<p>Can colleges see your scores unless you send your AP scores? Even if you do well, do you have to send them, and does it help to send them? Can you choose to send only a select few if you do poorly on some? How much does it cost to send the exams?</p>
<p>AP scores have a negligible impact on college admissions - in the context of admissions, the primary factor is the courses themselves because AP courses demonstrate rigor of secondary school record which is important to most if not all colleges. You can self report your scores (or choose not to) on the Common Application but they carry very little weight - most people only send AP scores after they’ve been admitted as a means of getting credit. </p>
<p>Unlike your SAT scores, you don’t actually have your AP scores sent from the College Board until after you’ve been accepted and you want to get college credit. You can self-report your AP scores on the Common App if you want.
They see whatever you self-report on the Common App.
You don’t have to self-report them, and you don’t have to have your scores sent from the College Board unless you want college credit.
I would recommend self-reporting all of your results, but you don’t have to.
[url=<a href=“https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/help#faq6]Here[/url”>Get the Most Out of AP – AP Students | College Board]Here[/url</a>] is the College Board’s page with information about sending AP scores.</p>