Why does the Common App only have room for 9 APs??

Applying to College
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<p>I took 11 AP tests so far, and I'd like to mention at least 10 of them.</p>

<p>It's so inconvenient that the Common App doesn't have room enough for them all. So should I just stick it in the additional info section? What other kinds of things do ppl normally put there anyway?</p>

<p>Should I send my AP score report to all the colleges I apply to then also? (I'd rather not, it will be super expensive then...)</p>

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<p>Why doesn't my wallet have enough space for all my money???</p>

<p>haha but on a serious note, just put the 9 AP's you performed best in, or scored 5's on. I'm sure colleges will be glad to know you have taken so many.</p>

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<p>Yeah, just put the 9 you scored the best in.</p>

<p>No, you don't send your official AP score report until May (after you've decided which school to go to).</p>

<p>(There's a specific AP scores section on the Common App now? There wasn't last year. :O)</p>

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<p>It says that you can report the rest of your AP classes under an additional information section once you try to add a tenth test. I don't remember the exact name, but that's similar to the message I got a couple of weeks ago. So you can report them all, just not under that specific section.</p>

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<p>What I did basically was list it by year and by alphabetical order, so it was obvious that I took exams that started after 'C' in my junior year. Then I added a section in my additional information sheet. For some schools however, they ask you in the supplement, so I'm just going to take it out of my additiona information sheet.</p>

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<p>Why? Because the overwhelming and crushing majority of your fellow HS applicants have only taken zero AP classes.</p>

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<p>Yes, you just use an attachment to mention all the other tests. (My son will have to do the same.) It's a surprise to a lot of people that this year the Common Application asks for self-reported AP (or IB) test scores. This suggests that those tests are beginning to play a larger role in the admission process at many of the hundreds of colleges that use the Common Application. See also </p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/371690-colleges-request-ap-scores-their-application-forms.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/371690-colleges-request-ap-scores-their-application-forms.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>