<p>I am a rising junior who took AP Biology, AP Psychology, and AP Statistics sophomore year. The rest of my classes were all honors, and I tried to keep a rigorous schedule. I got a 3 on AP Bio, 4 on AP Stats, and a 4 on AP Psychology. As for final grades, I got low A's in all three APs.</p>
<p>I know that 4s and 5s are what colleges will typically accept, but is it worth reporting a 3 on AP Biology to colleges? I know it is only from sophomore year, but I want to show colleges that I challenged myself sophomore year. The schools I am looking at are UVA, VT, and maybe some Ivy league.</p>
<p>Why not? 3 is not bad. Some schools would even accept a 3. After all, AP scores are not critical for application.</p>
<p>I would still send it.</p>
<ul>
<li>A 3 is still a good score</li>
<li>You will get credit for a 3 at most schools</li>
<li>The exam was redesigned and only like 5% got a 5. </li>
<li>You’re a sophomore. A good chunk of sophomores get 1’s and 2’s. </li>
<li>AP scores aren’t even really considered for admission</li>
</ul>
<p>3s are perfectly fine, but if you’re worried, note that you don’t even have to list your AP scores on the Common App. They’ll never have to know.</p>
<p>You only need to self report AP scores in application and send them only to the school you’ve decided to go.</p>
<p>wouldn’t it seem fishy if you take 3 ap courses and then you only had exams scores for 2 of them? </p>
<p>or like if you had none, wouldn’t the admissions people kind of like… know that you’re hiding low scores? bc if someone had all 5’s, ill guarentee that they would put it on the app… am i right here?</p>
<p>Not at all. You take AP classes to show the rigorous. You take the AP exam for credit. If you know a certain AP subject may not even give you credit at certain school, you don’t take the AP exam.</p>