All,
I am having a dilemma as to whether or not I should self report my AP Scores on my Common Application, as I did receive a few 3s (3 on AP Euro 2019, 3 on AP Chem 2020, 3 on AP Seminar 2020, 4 on AP Calc AB 2020, 5 on APUSH 2020, and 5 on AP Lang 2020).
Here are the three options I am consider
1.) Report all of my scores (even if 3s don’t look favorable to colleges)
2.) Report only 4s and 5s (not including any 3s in self-reports)
3.) Not report ANY scores and just include “AP Scholar with Distinction” in the Honors section of the Common Application.
I originally was going to report all of my scores, but I was advised that top schools (particularly schools like Yale, Columbia, Penn) would not look favorably upon my 3s. Then I considered only reporting my 4 and 5s, but then some people advised me that Ivies might assume that I failed all of my other exams. Lastly, I considered not reporting any scores at all and just including that I got “AP Scholar with Distinction” in the Honors section, but then someone told me that my 5s are still very valuable.
Please give me some advice as to what I should do!
Something about my school: Everyone who takes an AP class is REQUIRED to take the exam, so I can’t hide under the assumption that I just decided not to take a particular exam.