AP's and SAT II's

Venkat89
Sun, 14 Jan 2007 23:48:28 +0000

AP exams are not used in admissions, but a bunch of 5s always looks good and colleges like to see them. Also, it raises an eyebrow or two if you get As in the class but 2s on the exams or don’t take the exams at all (not as much your strength but how well your high school prepares you maybe). Some colleges require SATIIs, so you need to take them for your applicaiton to be complete. For colleges like MIT, lots of people will have 800s on the MathIIC in your applicant pool. For Ivys and other top colleges, lots of your competition will have 750+ on all 3 exams, and it is not rare to have applicants with 800s on 3 or 4 exams (remember, these are the most selective colleges in the country so this should be expected from your competition).