<p>1) Suppose the college I apply to requires application packages be sent by february and I still have the Ap tests in May. How do I inform the college of my choice of how much I get on those Ap tests? Knowing that the college results (acceptance or not) also come out in May.</p>
<p>2) Can a sophomore take Ap tests?</p>
<p>3) If I apply to 9 colleges, will I have to get 9*3 recommendation letters from my teachers? Do I have to write different essays for different schools of my choice?</p>
<p>4) I’m attending a crap public school (rank nowhere in the nation), will am I able to go to a top college (say, Ivies)?</p>
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<li><p>No college requires AP scores for admission. They don’t even ask for them (a number want SAT II test scores). If you have AP scores when you apply, you can just mention them on the app if there is space for extra info or in your essay. Many colleges don’t consider the scores at all – they do consider that you have taken AP courses and graded well in them – but a number will at least think about them a little in passing if you have told them about the scores you already have. Generally, you supply official AP scores to college after you have been admitted and accepted offer of admission if you want college credit for them.</p></li>
<li><p>You can take AP tests as a baby if you are genius enough to score well on them at that time. There is no rule as to which year you take them but generally students do so promptly upon completing an AP course in any year.</p></li>
<li><p>If the college is one that uses the common application (see: <a href=“https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/default.aspx[/url]”>https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/default.aspx</a> ) for admission, you can also submit common rec letters and essays that you can then give to all the colleges. Many colleges use the common app, but many, particularly public universities, do not. Moreover, even those that do may require a supplement which includes an additional essay and additional rec letter just for that college. So the extent to which you will have to have separate rec letters and separate essays just depends on where you are applying. Note that there are many colleges, particularly most public universities, that neither require nor consider rec letters and a number of those do not even require essays.</p></li>
<li><p>Whether you can get into a highly ranked college like an ivy depends on things like high grades, high test scores, challenging yourself to take harder courses school offers, your essays, your out of class activities, and, in the case of a poor high school, an indication that you are the one overcoming that inequity. So it is possible. Just understand the reality: places like Harvard admit about 9% of those who apply and they are very democratic in rejecting applicants from all walks of life.</p></li>
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<p>hi,
Thanks for the answer.
But you may misunderstood me on question 3: i mean, 1)do we have to use 27 rec letters for 9 schools if each requires 3? Or can we use the same 3 letters for all of them?
2) Can we use the same essay for all the colleges?</p>
<p>1) no, most teachers/counselors write 1 and send a copy of it to each school, in addition to completing each college’s individual rec forms (if they’re not all on the Common App)
2) depends on the college’s prompt. a lot of people reused essays for other colleges, maybe editing 1-2 sentences at the end to personalize it to each college. But it really depends on the prompt - you obviously can’t use one essay for 2 colleges asking completely different questions.</p>
<p>Right now is a good time to take a look at the essays on the CA and on supplements to schools you might be interested in. While a few colleges change essay prompts each year (eg. UChicago, Amherst), most are very consistent from year to year, so you can get a good idea of what will be required.</p>