Self study AP came out to be 3

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<p>I feel like I am screwed.</p>

<p>I worked so hard taking all the senior courses in my junior year. And since my school does not offer many AP courses, I self studied Cal AP/Micro,Macro AP - and sadly scored 3 on all of them except Macro Econ AP. I took Stats AP this year and I scored 4. I am devastated.</p>

<p>I should have known that I have no talent in these kinds of stuff… really.
I shouldn’t have self-study…
My Ivy League dream is utterly fading away. It’s very depressing and embarrassing.</p>

<p>So here is my stat</p>

<p>at least over 90 % overall GPA
hoping to get over 2150 on SAT I and over 700 on SAT IIs ( haven’t taken them yet)</p>

<p>Club president for 3 years
Leadership, Model UN, YCI, university political club, university mock parliament
enrolled in university dual-credit program in my senior year
four AP - two 3s and 4s
work at Provincial maritime museum
speak 4 languages</p>

<ul>
<li>up to here there is nothing interesting</li>
</ul>

<p>hooks
-single mom/ low income/ killer personal essay</p>

<p>disadvantages
-low AP scores
-international (canada)</p>

<p>I know there are so many people who are obviously better than me.
But will I realistically give up now???
I’ve never felt this way before… really.</p>

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<p>Don’t give up, colleges want a multitude of students from different background and it sounds as if you easily fit that category. I might recommend a personal essay that involves hardships that you’ve encountered with your unique perspective. Good luck! Don’t forget though, there are plenty of well established, great colleges (many of them significantly cheaper) that can get you to where you want to be.</p>

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<p>Eh, dude… just give it some time. You’ll get over it. If it’s any consolation, AP Scores are much less important than SAT scores, GPA, EC’s, and SAT II’s… It’s not going to “kill your chances at the ivy league” and you’d only be kidding yourself if you blame the AP scores for rejections. The ivy league is a crapshoot for everyone. And even then, there are many excellent schools outside of the Ivy League. Don’t be a tool and kill yourself over the “Ivy league” name brand. Work on good essays, round out your EC’s… You’ll be fine. Seriously, you’re making AP scores waaaay more important than they are. If you want to “redeem” yourself, study hard for the corresponding SAT II and own it.</p>

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<p>Thank you so much guys!! It’s very inspiring :slight_smile:
Hopefully I’ll be able to get pretty good SAT II scores</p>