SAT2 for consideration?</p>
<p>What if there’s not enough so spaces for AP taken?</p>