<p>I am a junior heading into my senior year, and here are my AP scores:</p>
<p>AP Calculus AB - 5
AP Biology - 5
AP Chinese and Culture - 5</p>
<p>and there is the…</p>
<p>AP Chemistry -3 (O.o)</p>
<p>Does the fact that I am in International Baccalaureate program explain the fact that I am getting low AP Chemistry score?</p>
<p>Does this impede the image of me being a “well-rounded” student?</p>
<p>from what i remember, i believe that the cornell supplement allows you to self report scores, so in the worst case…i guess you could leave it off; however, it might look a little suspicious if you took ap chem at school. but ya, all in all, AP scores don’t seem to have a significant impact on admissions.</p>
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No, it doesn’t, as I know plenty of people in IB with 5s on AP Chem. That being said, I don’t think Cornell will care; plenty of people have had worse scores than you and still got in. Really, they probably spend all of 2 seconds looking at your test scores.</p>
<p>I got in with a 3 on AP Chem and pretty awful AP scores in general…then again, I was a transfer and already demonstrated my ability to handle college courses :-)</p>
<p>Well I did self-study all of the exams I took. I don’t know…</p>
<p>Oh and also, just to add, I haven’t learned acid and base and solubility. That’s in our I.B. Grade 12 Curriculum.</p>
<p>I don’t know whether I should be sad or happy about my AP scores LOL…</p>
<p>I self-studied for AP Chem as well…I was happy with my 3. Actually…I read somewhere that the average score for that exam is around a 3.</p>
<p>I found that it’s pretty common even for SL students to get 5s, but as far as I know they’d all covered AP topics in their class. Acid/base is a pretty big topic in the AP, so not having learned it might explain your score. In any event you have good scores, and I honestly don’t think they will hurt you.</p>
<p>Don’t worry about scoring a 3 on chem because the school really doesn’t care and you can take chem 207-208 next year anyways.</p>
<p>doubt it will matter, unless you wanted to skip chemistry, in which case you cannot. AP scores in general don’t have a large effect on admissions unless they are all awful(1s and 2s) in classes you did well in which would raise a few questions, or if you make AP scholar or whatever its called that would help. A single 3 mixed with a bunch of 5s, won’t matter at all.</p>
<p>actually AP scores of 1s and 2s wont matter as long as most of your classmates also got 1s and 2s…</p>
<p>also if you got lot of 3s and the rest of your classmates got 1s and 2s…then thats good</p>
<p>now if you got 5s and the rest of your mates managed only 2s and 3s…then that’s a good sign :)</p>
<p>that is nonsensical</p>
<p>Why would it not matter if your classmates got 1s and 2s? That could be evidence of bad teaching, but that shouldn’t stop good students from at least passing. 1s and 2s generally show that you’re ill-prepared for college coursework.</p>
<p>ap programs that are just starting out in certain high schools may not have quality teachers but a 2 in AP score is comparable to a B in regular classes</p>
<p>I thought a 4 was a B.</p>
<p>hah…I don’t believe in those conversions.</p>
<p>I got a 3 in Biology which supposedly corresponds to a C…I got an A in the actually college class</p>
<p>I just think that in terms of admissions to selective colleges, being a 2 among a class full of 1s and 2s wouldn’t be all that redeeming. Most, if not all top school-caliber students are capable of self-studying APs and at least passing with a 3. I also wouldn’t say that 2s translate to Bs, even though this might vary among schools and courses. It’s telling that most colleges won’t accept anything below a 4 for credit.</p>
<p>Oh XD ~ None of my classmates took AP ~ all of my friends are in I.B. LOL XD</p>