<p>AP scores aren't used for admissions. As for the GPA, do you mean your high school GPA, or college? No college actually gives a GPA grade for a score. If your high school adds GPA points for specific grades on AP exams, then you will have to talk with them.</p>
<p>Can you clarify what you mean with the GPA?</p>
<p>Oh, sorry. What I meant by GPA was, like I recieved a "C" for that class, and a "C" in my school is a 2.0, but if I take the AP exam, a 0.5 is added to the "2.0" and therefore when by total GPA is calculated (with all the other subjects) it's calculated as a "2.5". I hope that clarified ~ :D</p>
<p>I am almost positive that if you cancel the AP score, you will still recieve AP credit for the class. That's because I didn't even take the AP in french this year, and it still counts for my weighted GPA. You should be fine if you cancel it.</p>
<p>Be careful about canceling your score because if you cancel that score, your world history score will also be canceled from that same May. That is how the CollegeBoard does it. You cannot cancel just one score.. all of them will be erased.</p>
<p>Also, I was told by my AP US history teacher that your AP scores don't necessarily have to be fantastic, but it should match the grade you got in the class. To clarify, lets say you got a 5 on the test but a C in the class. Well then an admissions officer will be a little more lenient about the C because your class was obviously very difficult. Or, lets say you got a 1 on the test, but an A in the class. Well, the admissions guy is going to say, wow.. that must not have been a very hard course at all, and it will be looked down upon. </p>
<p>Be careful about canceling though unless you want the 4 canceled too. .</p>
<p>So basically, sparkle415 is saying that the exam means more than the class. She said that a good exam will make up for a bad grade. And a bad exam will pull down a good grade. Under this logic, getting a 2 and an A is functionally equivalent to get a 2 and a C or something.</p>
<p>I think that's incorrect, or should be. Students ought not be penalized for getting placed in a class with an easy/incompetent teacher.</p>
<p>The big thing is the AP score is not used in admissions. The AP score will only be used in deciding if you get credit for the class in college. No college I know of will give credit for a 2 so you'll just have to take that class in college if it is required. As far as the GPA adjustment in HS, that shouldn't change.</p>
<p>I also don't think its a great idea not to put down the AP score, because first of all, when your app is sent off, collegeboard is going to send your scores to confirm it, and therefore they will see it there. There is no use not putting it down if its going to be sent out anyways. Also, it would not be good for you to basically say that you didn't take the test because it might raise a red flag. I'll be back to post later I have to go.</p>
<p>For what it's worth, my daughter just graduated from top prep school and received 4's in some of her AP classes, where her grade ranged from a B to an A. She was told not to send anything that wasn't a 5, and didn't.</p>
<p>There's no reason to cancel your scores. You paid the money to take it, and colleges don't even use AP scores to help evaluate your application.</p>
<p>Everything that is said here seems to be accurate. I believe the only way the AP courses are evaluated during the application process is that students are told to take the most rigourous curriculum that their HS has to offer. Therefore, if students are taking AP level courses the AdComs will understand the capability of those students. The actual scores on the exams really are not taken into account for admissions, as many students receive their scores after they have already made decisions.</p>
<p>In general, I think you do have to report the APs in junior year, the APs you take in Senior year they may not see. It's a tough one to decide, not sure what I would do, I did read that you should take the AP test when you take the AP class. What about not reporting it?</p>
<p>My S's college (Columbia) did not ask for APs as part of the application, and he didn't send them. They did not see them until long after he was accepted (got a 2 in USH, though 5's in others). Many colleges do not ask for them ahead of time; some do. As with many other questions, it really takes specific research to know each school's policy.</p>
<p>I think the AP scores are looked by the admission office in context of your grade in that class. A good AP grade just validate a good grade in the school AP class. </p>
<p>You are not in a loosing position in my opinion as you have 'C' in class which is no better than a 2 on the AP. If you had an A there would have been a point in cancelling the AP score.</p>
<p>If you are a rising senior...your AP scores may have been sent to your HS, and then placed on your master transcript...they posted my DDs on her hS transcript-which were sent to the colleges. You may need to have your parents check your hS file to see how it is handled.</p>
<p>As far as the school's weighting, make sure you check with your individual high school for that. While most schools would probably just keep the .5, I can't guarantee that all will...for instance, my school recently got very strict with AP weighting, and they might subtract it in such a case. So check on that.</p>
<p>I am in the same position, only maybe slightly worse. I recieved a 2 on the AP Spanish Exam, and got an A- in the class. Since I am appyling to top schools, I am not going to report it, just my other 2 scores (which are both 5s). I think that that it the only way to minimize any negative effect and grade inflation.</p>