Are AP exam scores factored into admission decision?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Nope. Not at all.

This blanket statement is false. We know that Emory wants AP scores if you don’t submit SAT scores. See 2023 Selingo interview. Sara Harberson talks about a candidate being rejected for having a 4 instead of a 5 on an exam. We know in Selingo’s book a 4 on AP Calc actually helped an applicant over the hump.

This is absurdly stupid. Kids spend 4 years putting together their accomplishments, grades, ECs, essays, etc. And A SINGLE AP EXAM GRADE rules them out?

Fu---ing absurd.

Well presumably it was the straw that broke the camel's back. At a certain stage in the process, the school has more qualified students than they can admit. If a pool of students is otherwise equivalent, but some have straight 5s and some don't, that's one way to make a selection. What's your suggestion of who they deny at that point?

Every day I'm getting more and more annoyed at this crazy process. What a racket

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nope. Not at all.

This blanket statement is false. We know that Emory wants AP scores if you don’t submit SAT scores. See 2023 Selingo interview. Sara Harberson talks about a candidate being rejected for having a 4 instead of a 5 on an exam. We know in Selingo’s book a 4 on AP Calc actually helped an applicant over the hump.

This is absurdly stupid. Kids spend 4 years putting together their accomplishments, grades, ECs, essays, etc. And A SINGLE AP EXAM GRADE rules them out?

Fu---ing absurd.

Well presumably it was the straw that broke the camel's back. At a certain stage in the process, the school has more qualified students than they can admit. If a pool of students is otherwise equivalent, but some have straight 5s and some don't, that's one way to make a selection. What's your suggestion of who they deny at that point?

Every day I'm getting more and more annoyed at this crazy process. What a racket

No, but really, how would you decide? If Harvard has 60,000 applicants and can make offers to about 2,000, how do you propose they do it?

[Anonymous]

Michigan considers them

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nope. Not at all.

This blanket statement is false. We know that Emory wants AP scores if you don’t submit SAT scores. See 2023 Selingo interview. Sara Harberson talks about a candidate being rejected for having a 4 instead of a 5 on an exam. We know in Selingo’s book a 4 on AP Calc actually helped an applicant over the hump.

This is absurdly stupid. Kids spend 4 years putting together their accomplishments, grades, ECs, essays, etc. And A SINGLE AP EXAM GRADE rules them out?

Fu---ing absurd.

I assume that kid was right on the edge. If the kid was a shoe in otherwise, I doubt one 4 on an AP test would be a deal breaker.

[Anonymous]

Agree with poster about a college questioning why APs not reported if a student took the classes. My kid took 11 APs and reported all scores. Assume that helped application.

Would think you would want to report decent scores on them if tests were taken and would explain if tests not taken.

[Anonymous]

5 vs 4 is not a thing. 3 vs 4-5 is. No one is being cut because they had 4 and others had 5.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nope. Not at all.

This blanket statement is false. We know that Emory wants AP scores if you don’t submit SAT scores. See 2023 Selingo interview. Sara Harberson talks about a candidate being rejected for having a 4 instead of a 5 on an exam. We know in Selingo’s book a 4 on AP Calc actually helped an applicant over the hump.

This is absurdly stupid. Kids spend 4 years putting together their accomplishments, grades, ECs, essays, etc. And A SINGLE AP EXAM GRADE rules them out?

Fu---ing absurd.

Well presumably it was the straw that broke the camel's back. At a certain stage in the process, the school has more qualified students than they can admit. If a pool of students is otherwise equivalent, but some have straight 5s and some don't, that's one way to make a selection. What's your suggestion of who they deny at that point?

Every day I'm getting more and more annoyed at this crazy process. What a racket

No, but really, how would you decide? If Harvard has 60,000 applicants and can make offers to about 2,000, how do you propose they do it?

not that poster but generally its understood they categorize by state / region / school district / GPA / SAT & Act / Essays & EC & work + exceptional circumstances

[Anonymous]

It would be useful if a journalist researched and investigated this story across at least 30 different colleges, using both data and interviews of admission officers.

[Anonymous]

My kids are at Ivies and never submitted AP scores with their applications. Was not required on the application so we did not submit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It would be useful if a journalist researched and investigated this story across at least 30 different colleges, using both data and interviews of admission officers.

No it wouldn't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nope. Not at all.

This blanket statement is false. We know that Emory wants AP scores if you don’t submit SAT scores. See 2023 Selingo interview. Sara Harberson talks about a candidate being rejected for having a 4 instead of a 5 on an exam. We know in Selingo’s book a 4 on AP Calc actually helped an applicant over the hump.

This is absurdly stupid. Kids spend 4 years putting together their accomplishments, grades, ECs, essays, etc. And A SINGLE AP EXAM GRADE rules them out?

Fu---ing absurd.

Well presumably it was the straw that broke the camel's back. At a certain stage in the process, the school has more qualified students than they can admit. If a pool of students is otherwise equivalent, but some have straight 5s and some don't, that's one way to make a selection. What's your suggestion of who they deny at that point?

Every day I'm getting more and more annoyed at this crazy process. What a racket

No, but really, how would you decide? If Harvard has 60,000 applicants and can make offers to about 2,000, how do you propose they do it?

Harvard or similar university use near perfect GPA, AP scores, SAT, etc quantifiable indicators to filter out applicants from 60k to about 6k, even before starting with subjective holistic factors.