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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To clarify, are they looking at AP course grades or AP exam scores?[/quote]

Course work and course grades primarily each AP course is a 1 point GPA lift. B becomes A etc. with a cap on how many of those you can use

[b]What I don’t know is whether they see the AP test scores too[/b]. Someone else might know.

He also mentions IB as being important for them as someone on todays UCLA thread said too[/quote]

They do. [b]All the colleges see all the scores via College Board[/b][/quote]

Colleges only see your scores if you submit them. if you don't submit scores, colleges don't see them during the application process.[/quote]

UCs won’t look at sat or act. Will they look at AP Test scores? That’s the specific question [/quote]

There is a section for reporting scores in additional information, you are required to report AP/IB scores if a test has been taken, and say whether you intend to take a test if it's in the future.

None of this is insider information, look at the application.[/quote]

Yes there's a section on the application, however you are [b]NOT required[/b] to report AP test scores. Additional information section is optional.  Bottom line despite your preference, colleges today are most interested in the actual grade from the AP class and the perceived rigor of the class eg. AP Calc > AP Stats.   If you choose to report your test scores that could help if they're good. If not reported then they can't draw conclusions (if they're doing their job earnestly).  [/quote]''

If you don't report your AP exam score you don't get the GPA bump for having done the class. This is UC admission requirements. [/quote]

Nope, see no evidence of that, entirely about being designated as an AP/IB course (or actually being a college course). In state honors courses also get a gpa bump.
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2. Give yourself an extra point for each semester of a UC honors-level course, with a [b]maximum of 8 points between 10th and 11th grades.[/b]
For California residents:

Honors courses are Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate Higher Level (IB HL) and designated Standard Level (IB SL) courses, UC-transferable college courses and UC-certified honors courses that appear on your school's course list.
For 10th grade, you cannot use more than 4 honors points.
Grades of D or F in an honors course do not earn an extra point.
Grades of CR (credit) or P (pass) in an honors course do not earn an extra point.
Classes taken during the summer after 9th grade count as 10th grade; classes in summer after 10th grade count as 10th grade; classes in summer after 11th grade count as 11th grade.
One college course = one grade = one honors point.

[b]Nonresidents: [/b]

[b]UC will grant honors weight for AP or IB courses[/b] and transferable college courses only, but not for school-designated honors courses. The weight is given to letter grades of A, B, or C.[/quote]

Also, this:

[quote]Although the College Board reports all AP test results to us, students should be aware AP test scores lower than 3 will not adversely affect their chances for admission.[/quote][/quote]

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