Urgent Advice with admissions process

Troyus
Wed, 08 Jul 2015 13:21:20 +0000

If you don’t send them the score they won’t know you did badly. It’s possible they might suspect it, but there are enough people who take AP courses that never take the AP test that they likely won’t automatically assume that you scored poorly.

I have to disagree with those who are saying that AP scores don’t matter in admissions. While they are not a large factor I can say for certain that a low AP score in a course where the student received a high grade can lead admissions officers to question the rigor of the course (or the grading thereof). If the admissions officer has access to these scores it will have some influence on their decision. Don’t get me wrong, you would be far better off, admissions wise, getting an A in the course and a 1 on the AP than a C in the course and a 5 on the AP exam, but the only time that AP scores have no effect on admissions is if the admissions officer never sees it.