When you decide to report or not report your AP scores, what factors should you consider? LIke, if it’s just 4’s and 5’s is that good? Or is a 4 a bad score?
As far as I know, they use the scores just to validate that the grades you took in the class are not due to grade inflation. Example: If you get a 1 or a 2 on an AP test for a class you got an A in, they’ll suspect grade inflation.
I was told that they are important in that sense, and if you had no AP tests available to you, but you self-studied them, then that’s also good. Other than that, they aren’t actual scores they consider seriously in the admissions process because they are self-reported, which means there is no official score sheet they can use to confirm your scores.
Most colleges will accept a 4 or 5 for credit for a class, but certain courses they will accept a 3. So 4s and 5s are very good.
As far as admissions, I am not sure if they really use that so much.
Either a 5 or a 4 are solid scores. AP score distributions vary widely. For some subjects only a very small percentage of students get a 5, in other cases it’s more common. You don’t need to pay to send scores officially until you actually decide where you are going to college. For top colleges, a 3 or a 2 score sticks out