<p>i have some serious standarized testing score issues. </p>
<p>my SAt 2's are,
chem: 770
Math 2C: 800</p>
<p>And I took 7 aps during my 10th and 11th grades
10 grade:
Biology 5
Calc BC 5</p>
<p>11 grade:
Chemistry 5
Physics C Mechanics 5
Physics C E&M 5
Computer Science A 5
Statistics 5
sounds like im pretty smart so far huh? well guess again...</p>
<p>AP English Language.............a damn 3. im great at math but i just can't read and write for crap. </p>
<p>what exactly should I do? not send the score to any colleges? not tell my teachers and counselors when they write rec's? u guys get the point.</p>
<p>"sounds like im pretty smart so far huh? well guess again...</p>
<p>AP English Language.............a damn 3."</p>
<p>Actually a post like this makes you sound like an *******. I hope you're joking because if you're not, the fact that you let a single score define you in any way does far more damage than the actual numbers you have presented.</p>
<p>look, i am in no way letting this score will define me. in fact that's exactly what i don't want colleges and teachers to do (thinking of me as the kid who flunked eng despite everything else). i hate standarized testing. its mechanical and inaccurate and no one's gonna remember it after high school.</p>
<p>however, we all have to be honest with ourselves. the grade is what it is and though it may not affect who i am as a person, it will affect the admissions officers' decision as well as my application. thats my point.</p>
<p>so i'd appreciate it if someone would answer the question i stated before. im not try to whine, brag, or do anything else. i just really need some advice.</p>
<p>No, it won't hurt you. It's a marginally passing score for an advanced test in a subject you aren't planning to pursue. If you don't want to send it, don't send it, but it doesn't matter.</p>
<p>[Edited to delete the last paragraph of this post, because my flaming the OP about his/her lack of perspective isn't actually useful.]</p>
<p>Another oh, good grief here...
A 3 is not fatal. Get used to it. If you go to MIT, you'll see the functional equivalent of 3s on a regular basis while working harder than you ever imagined. And sometimes, you'll be grateful to have earned those. If you let a 3 "define who I am as a person," you need to find a life beyond academics. Seriously. </p>
<p>Write good essays. Spend time on them. Don't be afraid to take academic risks. Stretch yourself and quit worrying about perfection.</p>
<p>(parent of a <3.8 student who got a tube in December)</p>
<p>The only appropriate response to the OP is "No, it didn't take the 3 on AP Lang to show you were stupid. That was evident from the beginning thanks to your 770 on the Chem SAT."</p>
<p>AP score aren't even used for admissions purposes, only for placement purposes if you're registering for classes.</p>
<p>In conclusion: chill out, your 3 doesn't even BEGIN to matter (except you will have to take the FEE if you're admitted, and the FEE really sucks).</p>
<p>so... i called in a little while ago... and i got a 3 in USH and i had one from last year in AP Euro. lol. but i got a question for you piper, when you applied, was it more based around scores or your ECs?</p>
<p>prime235: maybe I missed it somewhere if you listed it, but your SAT scores in Critical Reading and Writing will be used for admission. In general, they are probably looking for 700 or better in every SAT test. This site might be helpful:</p>
<p>@Safear - Admissions seems to work off the principle of looking at scores to see if you're capable of handling the workload (a bunch of D's and 500's aren't going to be good for you application), and then looking at your extracurriculars to see if you have the passion and drive to do something useful/awesome. </p>
<p>I can't imagine this will change much from when I applied - I applied two years ago =).</p>
<p>Rainynightstarz - because you have to call in to get them or wait a couple week for mail. </p>
<p>Jessiehl - haha, i wish i could have read it. </p>
<p>prime235 - AP scores aren't going to hurt you much because I think they don't play much of a role in admissions anyway. They're more for class placement once you are in at a school and that's really the point of them in the end. So don't worry at all.</p>
<p>Considering I got a 5 for every other AP class that I took this year, do you think it would be suspicious not to report a 3 on one AP test that I actually took a class for and did well in school since there would just be one blank score?</p>
<p>mike115: Maybe it's just me, but I think it's borderline unethical to not report an AP score you got (especially if its absence might be noticed anyway). I really feel that taking APs, no matter how well you do, is better than not taking them. And as others have said, a 3 is not bad at all.</p>
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<p>I believe if you are looking for academic credit, you must submit all your AP test scores, but when applying to colleges, most of them simply ask for you to self-report your scores. No college I applied to required me to send off my AP scores to them, so I just filled in the boxes for which ones I had taken.</p>
<p>As for not reporting, I do remember that there were a couple colleges that didn't have enough boxes for the amount of AP scores that I wanted to report. I just reported all the ones I had taken first before putting down the ones I intended to take.</p>