<p>Midmo:</p>
<p>Agree. Except that their preferences are not "stated." And they should be, unequivocally. Applicants should not have to phone for such information.</p>
<p>Correct, in this case, their preferences are not stated on the web site, just on the phone. Perhaps the person on the phone had no idea what he was talking about! It wouldn't shock me if that were the case. </p>
<p>We are not residents of Michigan. I suspect the high school guidance counselors in Michigan know what is really required, or preferred, or whatever. Our state has no OOS tuition waiver reciprocity agreement with Michigan, unlike several other midwestern public universities, so counselors here are not very familiar with their system.</p>
<p>My kids applied to about 23 schools between them including Michigan OOS (accepted) and did did not send (original or photocopy) any AP scores. They were not on their HS transcripts either. They did self-report the scores on their applications. It was simply not an issue.</p>
<p>We'll ask our son's GC too, but I'm assuming a 4 on French and a 5 on English are good scores we'd want the college to know about?? Obviously, 2 5s would be even better. His others are this year so we won't have them until after admissions decision.</p>
<p>Scores of 4 and 5 are definitely worth reporting. Colleges may or may not give credits for 4s, and some will not for even 5s if they do not grant Advanced Standing. But the scores will be noted by adcoms.</p>
<p>My daughter has sent at least portions of her applications to six colleges, including 2 ivies, 2 others in US News's top 20, and 1 flagship state university (not Michigan), all with self-reported AP and IB scores only. None of the colleges' Web sites says that official score reports are necessary during the admissions process, and none of the colleges has contacted her to ask for them.</p>
<p>If you want to be confused, call 10 admissions offices. I wrote down everything they said and I still don't know what they said. What they require is clear. What they want to look at is less so. One school sent us a voice mail message I saved for my son. It was something like, "we don't require these scores and we only use them for placement decisions" and then said "your Guidance Counselor might put the scores on his Rec's. Why, if they don't look at them? My son was in "speak like a pirate mode". Arrrgh</p>
<p>A little known fact... you can write in the AP scores next to the sat scores on the common application. I have read a few books on filling the common application that suggest that you do this. ; . )</p>
<p>A 4 on French is excellent. For whatever the reason, French is one of the most difficult AP exams.</p>
<p>I've heard French is tough because a lot of native speakers take it, but I don't know if that's true. Are AP exams scored on a curve?</p>
<p>"Are AP exams scored on a curve?"</p>
<p>Basically yes. My son kept telling me he could still get a 5 and only get something like 75% of the multiple choice questions right on one of the exams - physics maybe? Language courses get skewed by the native speakers. That said they don't make a pretty little bell curve for each exam. Unfortunately I can't find the link.</p>
<p>I was also told you could put your AP scores in the awards and honors section on the on-line common app. Interestingly, we just received a nice note from the College Board awarding d AP Scholar with Honors, so guess that could legitimately go under the honors section.
Heard back from GC and she said it's a state law that the high school can't put the scores on the transcript without parental permission, so they decided not to do it, as it would be too much hassle.</p>