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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]sorry for my typos in the previous post.  it's just so frustrating when posters spread rumors, don't back them up, and then suggested that they have an "in" because it's "my Ivy."  spare me.[/quote]

“ I only recommend that students self-report these scores if it can help them. If you are applying to highly selective colleges, they like to see 5s on AP exams. Getting a 4 is okay in their eyes, but I have been part of admissions committees where the student gets a 4, especially in a subject matter they plan to pursue, and that's enough of a reason for that student to be denied. ”

https://www.saraharberson.com/blog/ap-scores-report-to-colleges

Now I’ll go screw myself, as you so elegantly suggested.[/quote]

What you've just posted supports my point of view as much as yours, if not more.

Here's a link to the most recently available NACAC report with the results of a comprehensive survey of college admissions officers on what they consider important in evaluating applicants.  In order of importance, they identify:

Grades in all courses
Grades in college prep courses
SAT or ACT scores
Strength of curriculum
Essay
Counselor recommendation
Demonstrated interest
Teacher recommendation
Class rank
Extracurricular activities
AP/IB test scores

Only 4.2 percent of colleges surveyed attached "considerable importance" to AP or IB test scores -- as opposed to 81 percent attaching such importance to grades and 52 percent to SAT or ACT scores.

To suggest that colleges have now dramatically increased the importance of AP scores since going test optional is counter-intuitive.  If anything, the opposite is true.

Yes, if you're applying to Princeton and have all 5s on your AP exams, you should by all means submit them.  There's not earthly reason not to.  But to advise anxious parents and students who are new to this process that AP scores are a major part of the admissions process or have become more important in the recent test optional climate is simply not supported by available evidence.

https://www.nacacnet.org/globalassets/documents/publications/research/2018_soca/soca18.pdf   
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