<p>We're about to send D's early response app in. I haven't asked College Board to send her AP score from last June to the college because she's using her ACT scores and I don't want her SAT scores released.</p>
<p>Question (if you're not too confused) - does College Board send AP scores directly to schools WITHOUT releasing SAT scores as well?</p>
<p>Help!</p>
<p>Well, although I don't know the answer, why is she sending her AP scores?</p>
<p>I'm not aware of any colleges which require official AP score reports during the application process. Usually, a student only needs to send official AP score reports to the school s/he will attend and then only if s/he wants the credit for the particular course.</p>
<p>I'm guessing she doesn't have to send them at all which would mean... problem solved.</p>
<p>DD took the AP music theory exam as an 11th grader. When her SAT scores were sent to us, they did not include the AP score. In fact, when she finally matriculated to her college, we had to have the AP scores sent there...they didn't have them. </p>
<p>AP scores usually do not factor into college admissions. Why would the student send them at all to any school where he/she is not admitted? Once admitted, then send the AP scores to determine credits the college will award.</p>
<p>I guess we thought that the colleges needed/wanted to see how kids did on AP tests taken at the end of Junior year. If it's not necessary, we'll forget about it. One less thing to stress over.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Just wait on sending AP's until she gets accepted. In any case I don't believe they would get sent out together anyway. Doesn't the College Board charge separate fees for sending each out?</p>
<p>Yeah - to the tune of fifteen bucks!!!</p>
<p>At this point, it doesn't matter, but just to satisfy curiosity:</p>
<p>The AP and SAT services are two separate entities. If you send the AP test scores, the colleges will receive just that -- not the SAT scores. Besides, why combine both test scores when you can charge for each separately?</p>
<p>A few colleges actually have a space to put down AP scores in the application form. Most don't. However, some student choose to write in their AP scores besides the SAT score space (recommended by several college admission topic books). My D did just that two years ago. Some high schools actually report the AP scores in the student transcript, saving kids from asking college board to send the scores. Alternatively, the numerical score could be pointed out by the teachers who write the recomendation letters. </p>
<p>In essence, if the scores prove useful in admission, you can include the scores by many means without having college board reporting them. To your original question, the AP scores are sent independent of SAT scores.</p>
<p>If the score is good (i.e. 4 or 5), it can be noted on the student's transcript (at least, that's what was done at my D's high school). That way the college knows she's done well on an AP and that might possibly help with admissions. Alternatively, she can put it somewhere on her application. As the saying goes, it couldn't hurt. :)</p>
<p>(oops, cross-posted with padad.)</p>
<p>Eh, APs can factor in college admissions (as an indication of having taken a rigorous schedule and ability to do college-level work), but as long as there's a place to list them in the application, which there was in mine, official score reports are unnecessary.</p>
<p>== tlaktan - AP and SAT are two separate entities</p>
<p>DS sent official reports of all scores, even though AP Latin was a 2! Besides that, there were five scores, all fours and fives. He also sent SAT and ACT scores. Yes, it was a bit expensive, but he did end up at first choice school known to give generous need-based aid, whic it did. He had gratifying results, so we would do this again if we had another child. We did the same thing for D with same successful result. She's convinced her 5 in AP World as a sophomore was a big admissions factor for her. Yes, school is supposed to report, but we didn't see the harm in making surethe schools got official results.</p>
<p>I think the simple answer is that you will need to have college board send the scores to the college she ultimately attends, but only if she plans to claim college credit for the scores. Each college has different standards for which scores earn credit. My understanding is that having the scores on a high school transcript is not official enough for college credit.</p>
<p>For admissions purposes, AP scores typically are self reported. Some applications ask for the scores specifically. On other apps, a students can find a place to report the scores if desired. One method I think is handy is to use the Common App section for honors/awards; if the student is an AP Scholar (or AP National Scholar, etc), she can list that along with test scores.</p>