AP Scores - do they matter?

irish68178
Mon, 31 Jul 2006 17:12:44 +0000

Transfer is a different bag though (btw, I had a 450 on the SATII Spanish with Listening, so I feel you). ND will look at the AP scores but I do not believe that they are all that big of a factor. What they really do is help explain other factors. 5’s on AP exams will show that your son is getting a great education and also really knows his stuff in those classes. Depending on what his grades were in those classes, they could make his rank look stronger because it could show that those are just very competitive classes, you know?

That being said, I still think the big factors are going to be the SAT and the class rank. Given that your son is a legacy, I think he has a great chance with those stats. While that may be the case, the best advice I can give is have him really focus on the rank and also take the SAT again. I think he can get in either way, but since he is below ND’s average on both, it wouldn’t hurt to keep working and to try again on the SAT or ACT just to see if he can do better, you know?

Just keep your son motivated but I don’t think he is as “on the bubble” as you may think. Regardless, however, you may as well plan ahead as if he is firmly on the bubble and have him work on the rank and the SAT. I just think with those stats the legacy will give him enough of an advantage to get him there. Good luck to your son and I hope this post made sense, I know it is a bit jumbled.