<p>Do colleges need official AP scores from collegeboard to use in their admission process or self-reporting on the application would suffice for now? Or, does it depend on each college.</p>
<p>For the purposes of applications you can just self-report. When your student takes their final APs in their Sr. year in May they can indicate on the test booklet to send the scores to the school where they will matriculate (there should be a code). This should trigger all past AP tests scores to be sent to the school. If your student forgets, which many do, or the school changes due to waitlist shuffling, you can order the records be sent in July when they are available. It’s important that they are to the school before the student goes to summer orientation and registers for fall classes. This way they are able to utilize those credits and move on to other classes.</p>
<p>students can self report on their applications. Once the student figures out what college will be attended, they can look up the college policies regarding AP classes and officially send reports if it’s advantageous. The colleges will all have their own policies if they use AP scores for credit or for placement. My oldest sent none (as there was no advantage) and my middle sent a couple where he received credit in non-major areas.</p>
<p>If you want to get credit from the university you have to pay to have scores sent directly. On the applications you can self report. Once you know the school’s policy on giving credit for AP courses you will know whether it is worth it to pay to have the scores sent.</p>
<p>In my son’s case he got 30 credits so it was definitely worth it to pay to have the official scores sent.</p>
<p>It depends.</p>
<p>Most schools allow you self-report your AP scores on the freshman application; but require official scores for the transfer application.</p>