| Perhaps it is more acceptable to NOT take all the AP tests if you come from the school of hard knocks. If I were a low income student who could not afford the AP tests, I'd certainly say something about it in the "anything else you want to say for yourself?" box.
This is a question for adcoms...if you're looking at an application from a student who is obviously low income/hard knocks (I'm assuming this may be quite obvious from his school/background/essay/request for financial aid/etc.), would you be more lenient about him not taking the AP tests?
Conversely, if it's a student who obviously grew up with a gold spoon in his mouth (gone to the finest boarding schools, trips abroad, expensive summer programs all on his folks' dime make this obvious), are you more likely to look askance if he did not take any AP tests to go along with his AP classes? |