How Important Are AP Exams to College?

santeria
Thu, 06 May 2010 12:35:37 +0000

To the hypothetical Harvard situation- it would probably come down to the other parts of the application, which are probably more important.

The answer is that they are important for a student who is relying almost completely on academics (top 5%, high SATs, etc), but if your application has something else they can look at, they will not pay much attention to your AP scores. Obviously a higher score is better and failing will not look good, but you can get in without doing well.