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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]IF you're applying to colleges outside of the US, including Canada, AP test scores can be significant in terms of admissions.

In the UK for instance, one requirement for Oxford or Cambridge universities is 5 x 5 scores. For other UK universities 3 x 5 scores or a combination of SAT / ACT and AP. [/quote]

What is 5 X 5 and 3 x 5?[/quote]

five scores of 5 or three scores of five (or one 5 plus four scores of 5).  Sometimes it depends on the major.  We did a lot of looking at University College London and the number of 4s and 5s offered by major.  There is a lot of information on the website.  There also are specfic course and scores required for some majors, these replace the Brith "A" levels, on which you may have to receive a certain score to be considered.[/quote]

Thanks!  We have a rising senior whose grades won't be great but has the opportunity to make things up with a strong showing in APs and SAT.  This might be an option.[/quote]

It's not all they look at. You can't send in AP scores in isolation without GPA. [/quote]
Not true overseas. English schools only look at SATs and APs. St. Andrew’s in Scotland looks at grades also, but that’s it.[/quote]

My kid just applied to schools in Scotland, Ireland and Canada. 
Canada: No AP's needed for McGill or UBC (or Toronto). For McGill there are GPA and SAT cutoffs you need to hit. 
Scotland: some schools required AP scores (Glasgow, Edinburgh) and they need to be 4s at least. St Andrews did not, but that is major dependent. I think STEM majors may need AP scores. 
English schools: require AP scores and they need to be 5s for the most part. 
Ireland: no APs needed. For all of those schools SAT was important and so was GPA. [/quote]

All depends on the school and the intended major.  For both Waterloo and Toronto if you applied for CS you were expected to get a 5 on the Calc BC AP Test to be considered.  This implies that they prefer kids who finish Calc BC by Junior year (I guess), since of course you would not yet have a score as a senior.  Interestingly, neither indicated an SAT cutoff.

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