What's the lowest score you should report?

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<p>As you self-report your AP exam scores to colleges (from what I understand), you can choose to omit scores if you were not proud of them.</p>

<p>Though, there is the worry that if you take an AP course (as it will appear on your transcript) but don't submit the exam score it will arouse suspicion.</p>

<p>So just how low should you go?</p>

<p>I just noticed the questbridge application reads:
"Listing AP test scores is optional, and for that reason it is not to your advantage to list AP tests in which you scored less than a 3. Please use your own discretion as to which of your AP scores to list."</p>

<p>So is it better to leave the application readers with the mystery of an unknown score/let them assume you didn't take the exam if you scored a 2 or 1?</p>

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<p>I would report a 3 +, but not a 2 or a 1. Hopefully I never get below a 4.</p>

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<p>no 1s or 2s.</p>

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<p>Just list the AP exams you passed.</p>

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<p>Yeah I would leave 1’s or 2’s off</p>

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<p>It really depends on the college you wish to apply to and what their policies are regarding AP credit. As a general rule of thumb, I wouldn’t submit anything below a 3 since that means you weren’t even remotely qualified on the subject you were tested in. Regardless, it isn’t fair for a college to assume you didn’t report a score solely because you “failed” - maybe you just didn’t have enough money to pay for that exam at the time.</p>

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<p>Why is there some underlying fear of reporting low scores? It’s not like an AP exam score has an impact on your admissions chances (from what I read/hear)… other than determining whether or not you’re getting the college credit.</p>

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<p>^ Well, no schools (to my knowledge) accept credit for 1’s or 2’s, so if used solely for placement purposes, I’m not sure how including them would be relevant :p</p>

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Right, but I don’t comprehend why there is a need to ask, “What is the lowest score I should report?”. The obvious answer is to report whatever will get you credit at that college. Simple as that.</p>

<p>The outcome is the same either way, though: You leave it off – you don’t get credit. You report your 1, 2, (or in some cases, 3 or 4) – you still don’t get credit.</p>

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<p>would you report a 3 to harvard, stanford, and other ivy leagues?</p>

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<p>^I wouldn’t. I would only report 4+ for those colleges, but it’s up to you.</p>

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<p>colleges have their ways of finding out your scores, even if you don’t send them. But yeah for HYPSM there’s no point of showing a 3, not only because their standard is much higher, but a 3 wouldnt qualify for credit (due to their higher standard, of course)</p>

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<p>I feel that if you took an AP class, you’d rather report a 1 than no score at all. There’s some quote by an UCLA admissions officer (IDK how old or how accurate it really is) that states that a bad score is better than no score at all (of course, I simplified the quote).</p>

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Source please? My AP exam scores are my property between CollegeBoard and I. They are not public domain, nor should they be available for any educational institution to freely obtain without my permission. That’s the impression I’m under based on what I’ve been told in the past.</p>

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<p>^^Well if you don’t report your score, admissions officers will see that the worst case scenario is that you got a 1 and maybe you got a 2 or 3. It’s better to have them wonder if you got a 2 or 3 instead of outright saying you got a 1.</p>