What if you don't do well on the AP?

<p>I'm taking 3 APs, anyways, I feel confident on two of them (like high 3-4, maybe a 5), but on the other one I feel very lost. I still have 10 days to study for it (literally), however, if I manage to scurry about with anything, it'll be a 3 (never a 4 and not even considering the chance of a 5). </p>

<p>Will schools look negatively upon me if I fail it (meaning in admissions terms)? I'm not planning to apply to any Ivy Leagues, my toughest reach is Berkley, if that influences. Also, the exam has nothing to do with the mayor I want to study, but the other 2 (which I do understand) do; will that make a difference in any way?</p>

<p>I mean, you self-report your APs. I’m not a college admissions officer, so I can’t speak on behalf of any of them, but if it impacts you negatively, I can only imagine it impacting you fairly minimally.</p>

<p>In other words, if you get rejected, there is a 99% chance that it will not be because of your lackluster AP score.</p>

<p>Oh, good, well that takes a weight of my chest. Thanks for the quick answer! :)</p>

<p>if you fail then you just don’t send in your score. It doesn’t work against you. Basically ap can only work in your favor. Like if you pass it will work in your favor but if you fail it won’t hurt you. If that makes any sense…</p>

<p>But, I was told I must send all scores or none of them, that it’s all or nothing; so if I do well on the other two but bad on that one, I shouldn’t send the scores at all?</p>

<p>You “self-report” scores on the Common App. In other words, you just type in scores for whatever tests you want to. It isn’t until you get accepted and choose to matriculate to said college that you have to get an official AP score report sent to the college of your choice with ALL of your scores on it.</p>

<p>Oh, that’s awesome! Thanks so much for letting me know that! Feel like I can breath again haha</p>