Has anyone found the links to the other 2 videos from that Stanford admissions counselor? I thought they were extremely informative.
Have seen the one where he dismisses the notion of hs kid “passions.” Not that that stops CC folks from going on and on about how important it is to rave about your “passion.”
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@class0f2017 That is known as hijacking a thread and is rude to the original poster; start a new discussion with your question.
@menloparkmom I don’t have low AP scores, so I’m not really a data point
@longsock123 Just go on youtube and search Erinn Andrews Case Study or something like that.
I feel like AP scores are like: If you get a 1 or a 2 it will hurt you as it sort of dismisses your course rigor.
If you get a 4 or 5, I don’t really think it does all that much since so many people get 5’s on these exams every year.
"I don’t have low AP scores, so I’m not really a data point "
skieurope- The OP was the one who referenced you in post # 2 .
my apologies for assuming he was doing so because he knew your AP scores, and was using them to justly his assumption that they don’t matter, because of your success in getting into great colleges this year.
my school only offers two ap classes in senior year , i self studied bio and psychology and gor a 4 in bio and a 5 in psychology. I tried to self study chem , but it didn’t work and i only managed a 3. What should I do? will the fact i’ve never taken an official ap class hurt me? should i have taken more ap exams???
@longsock123 I think the other videos got removed for whatever reason. I could only find this and one other.
The AP scores do not bare much weight in the admission process as it is not a universal parameter. Some schools do not even have AP classes. If you do score well in AP exam, it may help admission in some cases. The dean at Harvard said the AP score is a good indication of future success in college. Nevertheless, most students would only have 1 or a few AP scores, if any, by the time of college application and most schools do not ask for AP score reports for college application. It is usually self reported selectively.
There’s space on the Common App.
Cali… don’t do this to yourself and your CC reputation. I know you have successfully navigated the college entrance process from the student’s perspective recently, and as such are relieved, excited, and a lot more knowledgeable than you were a year ago about college admissions. However, remember that there is still a great deal we student posters like you and I do not know. Declaring things like this on its own thread, even though it is merely an opinion, based partially off a lot of time spent on CC only gives other posters room to point out our ignorance. What you say may ring true for some, but maybe not for others. You don’t want to be that student poster people blow off as arrogant. I ended up being that for a few weeks a short time ago (check my apology thread I posted).
^^ well said. =D>
Lol, I love how people are saying I’m posting based on conjecture and limited experience when I’m the only one who actually posted information to support my view point. Even when you go to individual threads, there is basically general consensus that these scores do not matter. Even if you logically think about it, it doesn’t make sense for schools to weigh things that not everyone has access to or equal access to. You can dislike how I speak. That’s fine. I’m not the type to sugarcoat or beat around the bush. But I posted the sources. And the people who actually are worrying can use this to ease their worries. It’s not arrogance. Arrogance is thinking that you know more about everything by virtue of having a CC account for longer. As if not having a CC account shows that you don’t know anything about college admissions. I’m not using my personal experience as an applicant to make this post.
Again, I posted several articles for people to use at their own discretion.
Articles vs Anecdotes
Professionals vs Anonymous Posters online
And 10 times out of 10, I’m gonna believe the private college counselor over a poster on CC. They have no incentive to lie because if they don’t get results, it hurts their pockets.
That’s the last thing I say about this. My goal was to provide resources for students and I have accomplished that. There’s no reason to go on and on about this.
“When you find yourself in a hole, quit digging.” - Will Rogers
@NickFlynn :-h
@NickFlynn great quote and very applicable here!
We’re disputing 3 of of your sources and your interpretation of the other 3. Can’t get around that. And accuracy and the spin of any source are pretty important when one wants to inform people. Life lesson.
Don’t fall into, “I think it, so it must be true” and then, “I read it somewhere, so it IS.”
Some of the thinking on APs and IBs has changed since 4-5 years ago. The common app 4 years ago had only 8 spaces total to report SAT IIs, IBs, and APs (8 together for all 3 areas). Now they are not only giving the choice to report them separately but report upto 10 of them in each area. Why the change? The students have absolutely no pull in the decisionmaking of what commonapp does when they make changes which can only mean the colleges asked for it because of their own process changes. Essentially, the colleges are accepting more data points from students because they have found it helps them in their decision making?
^^ This.
With applications rising and also coming from a wider selection of geographically dispersed high schools, and with GPAs squeezed into a very narrow band, there is much more emphasis on factors like class rank and course rigor. AP scores, in and of themselves, probably don’t make or break an application, but they do provide a window into the rigor of your school.
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More hs have been eliminating rank.
TexasPG, I think the C App folks work with a group or groups of college reps, then put ideas out for feedback.
In general, how you make choices during hs and then put together your app says a lot about your thinking. The competitive colleges are interested in your thinking. Safer and wiser to realize every point can matter.