<p>I have taken a total of 7 APs during my high school career. I have a total of two 5s, four 4s, and one 3. I feel like my AP scores aren't as high as they should be (lower in comparison to my GPA and SAT scores). I know submitting AP scores on the common app is completely optional, but will colleges look at me badly if I completely refrain submitting AP scores?</p>
<p>I'm hoping to apply to Brown ED. Thanks in advance.</p>
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That explains what credit you get for each. If I was you, I would only put the scores that you would be credit for. But you can choose to put no scores if you want</p>
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That explains what credit you get for each. If I was you, I would only put the scores that you would be credit for. But you can choose to put no scores if you want</p>
<p>Well you’re normally supposed to send in AP scores after you’re admitted, but the Common App allows an unofficial optional score report for admission. So I was wondering what kind of effect it would have on my application if I did not report any AP scores.</p>
<p>Can you also only send in Ap scores that you want? for example, only send in 5s and 4s?</p>
<p>If you want to pay extra, you can have scores withheld or cancelled:</p>
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<p>Typically you only send in scores to the school you plan to attend. If you have already received a low AP score when you are applying to college, do not list it on your application.</p>
<p>Even if you have high/good scores, the institution may or may not use it for advanced placement.</p>
<p>Schools typically want to see that you are challenging yourself by taking the hardest classes available. Whether or not they give you any advanced placement credit for it is a separate matter.</p>
<p>Yes, the Common App allows me to send in only the scores that I want to send.</p>
<p>You’re not sending your scores via the Common App - you are merely self-reporting them. In that section you can report up to 8 total AP, IB, and SAT subject test scores.</p>
<p>Once you are admitted and have decided which school to attend, then your AP scores can be sent to that school. If you are taking AP tests in the spring of your senior year, designate your school as the recipient. All your AP scores will be sent - not just the ones you are taking spring of your senior year.</p>
<p>You are self reporting AP scores. Your scores are fine. Since you only have 8 slots for reporting a combination of SAT II and AP scores, you should fill in your SAT II scores first and use the remaining slots to report APs. Rest go on the resume you might attach in the additional essay space.</p>
<p>Not listing some of your scores may look like you did worse than a 3</p>
<p>Can I choose to report only three or four out of the seven scores? Or would that also seem sketchy? :P</p>
<p>5s and 4s are respectable scores although some top schools may not give any credit for 4s but they don’t give credit for 5s either in several subjects depending on the school.</p>
<p>The scores validate the rigor of the class in your school. If you have 99 in the school but a 3, then there is a question mark but if you have a 90 and a 3 or 4, it is fine. Other than that, APs wont make or break your application.</p>
<p>It won’t look bad if you don’t report them all. If you are also listing SAT subject test scores and/or IB as well as AP, you may not have enough room.</p>
<p>Also, you can have an AP class on your transcript but not take the test. At our HS the test is optional and it’s up to us to pay for it. My S took 8 AP classes but only took tests for 3 of the classes. So if they are not listed, I doubt the school will assume you are omitting a poor score.</p>
<p>Calvin TBOD, my son is wondering the very same thing. His AP scores are very similar to yours and are lower, comparatively, than his GPA, ACT, SAT II’s, etc. Many people commented on the question of credit, but if I’m understanding you correctly, your main question is not credit. It is whether you should self-report the actual scores on your Common App–ie whether it will hurt your chances at a selective school. I am not sure. Many people on CC have said that 3’s are “passing” and are fine, but I do wonder whether the Admissions Committee might look down on a “3”. I’m really not sure. However, if you put your 4’s and 5’s and leave the class/classes with “3”‘s blank, the Admissions officer might think that you got a 1 or 2 or that you didn’t take the test at all. Some students take the course to boost their GPA, because their school weights AP grades, but then they don’t take the test (I’m not saying that everyone who doesn’t take the test is skipping the test for that reason…), and colleges look down on that. Our school does not weight grades at ALL, so that is not an option. You may want to ask your counselors’ opinion, too.</p>
<p>Haha Jennie, that was exactly my concern. I think I’m going to submit just the two 5s that I have.</p>
<p>Can someone kindly point me to where on the Common App it says that reporting AP scores (or any other scores, for that matter) is optional?</p>
<p>Self-reported test scores are not a required part of the application, meaning you can leave these fields blank and still submit your application. But that’s not quite the same as being optional.</p>
<p>WW - If I understand you correctly, the Common App site won’t “kick back” my application if I don’t self-report all of my scores, but the colleges EXPECT me to self-report all of my scores and the colleges MIGHT view my application as incomplete or misleading if I do not accurately self-report all of my scores.</p>
<p>If a school requires scores, such as ACT and/or SAT scores, then the applicant must have them sent to the school from ACT or Collegeboard.</p>
<p>My S applied to one school that required 2 SAT subject tests. All the other schools he applied to accepted ACT with writing. He took two SAT subject tests. He did okay, but not stellar. He had them sent to the school that required them. He did not self-report them on the Common Application. </p>
<p>There is nothing incomplete or misleading about not self-reporting test scores on the Common App if a school doesn’t require them for admission.</p>
<p>A 4 is still a good score! I would report the 4’s and 5’s, since those would typically get you credit if the school offers it for AP courses. I’ve seen other threads here about this, and consensus was that you are not obligated to report ALL your AP scores, especially if they won’t fit in the spaces given.</p>