<p>what are the negative impacts of receiving poor (below a 3) scores on an AP test in regards to college admissions? i’m aware that you can pick and choose which scores you include when you apply to a school, but is there any way a prospective college can learn of a poor score if you don’t include it in your application? also, when you fill out your registration to take an AP test you choose a few schools for collegeboard to send your scores to for free. if one of these schools receives a poor score from collegeboard, will it hinder my chances of going there?</p>
<p>It will.
On the Common Application, you can pick and choose which scores to put down.
Don’t send the score report unless the school in question demands it, or until you need to.</p>
<p>im pretty sure the only way they’ll ever know about an AP score is if you send it to them. </p>
<p>one valid point that may hurt you is this: a combination of A’s in AP classes @ your school, and low test scores (1, 2). This shows possible grade inflation, which can make a 4.0 seem not as great. they try and put your school in perspective.</p>
<p>TTwhite, i did receive an A in the class that i received the low score in. this was due to a combination of the course being poorly taught and lack of preparation on my own. however this has not occurred in any of my other AP classes, so the possibility that schools will suspect inflation doesn’t seem too likely.</p>
<p>kwu, so you’re saying the 3 or 4 schools that received the scores for free because of my registration now have them on file and can potentially use them while they determine whether i should be admitted or not? if thats true, wouldn’t it essentially be stupid to utilize collegeboard’s free score report included with the test until you’re positive you have an acceptable score? in addition, which score report are you referring to at the end of your post?</p>
<p>sometimes i feel that even though a teacher teaches the class poorly, it should be the responsibility of the student (if he wishes to do well) to start prepping by himself/herself until he/she masters the material. Thus i feel using “my teacher taught poorly (but gave me an A)” is no excuse for a low AP grade (1 or 2)</p>
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<p>Yes, if you ultimately decide to apply to those schools.</p>
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<p>Well, yes, if you already know beforehand that you aren’t going to do well…</p>
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<p>A formal piece of paper with a list of your testing history. That was what was sent for free when you registered. You will have to pay a fee later if you wish to send more copies.</p>
<p>Will a 3 in freshman year have a big impact on your application if you made an A in the class?</p>
<p>milessdude, i did say in my post that it was a combination of my lack of preparation and the teachers poor performance.</p>
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<p>If the class is an AP class, then it would.
As has been mentioned several times in this thread, you choose which scores to send, so it ultimately doesn’t matter.</p>
<p>^^ i should think a 3 as a freshman is o.k.
but now you know what to expect and what it takes to do better.
go and do.</p>
<p>just out of curiosity, how severely will this impact the chances of acceptance to a school (i’m not applying to extremely selective schools like the Ivies or Stanford) that received the scores? we’re talking a 4.0 student, moderately good EC’s, etc…</p>
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<p>I’ve noticed that the style is to list APs starting with the most recently taken. If I take more than the common application has room for, could I omit my 3 seeing as it would be the oldest score?</p>
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I don’t think it would have mattered if I was a Senior… I don’t think I could have done any better than a 4. APAH is just so boring!</p>
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<p>If those three are good scores, there’s an “Additional Information” section at the end of the App.</p>
<p>can you include scores on the common app that you are going to take your senior year? because it says date the test will be taken.</p>
<p>Out of curiosity if you have a mix of scores both high and middle but don’t want to include the lower ones, to simply omit them may look bad if you include the high ones. Do you think it is easier to just not put any of them down? APs are optional, and therefore I don’t think the choice not to include any score should not hurt your application. Agreed or disagreed?</p>
<p>Though AP’s are “optional” if you have taken the class (on your transcript) they expect to see a score. It doesn’t say on the common app “which scores would you like us to consider” it says list your AP test scores and tests to be taken. So…you could be at risk for being dishonest, you could be at risk for then assuming a LOWER score than you actually got. I would say be honest and if you only have one low score then it would appear that if was a fluke- you were sick or something…it does go back to the one day one test thing. However if you have a habit of low perfomance it may not be so easy to overlook. No matter how painful, be honest and forthcoming.</p>