<p>Hey! I was wondering if good SAT/ACT scores would outweigh AP scores. For instance, if you score a perfect on the SAT/ACT, would that make up for two 5's and one 4 on the AP? Thanks.</p>
<p>SAT scores are given more weight than APs.</p>
<p>From experience, I'd have to agree....I'm an entering freshman and at the time of submitting my application, I only had 2 AP scores, a 3 and a 5</p>
<p>SAT hands down, because you don't even have to submit your AP scores. Also, a 4 on the AP is really not a bad score...</p>
<p>Thanks for your insights! :D</p>
<p>**AP SCORES ARE NOT RELEVANT TO COLLEGE ADMISSIONS! EVER! IF YOU TAKE THE CLASSES, THAT IS A PLUS! ACT/SAT ARE FOR ADMISSIONS PURPOSES!</p>
<p>AP SCORES ARE IRRELEVANT IN COLLEGE ADMISSIONS!**</p>
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<p>The Harvard Admissions Office says otherwise.</p>
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Does Harvard consider non-required test results, such as Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, Abitur, or GCE A-levels?
Yes. We value any information that helps us form a complete picture of an applicant's academic interests and strengths
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<p>Harvard</a> College Admissions Office: frequently asked questions</p>
<p>As a student of a tiny private school that does not offer cookie-cutter "AP" classes, I'd like to chime in here.</p>
<p>From everything I've heard, here's my general understanding of APs' importance. If you go to a large public school that offers 16 AP classes, and you only take 4 of them and make straight 3s, that will definitely hurt you. If you take 10 and make straight 5s, that will help you. HOWEVER, if you go to a school like mine that doesn't even offer AP classes, they're not allowed to "penalize" you for that. That's illegal because it wasn't necessarily your choice to go to a certain school.</p>
<p>So basically, make the best of your situation. If you make straight 5s, that's great, but I can personally guarantee you that tons of other students could do the exact same thing if put in the same preparational circumstances. I got 5s on AP English and AB Calculus with limited self-study. They're simply not that hard. At all.</p>
<p>Students from AP-heavy schools are probably not competing directly against the AP-less schools (which are either sought-out low-income public, or prestigious college-level private, right?), at least until the final rounds. Because the common app basically asks for AP scores this year, I think there will be an expectation that the good will have been provided, and they will be used.</p>
<p>Right, so I don't think it matters to those who don't have the opportunity to take a ton of APs, but for those who have them available, I bet it becomes more and more significant</p>
<p>Wait! nobody has to worry about AP classes at their schools or even an IB program. Each school sends in a "school profile" with EVERY college recommendation from the guidance counselor and transcript. Colleges then evaluate each individual equally with the information on that "school profile". So, don't worry if your school doesn't offer tons of AP's like some schools. Colleges use formulas to calculate school profiles.</p>
<p>That's exactly what I just said guitars lol. Obviously someone failed to read ;)</p>
<p>I keep repeating "make the best of your individual environment."
If a university sees a school profile that says "We have AP classes in everything from Art History to German," and you don't take any, you look FAR worse than a student whose school profile says "No APs offered" but who still made 2 5s on tests by himself (me! yay lol <em>toots own horn</em>)</p>
<p>I do realize that you were saying the same thing :) I wanted to use the official term of "school profile" so the op would have as much info as possible and feel more secure or could check on it himself</p>