AP scores and admissions?

skieurope
Sat, 12 Jul 2014 22:20:11 +0000

AP scores carry little to no weight in admissions; they are mainly used for credit and/or placement. The choice of whether to self-report is up to you.

That said, if an AP course appears on your transcript, and you do not report a score, it is possible that the admissions officer will think one of two things: either you did not take the exam because you are unmotivated or you took the exam and scored poorly. It is also possible that the admissions officer with have no thoughts one way or the other. However, you don’t know what the AO will think.

If it were me, I would not report a 1 and would think long and hard if I wanted to report a 2. I’d have no problem reporting a 3+. YMMV.