Submitting AP Scores on the Common App?

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I’m wondering if anyone has any thoughts about what AP scores you should (or should not) submit with your application…

For example, does submitting a 3 help, hurt, or have zero impact on your admissions decision?

(I’m mainly talking about selective-highly selective schools.)

I assume it’s always beneficial to submit a 4 or a 5? And probably not ever beneficial to submit a 1-2?

Let me know if anyone has any thoughts. Thx.

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You can look at each school and see what credits they award for each exam you are taking. If your score is above the score required, go ahead and submit it. It is possible to add and omit scores for each application. One caveat, though, if they see you took the class and you don’t report the score, they assume you didn’t do well because if you got a 5, you would have said so.

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I would submit 4s and 5s.

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Gotcha. Thanks!