<p>…and I’m talking about the big ones like in the Ivy League, MIT, Stanford, Caltech.</p>
<p>So say I’m a freshman and score a 4 on the AP Calculus BC test but kept a 97 all year? How would they look at this?</p>
<p>From what I heard they look at it as that you challenged yourself with an AP class and your AP score will just determine if you can get college credit…if your score is not so good in one AP test it doesn’t really affect your admission that much</p>
<p>A 4 is a very good score for an AP test.</p>
<p>Now a 1 or a 2 with a 97 will look really odd.</p>
<p>How do they look at self-studies?</p>
<p>You can self-report those in most applications 
The good thing is that you don’t have to report your self-studies if you got a bad AP score since you didn’t take the class.</p>
<p>I think that MIT may accept credit for a 4 on the Calc BC test, but you have to get a 5 on Physics C.</p>
<p>I’m going to say that they aren’t weighed particularly much, because they’re looking for more important factors such as leadership and passion, expressed in what you’re doing.</p>
<p>If you take Calc BC and then find that is something that really interests you and leads you to create a Math Club, where you have math competitions, compete against other schools, and raise money to help unprivileged students learn math skills, then that would help your admissions.</p>
<p>Let’s jsut say SAT and grades first, then AP,</p>
<p>MIT does not even consider AP Calculus exam scores. You have to retake Calculus I/II for AB/BC respectively. This requirement makes sense since, the AB/BC Calc courses are WAY TOO UNDERESTIMATING Calculus I and II.</p>
<p>I think NYU takes 3 AP grades instead of SATs…if you consider NYU prestigious that is.</p>