Send my AP results? Got a 4...

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<p>Something to keep in mind: <a href=“http://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2012/10/06/classes-problem-for-massachusetts-high-schoolers/SXfDSpDnIhEoaKIvMww3BO/story.html”>http://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2012/10/06/classes-problem-for-massachusetts-high-schoolers/SXfDSpDnIhEoaKIvMww3BO/story.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Report the AP score or don’t – it just doesn’t matter. </p>

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<p>K1 reported self-reported 9 AP scores (all 5s except for a 4 in AP Spanish Language). Ended up not applying to Yale after receiving an October likely letter from Princeton.</p>

<p>K2 self-reported all AP scores to Duke, which were (I think) five 5s and three 4s, and was accepted ED.</p>

<p>In both their cases, all of their APs were solids; no AP “lites”, with the exception of AP Human Geography as freshmen.</p>

<p>Bottom line, in my opinion, reporting 4s won’t hurt, and I suspect that selectively reporting AP scores would cause adcoms to assume the unreported scores were subpar. Of course, that wouldn’t apply to a self-studied AP, as the course isn’t on the transcript.</p>

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<p>I didn’t report any AP scores and got into Yale and 2 other Ivies. I don’t think it matters much, if at all.</p>

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<p>^^ Did you take any AP exams?</p>

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<p>My son took a total of 12 AP during HS. He scored 5’s on all of them and 6 were during senior year! crazy</p>

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<p>I took 2 APs sophmore year, 6 junior, and 7 senior. I got all fives on the sophomore/junior 8, and then 3 fives, 2 fours, and 2 threes on the senior year ones. But Yale doesn’t really take AP credit, so senior year scores don’t matter at all (because you have already been accepted by the time they come) and earlier scores only matter a little bit for admissions.</p>

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<p>In contrast to what many people are saying, I would not report the 4’s. I was eligible to report 9 scores at the end of my junior year - five 5’s and four 4’s. I only reported the 5’s, and I was admitted. Not sure if it makes a difference (it probably doesn’t) but my thinking was why present a less than optimal part of my application when I am given the option not to.</p>

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<p>Doesn’t the application ask you to report all AP scores?</p>

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<p>^^ No, it doesn’t.</p>

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<p>Well, it asks if you want to report scores; it does not require you to do so, however.

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