I'm confused (AP scores)

ucbalumnus
Thu, 16 May 2019 18:25:14 +0000

skieurope:

As I said, rules vary by school. I would say that for most colleges, sending all scores in July present no issue. But I never want to make blanket statements, since someone reading will be attending a college that is the exception - and there are exceptions.

The main issue would be if (a) new frosh class selection occurs before AP scores are available, (b) the college’s registration system enforces prerequisites, (c) the AP scores are needed to fulfill the prerequisites the new frosh student needs for a desired course, and (d) the desired course tends to be full enough to be difficult to switch into later.

Of course, even if (b) is not true, and the student selects courses based on expected AP scores, but then later finds out that his/her AP score is not what was expected (particularly if it is lower), then that could still be a problem if s/he needs to change to a different course that is full.