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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t believe them when they say they don’t matter. Compare a test optional kid who also submits no AP scores with the one who submits a bunch of 4s and 5s. I think they take the latter. That said, last couple years I think they realize some kids probably didn’t sit for a lot of AP tests during the pandemic. But I’m not sure what best action is. Of course don’t send 1s or 2s. Probably not 3s. But it’ll be obvious I think if you take six APs before application time and only send 2 scores.[/quote]

I'm not a conspiracy theorist.  When a college says AP scores don't affect admissions, I take it at its word.[/quote]

I guess the question is whether they still mean it. If they said it three years, before test optional, does it still hold today? I’m guessing often not.[/quote]

I'll take what they're saying over your "guessing," I'd say.  Even if what they're saying is a couple years old.

Really, the bottom line is that if you're applying to an extremely selective college and have a bunch of 5s on your exams, you report them.  It can't hurt, and on the margins can help.  But beyond that, the scores really don't matter, and if you don't report them it's just not going to matter.[/quote]

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