Do you submit AP scores of 4 to top20 schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is there a way to submit some AP scores but not others? I thought it was all or nothing?

DD has three 5s so far (but taking many more APs this year and next) and would love to submit those.

You submit by listing them in the application. Most colleges do not need an official score report (which does list them all) to consider AP scores.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there a way to submit some AP scores but not others? I thought it was all or nothing?

DD has three 5s so far (but taking many more APs this year and next) and would love to submit those.

You can submit whatever scores you want. All, some, none.

You can report whatever scores you want on your application. But the official test scores, for schools that require them after admission, are all or nothing (unless you pay College Board to have a score expunged).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there a way to submit some AP scores but not others? I thought it was all or nothing?

DD has three 5s so far (but taking many more APs this year and next) and would love to submit those.

You can submit whatever scores you want. All, some, none.

You can report whatever scores you want on your application. But the official test scores, for schools that require them after admission, are all or nothing (unless you pay College Board to have a score expunged).

Is there a line on the Common App where this would be appropriate? I mean she is already a AP Scholar so she could include that … put the list of 5s after that?

[Anonymous]

The advice about lying about scores is seriously misguided. This is exactly the kind of info that could be discovered and result in retraction of admission later. Just don’t provide the score.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:AP scores are not considered for admission. The grade on the class > optional AP test score on one day. an applicant can input any AP score. Why not put all 5’s!? There is no validation process. Unlike When you self report SAT scores, for example, and the school admits you based on them; your acceptance is contingent upon the school actually receiving the official scores as you reported.

AP scores matter, after admission, if your kid wants to get credit for them. A lot of top schools don’t even give advance placement or class credit for scores, so even after being admitted you would never submit the official ones.

Oh, you are dead wrong. Across the board. On literally everything from falsifying your actual test scores, to thinking they don’t even matter because the class grade supersedes them, to suggesting that schools don’t expect see proof of what you put in your application.

[Anonymous]

Im stuck here too, kid has three 4s and one 5 , junior currently, now doing the IB diploma, we dont know if we should submit 4s

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The advice about lying about scores is seriously misguided. This is exactly the kind of info that could be discovered and result in retraction of admission later. Just don’t provide the score.

When found out post-admission—-for standardized tests u have to send the real results directly from college board—your acceptance will be rescinded.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The advice about lying about scores is seriously misguided. This is exactly the kind of info that could be discovered and result in retraction of admission later. Just don’t provide the score.

When found out post-admission—-for standardized tests u have to send the real results directly from college board—your acceptance will be rescinded.

If you lie about pretty much anything on the application and are discovered, your offer will be rescinded. What moron lies about their actual grades?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there a way to submit some AP scores but not others? I thought it was all or nothing?

DD has three 5s so far (but taking many more APs this year and next) and would love to submit those.

You can submit whatever scores you want. All, some, none.

You can report whatever scores you want on your application. But the official test scores, for schools that require them after admission, are all or nothing (unless you pay College Board to have a score expunged).

Is there a line on the Common App where this would be appropriate? I mean she is already a AP Scholar so she could include that … put the list of 5s after that?

You report AP exam scores specifically in the Testing section under the Common App tab.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Im stuck here too, kid has three 4s and one 5 , junior currently, now doing the IB diploma, we dont know if we should submit 4s

I would report them without question.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP here.
I have kids (twins) at two different NYC privates. One school's college counselor says to submit the 4s, regardless of subject and planned major. The other says to not submit 4's especially if they're in the subject matter that the kid is hoping to study (i.e. a STEM kid should only submit STEM 5s).

I have a kid who received 4's on the Physics C exams (mechanics and E&M) and was hoping to study STEM at a top school (grades and SAT (790 math) support this) but her counselor says not to submit the physics 4 scores. I think it looks weird to just not submit these scores. UGH.

Your instinct is right. It also signals that the exam was either not taken or a 3,2,1 grade. I would definitely include the 4.

Agree. The schools know your kid took the exam and looks bad not to submit, especially coming from a NYC private. Submit all 4s and 5s. My DC submitted two 4s and 5 5s after junior year. Got in ED to a T10

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here.
I have kids (twins) at two different NYC privates. One school's college counselor says to submit the 4s, regardless of subject and planned major. The other says to not submit 4's especially if they're in the subject matter that the kid is hoping to study (i.e. a STEM kid should only submit STEM 5s).

I have a kid who received 4's on the Physics C exams (mechanics and E&M) and was hoping to study STEM at a top school (grades and SAT (790 math) support this) but her counselor says not to submit the physics 4 scores. I think it looks weird to just not submit these scores. UGH.

Your instinct is right. It also signals that the exam was either not taken or a 3,2,1 grade. I would definitely include the 4.

Agree. The schools know your kid took the exam and looks bad not to submit, especially coming from a NYC private. Submit all 4s and 5s. My DC submitted two 4s and 5 5s after junior year. Got in ED to a T10

They do not know you took an exam unless you tell them.

Agree to report all 4s and 5s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here.
I have kids (twins) at two different NYC privates. One school's college counselor says to submit the 4s, regardless of subject and planned major. The other says to not submit 4's especially if they're in the subject matter that the kid is hoping to study (i.e. a STEM kid should only submit STEM 5s).

I have a kid who received 4's on the Physics C exams (mechanics and E&M) and was hoping to study STEM at a top school (grades and SAT (790 math) support this) but her counselor says not to submit the physics 4 scores. I think it looks weird to just not submit these scores. UGH.

Your instinct is right. It also signals that the exam was either not taken or a 3,2,1 grade. I would definitely include the 4.

Agree. The schools know your kid took the exam and looks bad not to submit, especially coming from a NYC private. Submit all 4s and 5s. My DC submitted two 4s and 5 5s after junior year. Got in ED to a T10

They do not know you took an exam unless you tell them.

Agree to report all 4s and 5s.

They can see you've taken the class, so if you don't report an exam grade you were either too rubbish to take it or the result was shit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here.
I have kids (twins) at two different NYC privates. One school's college counselor says to submit the 4s, regardless of subject and planned major. The other says to not submit 4's especially if they're in the subject matter that the kid is hoping to study (i.e. a STEM kid should only submit STEM 5s).

I have a kid who received 4's on the Physics C exams (mechanics and E&M) and was hoping to study STEM at a top school (grades and SAT (790 math) support this) but her counselor says not to submit the physics 4 scores. I think it looks weird to just not submit these scores. UGH.

Your instinct is right. It also signals that the exam was either not taken or a 3,2,1 grade. I would definitely include the 4.

Agree. The schools know your kid took the exam and looks bad not to submit, especially coming from a NYC private. Submit all 4s and 5s. My DC submitted two 4s and 5 5s after junior year. Got in ED to a T10

They do not know you took an exam unless you tell them.

Agree to report all 4s and 5s.

They can see you've taken the class, so if you don't report an exam grade you were either too rubbish to take it or the result was shit.

That is a different issue. They don’t know you took the exam unless you tell them, right?

[Anonymous]

Lots of students take AP exams and don’t take the AP class. Colleges would never know the student took the exam unless the student reported it.