<p>A 3 and certainly a 4 are not bad AP scores. Those scores will have little effect on your chances either way. They are neither super-impressive, like a string of 5’s, but they aren’t bad, like a string of 1’s and 2’s. Even a couple of 2’s or even 1’s aren’t going to have that much of an effect on your chances by themselves–I mean, yeah, they’re not desirable, but a 1 =/= 450 SAT. The thing about poor SAT I scores is that the college has to factor them into their numbers that go to USNWR, so they become more conscious of the scores for that reason, for better or worse. That’s not to say that there isn’t any leeway in SAT scores–there is!–but AP scores don’t have that effect on the college. I think that AP scores matter more than some other people here would say, but the big message here is that 3’s and 4’s are good AP scores and will not in anyway hurt your chances.</p>