<p>When I apply for colleges, am I supposed to send AP test scores? Or do I officially report them only after I get into a certain college.</p>
<p>I'm applying to UCs, Brown, Cornell, and Duke if that helps anyone.</p>
<p>You don't need to send until afterwards. They'll go off of your self-reported scores during admissions evaluations. The AP test scores don't actually matter until you get into a college and tell them you're going there. Then you send your AP scores to get college credit, skip certain classes, or gain higher level standing in college.</p>
<p>I would argue that AP test scores *do indeed actually matter *in your application.</p>
<p>If they're tough APs, and they're all 5s, and there are lots of them, you can't tell me Adcoms won't sit up and take notice.</p>
<p>agree with heyalb, but how do you officially send them? there is no where on college board to "send AP scores". Just self reported?</p>
<p>When you take the AP exams you can designate where you want scores sent. If you want them sent to multiple colleges, check AP</a> Scores - AP Grades & Reporting Services and scroll down to "Other Grade Reporting Services". Only a handful of colleges ask for AP score reports with the application.</p>
<p>Do not waste your money sending AP scores to the UCs -- self-reported scores on the app are perfectly acceptable. Check the websites of the schools -- I don't know of any college that requires AP scores for applicants, but I'm sure they must be out there -- in any event, Duke and Cornell do not require them.</p>
<p>AP scores actually probably do not matter in applications. Taking AP courses absolutely does matter. Many students do not take AP exams until long after the decisions have been made, often because of HS requirements, and no college can hold an applicant accountable to those criteria. That means that scores cannot possibly be used. Colleges use the fact of taking the course to determine the rigor of the program, and that absolutely does matter in the application process.</p>
<p>My D took 4 APs and chose not to report any of the scores at all. She is currently a soph at Brown.</p>
<p>Here's the FAQ: </p>
<p>The short answer is that scores matter. You self-report scores for the admission process, especially now that the Common Application has lots of spaces for self-reporting AP test scores and hundreds of colleges use that application form.</p>
<p>clarification in my earlier pst (#6)... I meant to write that I don't know of any colleges that require official AP score reports from applicants, i.e., self-reported scores on the common app (or UC app) are fine. And, concur with the others: great AP/IB scores can only help an applicant.</p>