<p>Has anyone sent AP scores in as part of their application?</p>
<p>Since sending the results is so darn expensive, my son sent them only to his top 2 choices. Once he knows where he is headed, he will send them his senior year test results in order to get credit.</p>
<p>You don't have to. Your child can self-report the scores and, if s/he wishes, send a photocopy of the score report. The actual report is needed only in the summer before matriculation for purposes of credit and placement at the college your child will be attending.</p>
<p>Agree with Marite--can't think of a single college that wanted officially reported AP scores when my D applied. Scores were sent to her future college in the summer after senior year.</p>
<p>Yep. My S didn't even need to send AP scores when he did transfer apps, even tho his transcript showed credit for AP work. Just needed at the school where he actually matriculated. And they even took a xerox copy we had at home!</p>
<p>I called all 10 of my son's schools. Seven said not required, some said they wouldn't look at them until after admission. My son's HS GC and a friend of the family who is a GC says the colleges will will look at them, no matter what they say and if they are good scores you might want to have scores sent. (Our HS doesn't put them on transcript).</p>
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<p>NO, you don't. You can self-report the scores and photocopy the report. No need to enrich the CB by having the scores sent.</p>
<p>This is so difficult. I was directly told by some college admissions persons that they would not accept self-report.</p>
<p>If they won't, you can send a photocopy of the report. There may be a few colleges that will only take the official score report, but they are in a tiny minority. My S sent photocopies of his AP scores to the two colleges he applied to, Harvard and Stanford. Neither asked for an official report.</p>
<p>How would you send AP scores via self-report with the pain in the posterior schools that virtually insist that the student apply online instead of via paper(Columbia and probably others)?</p>
<p>Just put them in the Additional Information section if they don't have a spot for that.</p>
<p>Agreed on the basis of experience that they can be self-reported and could be beneficial to send if they are strong scores.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone; seems like it's a little bit of a gray area. I called one school and they seemed to think it would be on the transcript, however, I don't think it will be. Have an email in to one of the other schools.
I think its best to include the info somewhere if the scores are good; probably will just include in additional info section for on-line apps, or send copy of report for paper apps.</p>
<p>We requested an official copy of our kid's transcript. Lo and behold, the AP scores are stuck on there beneath the SAT scores. You might want to check with your school before you pay to send anything (or ask your high school to remove them before they send out transcripts if there's a 2 in the mix....)</p>
<p>good point about checking the official transcript- btw, we were advised fairly early on NOT to put the high school code on the SAT registration forms. That way, if we went with the ACT instead of SAT , we could pick and choose which scores to send... and that's exactly what we are doing, as ACT's were slightly better than SATs. Won't help for a school that requires subject tests though...
I know they aren't required, but they are strong and we were thinking it would get her some extra "points"...</p>
<p>Looking at the form for the counselors nearly all of them asked the schools to report AP scores on them. So even though AP scores aren't on our transcripts it looks like the colleges my son is applying will see reports of the scores from the school. All of his forms also have a place for him to self report scores. It all seems very redundant to me.</p>
<p>Marite and others:</p>
<p>Yesterday I called the admissions office of the University of Michigan and asked them the following questions point-blank:</p>
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<li>Do they want to see AP scores at time of application? Yes, they do.</li>
<li>Do I have to pay another $15 to college board for an official AP score report, or could I just send a copy of the score report I already have? They "much prefer" an original report sent directly from College Board.</li>
<li>I repeated the question, explaining that I have already paid College Board a lot of money and I could have the originals sent later if S actually enrolled, but was told again that "it is up to you, but we much prefer the report be sent directly from College Board" for consideration of the application.</li>
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<p>Thanks, midmo. As you can see, "they much prefer," they do not demand. But my two Ss applied to 8 colleges between them (though not to UMich) and none asked for an official report. </p>
<p>It is much better, however, to go by what the adcoms of whichever college one is applying to than follow a blanket policy.</p>
<p>Midmo:</p>
<p>I went to the UMich admissions website. The information is ambiguous insofar as it mentions only AP/IB scores in terms of credit rather than as a component in the application process. For credit, obviously an official score report is necessary. But this is a different issue from providing scores for the sole purpose of applying for admissions. </p>
<p>If I were an adcom, I'd prefer official reports, too. But while colleges can demand official high school transcripts since fulfilling high school requirements is a requirement for admission to college, they cannot demand that students have taken AP exams. So they can prefer, but not demand.</p>
<p>You are correct that the web site is ambiguous; that is why I called the office. On the phone, they were clear that AP scores would be a part of the admissions decision. As for official or unofficial scores, it strikes me that they hold all the cards; if they express a strong preference for official scores, I feel obliged to send them. Beyond the admissions decision is the question of merit scholarships. If the AP record shines a favorable light on a candidate, it seems to me like a good idea to provide the school with whatever data they want, in whatever form they prefer. That doesn't mean I think they are justified in their "demands" or "preferences", just that I don't feel like it is good idea to ignore their stated preferences.</p>