I’m applying this year and plan to report the AP scores I have. I do understand that both the Common/Coalition app have a section to self-report AP scores, and am also aware the AP scores themselves play a minor factor in admissions.
However, when are these scores are reviewed and processed for credit? Is official AP score report required? Would that be when they see your app, or before/after May 1 enrollment deadline?
This would pertain to private or public schools.
Thanks!
D20’s self reported her scores on the Common App because we felt they strengthened her application (they were all 5’s). She had an official score report sent only to her ED school, mostly to show she was serious about attending and to show she was being honest. We didn’t bother sending one for this year’s scores because the school does not have a generous AP credit policy and she wouldn’t have gotten credit or placement for any of the latest ones.
The school reviewed her transcript and scores over the summer and she has been notified of the waivers and placements she has been granted.
I would suggest doing the self reporting with the application and once you see where you have been accepted, send them the official report once any scores from your senior year are available. I don’t see any reason to spend the money sending official reports to schools you have not been accepted to or are not considering attending. The registrar should review during the summer in time for you to know class placement and credits prior to registering for your first semester.
after you commit to a college, send over your scores for you to receive credit. They need the official college board report for credit; no reason to send that to lots of colleges unless you are deciding between schools or on waitlists.
you can google and see what scores are needed at each college so you get an idea ahead of time which of your AP scores will give credit.
Credit and or placement is processed over the summer once you send the official score report to the college you’re attending.
It depends from college to college, most are during the summer, but some (like Stanford) give you till the end of the first semester to report your official scores for credit, and even then, some colleges will allow you to choose if you want credit or not until you graduate (as long as you don’t take the corresponding class.) At Brown, where I go, official AP credit score reports were due in June, a month after the May 1st commit deadline, but you have until you graduate to choose if you want the credit or not, you only can’t remove the credit once you’ve accepted it after the first few weeks of the Fall semester though.
As another poster said above, send the official score report to the college you’ll be attending during your Senior year as a part of your one free score send.
Regarding your other question, some colleges (only one of out of the ones I applied to,) required me to submit official AP test scores (the University of Central Florida.) It’s far more common, however, for colleges to require you to submit official sat/act and subject test score reports than AP. The admissions website has the final word though on their college’s requirements.
Hope this helps! Good luck with admissions!
With AP scores released July 15, how did that work?
@RichInPitt I didn’t take any AP tests this year, so I had sent my scores a lot earlier after committing and saw them reflected in the student system a lot earlier than others. I meant to say that originally, students were recommended to submit AP score send requests by June 1st, so that official scores would reach Brown by July 1st, giving the school enough time to confirm for admissions sake and to upload the scores into the student system. However, given the current circumstances and transition to a trimester academic calendar, Brown made all of the previous deadlines moot.