Should I withhold/cancel my AP score?

Applying to College
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<p>I got a 3 on an AP test, should I withhold the score or just send it in? </p>

<p>I'm applying for HYPS as well as some other school. My other scores are four 5's and one 4. </p>

<p>Also, would withholding/canceling make it seem like I did not take the test at all?</p>

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<p>Most schools do not use AP scores, at all, for admission purposes, only placement purposes. Check with your intended schools; if so, I would then include all of them. Not including it makes it seem like you did not take the test....which could raise questions.</p>

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<p>Here's an almost complete thread about colleges that request AP test scores on your application. </p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/371690-colleges-request-ap-scores-their-application-forms.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/371690-colleges-request-ap-scores-their-application-forms.html&lt;/a> </p>

<p>Your target colleges use AP test scores for admission purposes, and it's better to report all that you have than to cancel a score and not have it to report at all.</p>

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<p>A pass is a pass, IMHO. You should send it.</p>

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<p>Some of my friends are sending official AP score reports to each of their colleges (as part of their admissions folder) while others are waiting for final decisions to come out before sending their scores. Which is better (for Ivy League schools)?</p>

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<p>I sent my AP scores to Harvard becasue that was the school that I put when I took the test. Most people don't list a school though. </p>

<p>My guidance counselor and college counselor have said that you self-report your scores to the colleges and you only submit the score reports when you get accepted. You do this because colleges take your word for it (and if you betray it, they can deny your application and whatnot) and because it saves you money. There's a fee to send your official AP score report, although I simply made copies of the scores that I got in the mail.</p>

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<li><p>I don't think you can officially cancel a score this long after the exam, if that is what you are asking. The 3 is on the record, and there it will stay.</p></li>
<li><p>Most people advise waiting to send the official score report until you have decided where you will attend. No school, to my knowledge, explicitly asks to have the report sent as part of the application.</p></li>
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