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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is one area where conventional wisdom seems all over the place and it's hard to get helpful advice. I wish more AOs would weigh in. [/quote]

Except they DO weigh in.  The large majority of AOs will tell you that while AP
classes carry great weight in college admissions the scores on the exams don’t.  They generally matter very little.  They’re all about college credit or getting waived from intro courses once you’re enrolled.

But that does not stop posters on this website from obsessing over the scores and wasting their time. There is just no reasoning with them. They will continue to think they matter no matter how many times you try to tell them that they don’t.[/quote]

Except colleges DO ask for AP scores as part of the application. Self reporting is fine, but they will be checked upon enrollment.[/quote]

That's the thing.  If they didn't care, they wouldn't ask the question.  AOs are happy to say nonsensical things like 'reporting your AP scores can help you but won't hurt you.'  Like what does that even mean?  If the people from my school who reported high scores were helped then pretty much by definition I, who didn't report scores, am hurt because the pie stays the same size and those others now have an edge.[/quote]

I find that 90% of parent advice here can be summarized as: 
My kid did it, and colleges love it.

Or the converse: 
My kid didn’t do it, and colleges don’t care.

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