<p>Ok, I feel like this question has been asked over and over again, but I just wanted to make sure.
When people say that you shouldn't report your AP score if it's a 3 or below, does it mean that you shouldn't send your score report at all or just don't indicate that score on the college app?
I'm kind of confused :confused:</p>
<p>Your AP scores on your college application are either self-reported or included on your high school transcript. You could send your scores, but it's a waste of time and money since they're only used in the credit-granting process anyway.</p>
<p>Just like Johnny said, there's no need to send an official score report when applying. Most college applications have places to write AP scores, so you can choose to selectively write/omit certain scores. Since some schools report AP scores on transcripts, if you choose to omit, see if there's anythign your school's registrar can do about that.</p>
<p>I see, thanks so much.
The thing is, I'm a junior (rising senior) and I took Calc BC.
I got a 3 (I know.. horrible:() but I got a AB subscore of 4 (not excellent, but not that bad, right?).
Do you think I should omit this score if I'm applying to highly competitive colleges??
Some people have told me that taking Calc BC as a junior is kind of impressive so I should keep it..
But I'm sure a lot of people applying to competitive colleges have taken Calc BC as a junior or even younger.
What do you guys think?</p>
<p>I vote keep. 3's get you full credit at most colleges and even if its not accepted where you're applying, it still shows that you took a challenging course and got a "qualified" score by College Board.</p>
<p>if you check a college's website, you can always find there AP policy. check to see what score college's you're interested in accept. a 3 in math is good no matter what, so that will look good. a 2 and below is bad, a 3 isn't, so don't worry about it.</p>
<p>A 3 will not get you credit for calculus at any top tier institution. Maybe a 4 at some colleges, but they want to see a 5, because its almost always a required course and if you don't get a 5, you wouldn't be getting an A in that class in college, so why should you get credit for it?</p>
<p>I think a 3 is fine to write in the application. You won't get credit at a top tier university, but it still shows that you took the tough class and you were willing to take the test and passed. It shows that you didn't take the class just to boost your gpa.</p>
<p>You might as well report it. Not reporting it only begs the question and suggests that you got possibely lower. A 3 will only hurt you at the super elite institutions like, harvard, MIT, etc.</p>
<p>So I guess I should report it?
Ahhh I knew that it would hurt me in someway or another though...
Do you think the fact that I was a junior taking Calc BC would be taken into consideration?</p>
<p>They will like that you pushed yourself, but there are a good number of kids(applying to top tier) that are taking BC junior year so I don't think taking BC junior year will help you at all. There are a couple of kids at my school who took BC freshman year, multivar/lin sophomore year, differential equations junior year, and who the hell knows what senior year. Now thats impressive.</p>
<p>technically, its best if u don't send ur ap scores immediately</p>
<p>when you get them, choose the ones that u want to send. :) u can do that you know :D Colleges don't require u to send in ur APs. Just send in ur 4s and 5s. Granted it'll cost more but it'll really really improve your profile</p>
<p>BC freshman year? Wow that's amazing!
I bet they'll be the next big engineers:)
(I'm into english/communications, so not exactly engineering;) lol)</p>
<p>Hmm.. I feel like I'm getting conflicting opinions here.
Why does it cost more when you only send selected scores??</p>