When do AP exam scores come in the mail?

toadstool
Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:17:42 +0000

If I may differ from Keasby Nights suggestion that APs don’t matter in admissions: they do. College use APs for admissions in two ways:


college look at the rigor of your course load; if your school offers APs but you don’t take them, you look a bit light weight.
Colleges like to admit students who they know can handle college level material. What better indicator then scoring well on college level material while still in high school.


Olin engineering and Memorial both rearrange there curriculum assuming that all students would come in the door with AP Calc, AP Physics and AP Chem. Its just a given.

UC “recommends” 17 contact hours of AP level classes; if your transcript does not show APs then you are not competitive. The average Stanford applicant has between 5 and 6 AP exam credits on his application.

Remember, college applications are based on Junior year classes, grades and exams.

They matter, if your school offers them.