<p>Don’t know if this questions been asked and I don’t mean to be redundant, but I was just wondering if AP Scores are evaluated during the admissions process. Do we have to submit all scores? Let’s say we did poorly on a given test, and were not looking for college credit for it, should we still submit it?</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>While I try to check into every thread, this is not the place to address a question to me. What’s more, when you address a thread to a specific person, others tend not to contribute, even if they know the answer.</p>
<p>If AP scores are reported on the application, they are used.</p>
<p>^sorry about that. And thanks that’s helpful.</p>
<p>Dean J, following up, I’m just curious: if a student has AP classes on the transcript but doesn’t provide or submit AP exam scores as part of the applications, does the AdCom assume that the student didn’t take the exam or took it but didn’t do well on it? In other words, does taking an AP class but not reporting the AP exam score on the application have the potential to hurt the student?</p>
<p>I’d definitely wonder why I wasn’t seeing the test score reported, but I wouldn’t draw a conclusion.</p>
<p>Most students report all of their scores. Scores can’t derail an application…we’re talking about four years of academic work vs. a coupe hours of testing.</p>
<p>^ thats how i feel about the SAT…a few hours of testing vs. four years of academic work. lol</p>
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<p>That’s analogous to saying that races are not valid ways of assessing runners’ skills; I mean, how could one short little race reflect their thousands of hours of preparation?</p>
<p>well that’s just my opinion…plus the whole point of training is FOR the races and to do well in them…but the point of academics is not to prepare you for the SAT</p>
<p>^^^Good answer!</p>
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<p>The poster exposes a weakness in the analogy (with respect to the SAT), but the implication stands. Plus, the point of an AP class is often to prepare students for the AP exam – at the very least, it serves as a driving goal.</p>
<p>I agree that the point of an AP class is often to prepare a student for the AP exam. But corc2011’s comment was specifically about the SAT and I happen to agree with him completely! The purpose of academics is not, or should not be, to prepare students for a test. (coming from a parent in a state where teachers spend an inordinate amount of time prepping students for a state exam, at the expense of actually teaching)</p>
<p>The point of an AP class, I would like to imagine, is to learn, not to take an exam. There can also be huge variance in how well an AP class is taught. Students may have difficulty affording the exam fees too.
That being said, I think it is generally best to attempt the exam and report the scores. Taking the exam will help the student evaluate his/her knowledge, and will help schools as well.
I don’t know what they are like now, but the APs used to be fairly like standard college exams - tough but fair for the most part. I’ve heard good and bad about a few , but not enough to make any definite statements about the exams, individually, or collectively.</p>
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<p>Who would suggest that the point of an AP class is to take an exam?</p>
<p>Well if admissions say they’re suspicious if a prospie takes an AP class but not the test then I would imagine that is the implication</p>