Should I send my 3s on the AP tests to highly competitive schools?

Applying to College
1

I didn’t do nearly as well as I thought I did on the AP tests junior year, getting a 3 on AP Lang, 3 on APUSH, and a 4 on
AP Physics 1.

I’m applying to:

Cornell
UCLA
Johns Hopkins
Rice
USC
Stanford (long shot)
Harvey Mudd
Umichigan
University of Virginia

I’m obviously going to submit the 4 on Physics, but should I submit the two threes for the other subjects? Or would it negatively affect my application? (4.0 unweighted gpa, 33 ACT, two summer internships with original research)

2

I would, it shows that you’re honest. If you have good grades in the classes, colleges will understand that maybe you just had a bad day

3

No, don’t. Your competitor applicants will have better scores, so if the adcoms look at the AP scores (many schools say they don’t) it will work against you.

4

Go read this thread:
http://www.collegeconfidential.com/dean/low-ap-scores-elite-college-deal-breaker/

It is better to show you have a 3 than for them to assume you have a 1or 2.