<p>That’s enough for me to not take it seriously.
Just look around. The site is made up primarily of students. So, if everyone suddenly declares that AP’s matter, then it becomes a weighted factor?</p>
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<p>How? An admissions officers from top schools have talked about numerous times that he has sat in shock as he watched applicants get rejected. Sure, they may have a say for their regional students, but (depending on how the school handles applications) once it hits the table, definite shoe-ins may not be accepted</p>
<p>He’s not basing his “facts” - which, by the way, are more so informed opinions than hardcore facts - off a guide; his position is based upon a multitude of encounters with individuals who have insights into the process, whereas yours is grounded only upon a singular experience. From that alone, your credibility is significantly weakened. </p>
<p>From Princeton’s website:</p>
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<p>Clearly, AP scores do say something about your ability to do college-level work. If all your scores are in the 1-2 range and you have received As in the classes, this calls into question your academic record and thus affects the chances of your admission - that is all silverturtle suggested.</p>
<p>I suggest you do some thinking exercises before you leave this thread with a Brownie Burn™.</p>
<p>^You don’t know that for a fact. I’ve read in a few college admissions books that AP exams can indeed help an application, which in my opinion is common sense.</p>
<p>You see, this is the weakness of your argument. If AP scores didn’t count at all, as your spurious claim goes, then there wouldn’t be a problem sending in a score of 1 or 2, now would there?</p>
<p>No. You’re right. It’d be a waste of time. and space (you have a limited amount of scores you can send. You can only put 8 on the commonapp). So there’s no point. I might as well put the exams I got 4/5s on (since those are the ones I’m getting credit for) and let them know the exams I’m planning on taking senior year.</p>
<p>^So if you didn’t even submit the score, then the admissions committee did not know you received a 2 on the exam. If that’s the case, they wouldn’t have been able to hold it against you in the first place. Therefore, your whole anecdote is unnecessary and invalid as it pertains to your main point.</p>
<p>I surely don’t have a reputation of “starting up drama,” right? I don’t believe that I have said anything that one could deem dramatic in this entire conversation (or ever, really). If anything, you have seemed much more passionately interested in this discussion. </p>
<p>I have conveyed what I have been told is the truth (it is, moreover, logically sound). If you find me to be untrustworthy as a source of information, you may dismiss my claims; that is perfectly fine with me. Do not, however, undermine me personally so that I may not contest you when you make claims that are contradictory to what I believe to be true. And do not cite your acceptances or my lack thereof in an attempt to establish an inherent superiority of knowledge. </p>
<p>Anyhow, this debate is of little actionable significance, as one should, in the interest of caution, proceed under the assumption that AP exams do matter to an extent in admissions. And, given the score-reporting tendencies exhibited even by those who ostensibly believe that AP scores do not affect admissions, it seems that this is indeed the mentality.</p>
<p>I’m sorry if I came off as harsh silverturtle. I’m just trying to say that you can place facts on most of the admissions cycle. “AP scores affect admissions,” “2250 is a subpar score”. It’s just things like this that I have seen you say that seem to have gotten under the skin of some.</p>
<p>Well, I’m sure the score of 2 didn’t help, but I’m sure that other aspects of your application balanced it out. If you displayed a clear trend of high class scores but failures on the AP exams, it would not be beneficial - and there is nothing you can say that will contradict that fact. The lack of a benefit would not translate into zero effect, either.</p>