<p>You guys have probably seen me around a lot on this board. I have always had my heart set on attending Cal. :)</p>
<p>But, as I was about to submit my SIR, I noticed this on the Admission FAQ:
"Because you were admitted on the strength and truthfulness of your application, you must send us your AP scores. The admission of any applicant who has provided misinformation on AP exams or scores is subject to cancellation."</p>
<p>On my application back in November, I listed several AP exams which I had planned to take this May. Due to time constraints, I have since decided to focus my studies on fewer AP exams, and chose to omit some of the tests I had listed.</p>
<p>Otherwise, there is no discrepancy in my test scores or any of the rest of my application information. This is strictly about earlier projected AP exams. I will still be sending my official scores as listed on the application, along with my results from this year's exams.</p>
<p>Is this cause for a rescindment of my admission? I don't want all my hard work to go down the drain because I opted for less AP exams than I had "planned for" on my application, especially when I'm 100% sure I wasn't admitted for my test scores! :)</p>
<p>(I've heard that AP exams are just for placement, and not admissions, and so they're practically optional. But the wording of the answer in the FAQ is confusing me.)</p>
<p>just take all the AP tests that you’ve promised to. The scores are not important. Taking the AP tests and getting low scores (like 1s) is better than skipping the tests. Yes it will cost you money (no refund), but who cares about money at this point?</p>
<p>Call admissions and ask them if there are any negative ramifications if you do not take every AP test you planned to at the time of your application. If they say yes, do as chemebrown suggests: pay up, show up, and who cares about the score. Of they say no, you are off the hook.</p>
<p>No, they don’t care about AP’s, they only help to get credit. AP’s aren’t even required in the application. You don’t have to take any if you don’t want, they won’t rescind based on that. </p>
<p>summary: no negative ramifications. Don’t waste your time worrying about it.</p>
<p>I doubt you would get rescinded for not having taken the test but if I were you, I’d call the admissions office to explain my situation to be safe.</p>
<p>I dont see anywhere on the application where it says “planned AP’s.” So i don’t see why you oughta be worried. I only reported the scores I had and nothing about planned tests.</p>
<p>I did not take an AP exam I planned to take last year and never notified the admissions office. And yet here I am.</p>
<p>So don’t worry about it. As others have said, at this point the AP tests are just for credit. They would be more concerned if you dropped the actual AP class.</p>
<p>I think the FAQ warning is more pertaining to students who say they DID (not planned to and changed their mind) take some test or received some score when they really did not. That would certainly be cause for cancellation as it is outright fabrication, but this is not.</p>
<p>Technically, you did not list AP tests you planned to take, you listed AP courses you were going to take. As long as you completed the courses without a D or F, all should be good.</p>
<p>here is why I think you should call admissions: if Berkeley gets too many incoming freshmen accepting their offers of admission, they may just be looking to cut the numbers down. One reason people can technically get rescinded is for lying on their applications. This AP thing is likely nothing, but I think it is worth one phone call that will probably take 10 minutes to find out. Make sure you write the first and last name of the person you speak to, along with the date, time, and notes of your conversation. Then, you can go on your merry way and worry no more.</p>
Unless they changed it for Fall 2009, on the Fall 2007 (and Fall 2008 since I did list the AP exams I planned to take on my app) application, it did tell you to list planned AP exams.
quoted from the Fall 2007 application: “List the name and test date of any College Board Advanced Placement examination you have taken or plan to Take. List scores for completed examinations.”</p>