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Chedva · 07-20-2007, 11:01 AM

marite, I think that anything that sets a student apart from the pack has an impact on admissions. Just the fact that your S's friend took those AP classes and got those scores does set him apart. (And please note, I never said that the AP scores have "no" effect; I said they have little weight, IMO.)

But for the average kid on CC who takes 3 or 4 and comes on asking, "I got a 2 on one of my tests. Am I sunk", I still think that it has little effect. Not nearly as much as the required SAT IIs, nor do good APs substitute for bad SAT IIs.

07-20-2007, 11:01 AM	#26
Chedva Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Threads: 95 Posts: 5,640	marite, I think that anything that sets a student apart from the pack has an impact on admissions. Just the fact that your S's friend took those AP classes and got those scores does set him apart. (And please note, I never said that the AP scores have "no" effect; I said they have little weight, IMO.) But for the average kid on CC who takes 3 or 4 and comes on asking, "I got a 2 on one of my tests. Am I sunk", I still think that it has little effect. Not nearly as much as the required SAT IIs, nor do good APs substitute for bad SAT IIs.