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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Look, what GDS is saying is something that I’ve always known to be true and the college admissions counselors have said over and over again is true but that DCUM simply refuses to accept:  [b]AP scores don’t matter for college admissions.  They just don’t.  They only matter for college credit.  [/b]What’s important to college admissions officials at the top colleges is that you generally take the toughest courses available to you in high school, and in public schools and many privates those courses are AP.  But it’s the courses that count, not the scores on the AP exams.  After all, most students take more AP courses their senior year than any other year, and colleges won’t even see the AP exam scores into after they have already made their admissions decisions.

Every time I see a “chance my kid” post here where somebody talks about their kid having all 5s I roll my eyes for this reason.  They just don’t get it.

I think it’s safe to assume that a school as prestigious and successful in college admissions as GDS knows better about what is important to college admissions than the likes of you.[/quote]

I think it's the exact opposite. They won't be accepted as college credit at a lot of schools, but the grades and test scores matter b/c they are more objective in the era of grade inflation.

Just look at how the UC system handles it. AP classes and 4s and 5s are a nationally accepted sign of rigor.[/quote]

I partially agree with you

-Yes to AP coursework and test scores signaling rigor. It does. The people on DCUM who claim it doesnt are wrong. As is the GDS CC office. Perhaps teh GDS stalwarts of Tufts, Middlebury, and Bowdoin (all great schools BTW) dont care or maybe they say they dont care about AP courses or tests signaling rigor. But many others do

-But no on acceptance of 4s and 5s on AP tests by colleges to bypass intro or required classes

Here are just a few of the top 10 US News

Princeton
-accepts AP test scores to bypass language, and some engineering and pre-med requirements
https://advising.princeton.edu/placement/advanced-placement

Harvard
-accepted for placement
https://registrar.fas.harvard.edu/test-scores-advanced-standing

Yale
-english, foreign language, math, physics acceleration
https://catalog.yale.edu/ycps/table-of-acceleration-credit/

UPenn
-credits awarded mostly for 5s
https://www.college.upenn.edu/ap-equivalence

MIT
-grants credit for 5s
https://firstyear.mit.edu/academics-exploration/ap-transfer-credit/advanced-placement/

I know for a fact that BC, NYU and the rest of the top 30 are in most cases even more generous in allowing 4s and 5s on AP tests to let kids bypass 101 level classes.[/quote]

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