<p>So everyone has been getting their ap scores!!1 I am so scared. i might get mine soon... However, what if I get a 1 or 2 on my ap tests, will yale/columbia/stanford/duke/uchicago/northwestern care!?!? has anyone got in to any of these with very low ap scores???? Do i have to report them to schools??? Thanks!! (:</p>
<p>You don’t have to report them, but the colleges will see that you took the test and did not wish to send the score. Technically, the scores are not supposed to count against you in the admissions, but if you got an A in an AP class but got a 2 on the exam, the college might question the rigor of your school/classes…</p>
<p>So if I do that bad, do you think I should report them whatsoever?</p>
<p>just curious, did you do that badly?</p>
<p>Wait until you see your scores before you start worrying!</p>
<p>On the CommonApp, there’s an option to hide AP scores. You can hide any score you want, and having a 1 is no problem.</p>
<p>Furthermore, colleges don’t actually use AP Test scores as part of the admissions process, it’s purely for the credit afterwards. What they’re more interested in than the scores is the fact that you applied yourself to a sufficient extent to enroll yourself in an AP Course (or, better yet, discipline yourself to self-study) and the take the test.</p>
<p>Bad scores can be hidden, though, so even if you mess up, it still doesn’t count against you. Don’t worry :)</p>
<p>You can hide them, but it might look odd.</p>
<p>Although it’s probably more important to try to improve your study habits for the next time around.</p>
<p>If you manage to get 1’s on AP tests then you would be better served by not going to a challenging Ivy League school.</p>
<p>The truth is nobody can tell you what it takes to get in an ivy. Every year kids with perfect stats get rejected. It definetley won’t look good, but nobody knows how those admission officers work. Good luck!</p>
<p>Well I’m expecting to get my scores some time this week, but I just have in my head how I didn’t study nor prepare myself for the exams. I think therefore I will do bad. I just didn’t try my best nor did I try attempting the exam. To be honest I didn’t care whether I failed it or not, but now that scores are coming out soon, I get freaked out. I fear I might not do good. However, I will be taking three other exams next year and I WILL try my best to study REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY hard. I regret the dumb mistake I made by not trying my best, but if I want such competitive schools, I need to try harder if I really want to recieve that acceptance letter. My only problem is that I need to study for my SAT II’s, SAT and ACT!!! How can I spear time to study for the rest of the AP’s!?!?!?!? I would really appreciate some advice, and thanks for the nice posts guys!! Made my day!! (:</p>
<p>Although both are important, GPA > Sat. Focus on getting A’s in school and you will do well in your APs – it is a simple is that. Junior Year is difficult, but you can do it. You just need the right mind set.</p>
<p>I just fell like scores are everything!! If I don’t manage a 30+ on ACT or a 2100+ on SAT’s with 700+ on SAT’s II, I wont get accepted. I have this perception that I need ‘perfect scores’ to be accepted. Although I know plenty of people with perfects become rejected, I think their chances are greater… Do you really think that the gpa outshines the SAT? I do agree, but aren’t both are given the same weight…?</p>
<p>So what if you don’t get into an Ivy?</p>
<p>Millions (literally) of kids every year go to non-Ivy colleges, study hard, do well, graduate, and move on to good lives. Focus on figuring out what you want to do with your life, then find some colleges that fit (and that you can afford and stand a chance of getting into).</p>
<p>Yale has been my # 1 choice since I could remeber. I wouldn’t mind another school, but I would really love to attend my top choice.</p>
<p>I agree with Woodrow.</p>
<p>You are much too ambitious for your own good. In a year, you will look back on this post and realize how absolutely ridiculous it is.</p>
<p>I don’t know where people get the idea adcoms don’t look at AP scores. It’s true you are not required to report them. It’s true that, as Samonuh wrote, if you do not, adcoms may assume it’s because they were embarassingly low.</p>
<p>It’s a standardized test that gives context to your grade in that class.</p>
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<p>May I ask how you know this? Are you on an adcom?</p>
<p>The CDS does not even ASK about AP tests.</p>
<p>If you did that poorly on an AP, would you really be ready for that kind of a school. To be brutally honest, considering how easy the AP curve is, it’s kind of hard to get less than a 3. </p>
<p>Sorry if this sounds arrogant, or insensitive, but I think the adcoms at the schools you’re looking at rarely, if ever, see such low AP scores. And although it is a much less important component of your application than your SAT/GPA, it certainly does bring light to what you’ve learned in the class.</p>
<p>I mean if you get a 1 or a 2, it means you have not even mastered 40% of the material that comes on the test. That’s a tough line to sell.</p>
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Many high schools put the AP scores on the student transcripts, so any AP tests taken before the transcripts are sent may show up.</p>