<p>Hi, I'm having trouble deciding on whether to self report a 3 on one of my APs to Cornell.
Here are all my AP scores:</p>
<p>AP World - 3
AP Lang - 4
AP Biology - 4
AP U.S. History - 4</p>
<p>It's worrying me that I don't even have one 5, but some people on CC assured me that it wouldn't be given much weight.</p>
<p>Your scores are more used for credit and class placement once you get on campus. Whether you choose to self-report or not is up to you. Definitely send in the 4s officially if you decide to attend as I think those will all give you credit. I don’t think the 3 will give you any credit, however.</p>
<p>AP scores carry little to no weight in the decision process. You can choose to report them n the common app if you wish. If your transcript lists an AP World History course, I would suggest reporting your score. Otherwise you run the risk of an admissions officer thinking one of two things: you took the test and scored a 1 or you were not motivated enough to take the test, neither of which is valid in your case.</p>
<p>@Ranza123 @skieurope Oh, okay thanks! Yeah…a 3 will not give me any credit, but I’ll just send it in so it doesn’t look like I got a 2 or worse :)</p>
<p>Cornell doesn’t even take AP World credit, so I wouldn’t worry about it too much. AP/IB exam scores generally aren’t used in admission decisions–they’re more to help you place out of classes or receive credit after you’ve already gotten in. </p>
<p>Best of luck! </p>
<p>I agree, self-report the 3, too, or else that they may think you got a lower score…</p>