How does AP TESTS reflect on your college admission?

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<p>How would AP Tests reflect on college admission?</p>

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<p>BUMP. I’m curious too.</p>

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<p>At an information session at Berkeley, we were told that if you take an AP class but not the test, they see that as a bad thing. If you take the class AND the test, you can get a one or a five, it does not matter. As long as you take the test, it’s a good thing.</p>

<p>I hope that makes sense.
class - test = BAD.
class + test (get a 1) = GOOD = class + test (get a 5)</p>

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<p>I am wondering the same thing!</p>

<p>See my thread in the Parent’s Section…some good responses:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/708624-so-whats-deal-ap-exams-do-they-count-not.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/708624-so-whats-deal-ap-exams-do-they-count-not.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Though I am still looking for a firm answer…</p>

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<p>If the college app has a self-report section for AP exam, fill it out. Everything on the college app counts. If AP exams don’t count, what’s the point of the colleges putting the section on your app?</p>

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<p>Has anyone had their AP score reports from Sophmore and Jr. year accidentally separated due to a registration error? Well, I’m pretty sure that’s what’s happening to me, so is it bad that my 1 Euro score from soph. year will be under a different account than my 3 tests Jr. year? It doesn’t matter too much since I’m not gonna get credit for Euro, but should I still self report the score for Euro or will it look suspicious that its not on my score report?</p>

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<p>well, at the most competitive institutions, they don’t want to see a 1 or 2 and not all 3s either. don’t forget, at top institutions you will be competing with students who have taken upwards of 5-10 AP classes and done really well (4s and 5s) on all of them. </p>

<p>the ap scores have no impact on rescinding though.</p>

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<p>What if you get a C+ in the course yet get a 4 or 5 on the exam. What will they think? I don’t think they’ll be too pleased to see an A in the course and a 2 on the exam LOL</p>

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<p>For the moderately high (below HYSPM) ones, AP scores only mattered somewhat, in my case. I didn’t officially report my scores to any colleges, but I self-reported to all, and got into most of my top colleges (scores ranging from 3-5).</p>

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<p>^^lol That would just tell them that there’s somthing wrong.</p>

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<p>I’ve done a lot of perusing of the results threads for the very top schools. While there is an apparent correlation between AP test scores and admission decisions, the test scores vary even over the acceptances. Most accepted at the top schools, though, I would have to say I generally see getting 4’s and 5’s. I have noticed that a lot of results show rejections for students who do worse than that or take no APs (although this may be a reflection of the school and not the student).</p>