Worth Send a "3" to Selective Schools?

[Keasbey_Nights]

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Actually, that’s not true. Colleges, especially top ones, are picking their candidates based on extra-curricular achievements, essays, and recommendations.

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<p>Yes, as factors after academic success.</p>

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Because colleges have SAT/ACT and SAT Subject Tests, they have enough standardized tests information and they don’t really care for more.

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<p>How long can it really take to look at a list of numbers on a scale of 1-5 and evaluate whether that person is strong enough academically? It’s not like it’s a huge burden on colleges to read AP exams. If they didn’t care for the information, applications wouldn’t ask for AP exams specifically (they might be optional, but that doesn’t change the point).</p>

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They want to see the other, more qualitative, aspects of your high school career, beyond grades and tests.

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<p>Yes, after seeing that you are academically qualified for their school. AP exams show this. AP exams can also show independent drive and good time management skills.</p>

<p>What evidence do you have that AP exams aren’t used in college admissions?</p>