<p>I'm a senior in high school I've taken two AP classes junior year, and am taking 5 this year.</p>
<p>I took AP chem and AP calc AB last year. I got a 2 and 3 respectively. Not the best scores, but I can get calculus credit for some of my college choices.</p>
<p>And I don't know how well I'll do this year, if I take all five AP tests (yikes!) Btw, is that a lot of AP tests to take? Like, will it be hard to study for all of them at once? My classes are: english, calc bc, biology, comparitive govt, and us govt that are ap.</p>
<p>Anyways though, I heard that to send your AP scores to colleges you have to pay collegeboard. And if you want to withhold any scores you have to pay extra to do so.</p>
<p>My parents are divorced and make an adequate amount of money, but there's no point to waste money when I don't have to.</p>
<p>Is it that big of a deal if colleges see a couple bad scores? At least they'll see that I tried...</p>
<p>I'm applying to University of Michigan (Ann arbor), Boston University, and University of Kansas (it's instate) thus far.</p>
<p>I took 5 tests last year, and it was definitely hard, but doable. I'm taking 7 this year, so I obviously survived! Just stay on top of things, and don't cram way too much (easy to say, harder to do :-P)</p>
<p>And when you get a score of 2 or 1, College Board essentially hides those scores from colleges, so they won't even know you've taken that Chem test, as far as I know. </p>
<p>Also, I'm pretty sure you only send your scores officially to colleges once you've be accepted/decided to go there, so you don't spend way to much money, but sending scores does cost. </p>
<p>Overall though, I'd take as many as you can, and do your absolute best...worry about the lower scores later.</p>
<p>The two government exams are shorter than a regular AP exam because they only cover a semester's worth of material, so that should help you.</p>
<p>"And when you get a score of 2 or 1, College Board essentially hides those scores from colleges, so they won't even know you've taken that Chem test, as far as I know."</p>
<p>Where'd you get that information? The only way to keep colleges from seeing scores is to pay money to have them hidden.</p>
<p>Take the exams only if you believe you'll do well; that'll help save money. And don't bother sending AP scores officially until you've chosen the university you'll be attending. You can self-report your scores for admissions if you want, but don't bother paying money.</p>
<p>Ditto to what aphoticmelody said - since you don't have to send in an official score report until after you are admitted and decide where to enroll, there's no need to pay CB to withhold AP scores</p>
<p>Yeah, all the above makes sense. I don't know if I'm up to taking five AP tests, but I should know once May comes around what classes I would feel comfortable taking the tests in and which I wouldn't. Thanks a lot for your input guys!</p>
<p>I took 7 AP tests last year, and got 5s on all of them except a 4 on English Language. It's definetly doable, and I'm also taking 6 AP tests this year.</p>
<p>sorry, aphoticmelody I should've been more clear. The hiding isn't automatic, but you can request to have a score completely deleted for free. It doesn't matter what the score is, I guess the 2 & 1 was my personal plan, not the entire policy. sorry if I mislead anyone!</p>
<p>As usual, CB makes you pay. To "withhold" scores, it's $10 per exam per recipient. You can have a particular score deleted completely (and permanently) for free, but the CB report will show that the score was deleted, so the college will likely assume it was deleted because it was low. </p>
<p>Normally, AP scores are used only to get college credit or to place into a higher level class in a particular subject, so you would not send them until after you have enrolled in a particular college. There's no reason to report AP scores to colleges you are applying to unless they are truly stellar and might give your resume a boost.</p>