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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Seeing a lot of questions about APs, probably because it's course selection time for next year at a lot of schools. Thought I would throw mine on the pile.

Do colleges care about AP scores? I have heard people say, "Oh they don't really look at them." Is that true?  Do you just not put the scores on the application, not send a score report? Does the college find that strange or frown upon it? Is it a red flag, or, if grades and SAT/ACT are strong it doesn't seem to matter? And if they haven't cared in the past, will they care more now that SAT II is no longer a thing?

We're just starting our AP journey, so knowing this would be very helpful in terms of making good curriculum decisions. We have been looking at the class options and assuming the test would be taken and the score would matter. But if not.... perhaps that changes things somewhat. TIA![/quote]

I have no way to verify what is true, but I was told that colleges care about how well you did in the class, but not how you score on the tests.  That does not make sense to me, but the reason is that many kids cannot afford the $100/test you have to pay to the college board to take the test, and many school districts do not subsidize them.

Maybe colleges pay attention to the specific school.  I know DCPS subsidizes all the AP tests, so maybe they will find it odd that a DCPS kid has not taken the test vs. another school district where they know the kid has to pay out-of-pocket.

Again, do not know what to believe but at least some rationale.[/quote]

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