telling colleges about 3s?..4s?

Applying to College
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<p>I noticed that a couple of colleges (vandy esp) have a spot on their apps or supplementals that ask for ap scores. in vandy's case it asks for ib scores as well. i am an ib diploma candidate so i have plenty of decently impressive ib socres to list. however, i have also taken a few ap tests and am wondering if i should bother listing these. by cc standards i have not done well at all, but some of these are for classes i didn't even take, much less study for.</p>

<p>apush- 4
ap stat- 4
ap micro- 3
ap eng lit- 3</p>

<p>so should i list these? the apush and stat ones i took the classes for soph year and then the micro and lit ones i just took on a whim. any thoughts??</p>

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<p>they shouldn't hurt! at least list the first two, 4s are usually good for some college credit or exemptions from general ed. classes, and the second two are fine! i would definitely list them.</p>

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<p>oh wow, i just read the last sentence -- you got a 3 without taking the classes?! list them, that's amazing.</p>

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<p>thanks kwolfenden!</p>

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<p>Yes, you should list them. Don't let the elitists on CC fool you.</p>

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<p>I would not recommend listing the 3's. Since it is optional, list the 4's. JMHO!</p>

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<p>If you self-studied something and got a 3, that will not hurt you in any way.</p>

<p>If you took the class and got a 3, hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm......</p>

<p>That's a different question.</p>

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<p>but should i mention that i selfstudied them? where would this info go?</p>

<p>-oh and sorry about getting back to this so late..ive been on vacation</p>

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<p>You can put AP Literature - score 3(self-study), if it's not obvious from your transcript.</p>

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<p>i'd put them down if you passed without taking the class, but mention the self-studied</p>

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<p>so getting only 3's while taking the class is worthless on all college apps? great..</p>

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<p>"but should i mention that i selfstudied them?"</p>

<p>when they see the courses you've taken, they'll know you self-studied.</p>

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so getting only 3's while taking the class is worthless on all college apps? great..

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<p>Well, considering I got 3's on four tests, and 4's on three tests, no 5's, and Duke is giving me credit for a 3 in calc BC...</p>

<p>List all of them. They are good scores. CC goes too far sometimes.</p>

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<p>Thanks for letting people know, some students are thinking of leaving them out for a 3.</p>

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<p>Getting a 3 on an AP is ridiculously easier than I thought. I thought I was going to fail AP english no matter what I did despite the fact I got A's on that class... I fell asleep through multiple choice and did only like 2 essays, and I still got a 3. (My school pays for ap exams and makes us take them regardless by the way)</p>

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<p>There's a current thread on the Parent's Forum with several points of view on this topic:</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=371690%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=371690&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>