Glad to hear it! As a high school senior, I can definitely relate to feeling hopeless because of a dumb mistake. I just want you to know that you will get over this bump in the road with time!
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I actually do have a question about this-- If the worst happens and they rule against me and decide that it was cheating and ban me from further test taking and also report it to colleges, how will I be able to explain this? Is there a section on college applications for this?
Does this also mean that I will be rejected from most schools if I do apply? Iâve planned for the worst and am going to take the ACT (Iâve already taken the SAT and my score is far from horrible, but not the best), and Iâm also going to do Dual Enrollment. Otherwise, my resume and track record is impeccable and Iâm part of many organizations, extra curriculars and will be doing an internship also. Iâve gotten excellent scores on past AP Exams, too. Given all of this, how much will it affect my college admissions?
Ask that question if it happens. No need to worry about it now.
I truly doubt anything other than your score being cancelled will happen.
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Some people take comfort in worst case scenarios, as a sort of bottom line for worry. But most of us, as @skieurope suggested, do better dealing with things as they actually happen.
I do think this is explainable and you could do it in a supplementary essay, or include a note with the transcript sent by your guidance office. Maybe a sympathetic school personnel could also write something. The main thing is that even with your worst case scenario, no you absolutely will not be rejected from âmost of your schools.â
This is very hard right now. But it wonât be hard for too long. You will be fine.
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The good thing is that the school has said they will not prosecute you, so I think the WORST of what couldâve happened has passed. Youâll just have to wait and see what CB says about this.
I guess here is another lesson you can learn from this whole ordeal: think twice about what you post onto message boards and online. What youâve posted here is unlikely to affect the outcome of the CBâs verdict on your case if they were to see this (unless youâve completely altered your story from what happened compared to what you told your proctor/school), but if a classmate of yours comes across this thread, they might be able to figure out who it is.
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Itâs going to be okay. You will get through this. You will still go to a decent college, you will have the same life that you would have had otherwise. Worst case scenario is that you wonât send in your AP scores. I suggest that you prep for the ACT, get the very high score on it that I have no doubt you are capable of, and that way, if need be, you donât have to send ANYTHING from the College Board to ANY school, if you donât want to. A string of 5âs on the AP exams is nice, but AP exams last year were from home, so they wonât hold as much weight. Itâs just so easy for anyone to cheat when the exams were given at home. These past two school years have been absurd, what with the pandemicâs interruptions of normal school. Just get Aâs in all your AP classes, and that would probably be enough, along with a wicked high ACT score. And the College Board will have no reason to notify ANY college of ANYTHING about you.
You do NOT want to be in the position of having to use your limited essay space to explain this. As I said before, the story is not believable, even if it is true, so I doubt that an admissions officer would believe it. Youâll just wind up drawing attention to it, which will not be a good thing.
But please, donât freak out over this. At the very worst, youâll be going to your state flagship U, and from there, you can get into any grad school. And there is a path for you to avoid having the College Board have anything to do with your application process.
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Youâre right- I didnât expect it to gain this much attention or expect that I wouldnât be able to delete it. The only thing I didnât mention was the âmanifestingâ part because itâs embarrassing and not the main reason I did it, anyway.
The rest is completely accurate to what I told the proctor, school, and counselor. I hope youâre right about the worst being over. Iâve already apologized to the school for causing them embarrassment because of my carelessness. Thank you for your response!
Thank you very much for all the advice! Iâll definitely start prepping for the ACT and I do hope youâre right about them not notifying colleges of anything. Iâll be updating this thread as soon as I receive any sort of communication from CB.
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Alright everyone, Iâm back. Iâve received all my scores except for Calc, and it says âScore Delayed - will be reported as soon as possible (code 93)â next to it. What does this mean for me? I know it means that my Calc AB score is delayed, but does this mean they can still retroactively cancel all my other scores or ban me? Or is everything over since I got the rest of my scores?
And I took the ACT a few days ago in preparation for whatever might happen with this, so thatâs another update.
Glad you took the ACT as a strategy to bypass the College Board entirely, if necessary.
Yes, it appears that you were reported by the testing center. I suspect that all theyâll do is invalidate your score. Glad to hear youâve received the other scores. I think you can send out SAT scores without AP scores - theyâre separate. You can self-report AP scores without sending confirmation on applications, and then send the actual report for credit after youâve been admitted and decided to attend a specific U.
Youâre going to be fine.
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Hopefully this is behind you. Thankfully you will no longer have to self report on the common APâŠ
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But individual colleges can still ask
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How would that work? Also will college board report anything?
Sorry if naive questions on my part but probably worth the OP knowing.
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Individual colleges have their own sets of questions on the Common App. Potential major. What attracted you to XYZ.
I highly doubt the CB will report to colleges
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Should I call CB about this just in case? Or would that be an unwise decision?
I personally would do nothing until you either get a calc score or they say they cancelled your score.
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Several students on r/APStudents are reporting code 93 delays. I wouldnât assume/do anything until you get a score or a cancellation notification.
On r/SAT, there are reports of scores being delayed every time they are released, and the scores roll in over the following days/weeks.
Itâs rare, but it certainly happens regularly.
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Just a reminder that certain colleges (like the UCs for example) only use AP scores for placement once admitted and they donât play a role in actual admissions
UCB does specifically state AP scores are considered in their selection process. Other UCâs and schools may not but each school can determine their selection criteria.
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I see, my mistake! The important thing is to check the admissions criteria of the schools you apply to because thereâs a chance your ap scores may not factor into your chance of admission at all