The college board website says results will start coming out 7/8. I wonder if that has changed, because I really thought it was today, too.
College Board sent scores to the colleges yesterday. In your childâs CB account in the AP section, check the tab for Past Score Orders, which may show it sent June 30.
To see the score, your child would need to see if they can find it somewhere in their collegeâs portal.
Scores will not be available in the College Board account until July 8.
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Housing sign up was a bit of a mess last fall at Purdue. I think the key is to be flexible and be willing to change dorms and room types. My S didnât get his first choice but he got his second choice and itâs a good room so he wasnât disappointed. I think theyâll change the process for 2024/2025. As far as off campus housing, I think itâs the prime apartments that go fast & early. Again, if the kids can be flexible (and patient), I donât think itâs too much of a problem.
My S just finished his FYE and decided to go into ME. He started out convinced aero was what he wanted but he got involved with the Purdue Space Program and was working with a group of upperclassman MEs. They explained that what they were doing was ME stuff so he compared the curriculums and decided to go ME but will most likely go in the aerospace industry. He really enjoyed the PSP. Good luck to your son!
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S24 took his placement tests and got instant scores, but only for one was there a key to explain what a given score meant in terms of actual placement (Latin). For Chemistry, apparently the department takes a week to give you your placement.
S24 also got his housing assignment and is quite pleased. It was actually nice to see him so excited, as much of this has seemed pretty stressful for him.
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No tvs, maybe a projector or monitor.
Ok checking the college portal for the AP scores is definitely a pro rated trick
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Soiling the nest has definitely started at our house. Almost everything that comes out of our mouths now seems to irritate D24. 
Iâm grateful for all of the parents who have gone before me who have openly talked about this phenomenon because itâs helping me to not go bananas. 
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Thanks! Will have DS look into the Purdue Space Program. Right now, he is keen on robotics but will major in ME to keep his options open for future career directions. Itâs good that they have the FYE year to explore and decide before declaring majors. He just heard that he was accepted into EPICS LC-excited about that program!
He is pretty low key about his dorm requirements. Happy to hear that there are options available and we donât have to decide right now for next year.
Good Luck to your son too!
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SoâŠD24 & roommate have started texting each other. Roommate is a business major, has 3 dogs at home, and a bunch of tattoos. Theyâve decided that D24 will provide the fridge and roommate is bringing a vacuum. D24 offered to bring the fridge. When I asked why since weâre driving from 2 states away, D24 said, âI wanted to make sure that thereâs 1 in the room with a freezer and this way, I know Iâll have a freezer.â
OMG, ok. 
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Thanks for the tip about checking the college portal for AP scores! D got three 5s and one 4, with one make up that was taken a couple weeks later still outstanding because she had 2 exams scheduled at the same time.
Now she has enough credit to start as a sophomore.
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Thatâs great! I know that can make a big difference for housing and class registration at a lot of schools.
Thanks for the tip. My S24 can see his APs in UMDs system. So, he is at 24 credits to start and jumps right into STAT100 with math placement despite not quite making the bar on the Precalc CLEP (3 points awayâŠ)
He got the 5âs he wanted in AP Italian and AP Gov which knock out four prereqs/major requirements. He also got a 4 in AP Lit and a 3 in Micro both of which get him credits to graduate. The 3 in Micro was clearly divine interventionâŠ
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Great news!
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D24 was also able to see her AP score in the college portal today. She ended up with a ridiculous overabundance of AP high school and DE English credits (due to differing high school and community college graduation requirements), any one of which would meet the college English core requirement at the college she will be attending. So her AP Lit score did not matter in any way, but still, nice to have that closed out.
She also noticed that they opened up art classes to non majors earlier than she was expecting, and she was able to sign up for one of the handful of newly available spots. Seems like a small thing, but painting was important enough to her that it had a column on the college spreadsheet.
She is so ready for summer to be done and to start college. I understand why, but Iâm starting to really feel her impending departure, and itâs hitting me surprisingly hard. I donât know how to snap out of it.
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Hope everyone had a wonderful 4th!
I havenât checked in for awhile as weâve been making some exciting yet crazy plans. We are moving with D25 to London for her senior year. We have a business opportunity and she is miserable at her current school and ecstatic for the move so a total win-win leaving out these factsâŠ.school starts in 6 weeks, need to find a place to live, finalize visas, and oh yeah get S24 off to college!
I should probably make a thread on this, but my head is spinning with her college admissions strategy too. She goes to a deflation school so gpa is very mediocre, but ACT very high in 98%. I hope grades may come a bit easier at new school, but no guarantee. Wondering if she may be a better regular decision candidate versus early?
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Donât dismiss the possibility of university in the U.K., where they care much more about test scores than GPA.
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I think very rarely not applying early is to someoneâs advantage.
IMO a few months of a senior year in a completely new country will be mostly overlooked by admissions because it wonât tell them much one way or the other. Two extra months wonât add much.
This sounds like an exciting opportunity for change and a new adventure. Depending on how things shake out she can consider a gap year and reapplying. I second looking at UK schools in addition to US ones.
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Colleges will have the school profile to understand this. Where does she stand in the classâŠeven if the school doesnât rank do you have a sense of her decile?
I agree with Tonygrace that one semester of grades at a new school likely wonât matter much in US college admissions. What colleges is she looking at?
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I also wondered if she might be one they would just defer too and see how things go. She wonât be applying to competitive schools, so also not in that mindset like S24 was. Her current top choices are all safety/target range which will be a breath of fresh air.
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Too hard to know - are we aware of your daughterâs stats and interests?
It would help to know more about her than just - her GPA is low.
In many cases, a first semester wonât matter; in some it will but itâs also a different system. You might do a chance me type thing to get opinions.