<p>say I missed a bubble (accidentally skipped a question), therefore resulting in the proceeding bubbles to be incorrect, do they forgive this? or is it still the same.</p>
<p>^Nope. All bubbles following the misbubbled one will be incorrect (if it doesn’t just happen to match the right answer, of course). CB has no way of knowing if you purposely skipped or misbubbled.</p>
<p>■■■. this sucks big time. Is there anything I can do, as in classes, other tests, to prove myself to colleges that I don’t fail at english? I mean, not even a three?</p>
<p>Do you guys think it’s worth the $25</p>
<p>In all honesty no, and like I said earlier, and what everyone else agrees on to a degree, the SAT IIs are far more important for admissions than the AP exams. If you didn’t send the AP score report to a given college, don’t self-report AP English. </p>
<p>If you matriculate to the college, they will see the score one year from now, when you are already in, and there is no college on the face of the planet that will revoke admission based off AP scores.</p>
<p>Also, since you are looking for Ivies and other competitive school, many of them don’t give AP credit, so you might not even have to a send a score report.</p>
<p>My daughter took 4 APs at the end of High School and didn’t report any of the scores. She is going to be a senior at an Ivy. Think of it-- many, if not most, students take their AP tests, or at least some of them, at the end of senior year, and the scores come long after all decisions are made. Here’s what I understand: colleges base admissions on your TRANSCRIPT. Which will reflect the fact that you are taking an AP course, and the school’s grades that you received for those courses before your application was sent. When the scores come in, if you choose to report them, they will be used in one of two ways–either you will get credit for having taken the course, in which case you can save some money by not having to re-take them in college, or you will get advanced standing and will not have to take intro courses. My daughter did not report any of her scores because her school did not replace any courses with her scores, and she did not want to place in an advanced level. So, no, schools do not base acceptance decisions on AP scores. They can’t. Too many students don’t have the scores by the time decisions are made and it wouldn’t be fair to judge the applications that way. They base decisions on AP course grades instead. Also, often schools use SAT II scores in the same way they use AP scores (languages work that way very often-- high SAT II scores are interchangeable with high AP scores at many schools, including Ivies). SAT I scores, though, are clearly another story.</p>
<p>It’s really not a big deal. You got 4’s and 5’s on all of your other tests, omitting a score for this one won’t change anything. Maybe your tests overlapped and you couldn’t take the makeup. Maybe there was a death in the family. Maybe you couldn’t afford to take it. Maybe your school messed up some paperwork. Colleges don’t know why you didn’t send a score and they won’t make assumptions. Even if you do send the score, colleges judge your mastery of English based on SAT, not AP, scores. It’s possible that AP scores have a small (very small) amount of weight in admissions decisions, but it’s nowhere near close enough to make it or break it for you. Chill out :)</p>
<p>My mom just got home and it almost looks like she’s crying. hahah. I love being asian…
I’m trying to chill out, but I’m having mixed feelings. She basically thinks I’m a failure at life now. But at the same time I’m not TOO bummed considering I have five 5’s and two 4’s. six of the tests being from this year. btw i’m an upcoming senior.</p>
<p>AP scores mean nothing except for credit. It’s kinda random. I got a 4 on AP Lang but a 2 on AP lit. I still got into my first choice school n just didn’t send the score.</p>
<p>Okay. I just read the rest of this thread and this is stupid. It plaulys no role other than credit. It would be unfair to jeopardize a student because of incompetent teachers. Plus, everyone but CC ppl just draw turkey hands on it cuz it means NOTHING!!! One test cannot evaluate your knowledge. I only got 1 5 in hs because I knew it meant nothing. CC ppl just try to freak u out OP :)</p>
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<p>As I have previously described, this is untrue. Yet I am not trying to scare the OP; he or she has little to no reason to worry.</p>
<p>@swim2daend: Thank you. OP if you talk to most people who have actually gone through the admissions process, they will tell you that AP is for placement purposes, and that admissions committees won’t see them, because you do not send the scores until you have graduated high school.</p>
<p>I will repeat myself. The SAT II, while easier than AP, is what colleges use to test subject knowledge, and even then some universities do not weigh it that highly in the admissions process. Your transcript is the most important thing, followed by SAT CR/M scores.</p>
<p>My school puts all test scores on your transcript, including AP.</p>
<p>out of curiosity, what about SAT writing?</p>
<p>and I’m hearing a lot of opposing opinions. . . .I guess I have no other choice, but to hope that it does not affect my admission as it seems I have no way of correcting the bad score.</p>
<p>I’m still in shock</p>
<p>Calm down. I know someone who got several 3s and still got into an ivy league school. If you get one 2, and the rest 4s and 5s it won’t be that bad.</p>
<p>Some schools consider the SAT Writing section; some don’t. Check their Web sites or email them.</p>
<p>At the risk of belaboring this point, I too am freaking out because I got a 4 in Spanish and 4 in English comp (5 Us history, 5 world history, 5 macro+micro economics). I am kicking myself because I had a scheduling conflict and I could have easily gotten a 5 on Ap Chem (golf state finals and sciene bowl nationals).
Should I just not report any of my AP scores, or proudly present my 4’s and 5’s? I am seriously looking at HYPSM schools. thanks.</p>
<p>^ 4’s and 5’s should always be reported.</p>
<p>@silverturtle- bad AP scores have NO impact on admissions at all. On applications (even the CommonApp), you get to self report AP scores, so if you get a 2, then you know, DON’T put it on the application. The colleges wouldn’t know that you got that 2 if you don’t report it, and I’m sure OP is smart enough to not report it so it won’t make a difference. I got a 2 on AP Chem during junior year, but on the application where it said to list AP scores, I just chose to not list that score (but I put the other scores). And I managed to get in to several top schools (including a couple Ivies). </p>
<p>Now once senior year was over and I had committed to a college, the college asked me to send my official AP score report if I wanted any credit or advanced placement. I sent it then, but at this point, they won’t care about that 2 since they’ve already accepted you, and it would be ridiculously crazy if they rescind you based on ONE bad AP test grade. And even if you’re that paranoid, just don’t send in the score report (though this means getting no advanced standing or extra credit for college)</p>
<p>Bottom line, it’s not a big deal</p>
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<p>Did you even bother to read my previous posts in this thread?</p>
<p>Yeah I did and they don’t make sense. You tell me- how will colleges know you got a 2 on an AP test if you don’t report it?</p>