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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

No, they don't "ask" that at all.  [/quote]

Depends on what the definition of 'ask' is.  It's an optional field on the common app and there's no reason to think that they don't use information that they welcome you to provide.[/quote]

Of course the field is optional, because not everyone takes APs.

APs are used in the admission process. From Berkeley common data set:

“Other academic indicators will continue to be assessed in the review process, including grades, the rigor of a student's courses, other non-required tests (SAT subject test, AP tests, IB test, etc.), and a student’s individual academic context.”
 
It’s clear AP scores matter for admissions. Clueless people posting that they don’t won’t change that.[/quote]

The overwhelming majority of families living in the DMV never even think about the UC schools, then again apply.  And their process is very different from everywhere else, including the importance of APs.   If this website hadn’t been overrun by people in the West Coast, we could have a much more reasonable and practical discussion about college admissions from the standpoint of where most of us actually live.  You interlopers are destroying this website. [/quote]

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