How do I stop a score from appearing on my score report? - AP Students (2024)
The AP Program allows you to cancel your AP Exam scores. When you request cancellation, your exam won’t be scored, and if it has already been scored, the score will be permanently deleted from our records. Once a score is canceled, it can’t be reinstated. There’s no fee for this service, but your exam fee is not refunded. Archived scores can’t be canceled.
Scores can be canceled at any time, but for scores not to be sent to the college or university you designated using your free score send, AP Services for Students must receive your request by June 15 of the year you took the AP Exam.
Another option is to choose to withhold one or more AP Exam scores from any college or scholarship program that you choose as a score recipient. The score will be withheld from any future score reports sent to that college or scholarship program. Unlike a cancellation request, a request to withhold a score does not permanently delete your score. The fee to withhold a score is $10 per score per college, which does not include the cost to send your score report to the designated institution.
You may later remove the withhold by sending AP Services a signed written request. There is no charge to remove a withhold on a score.
For scores to be withheld from the college or university you designated using your free score send, AP Services for Students must receive your request and payment by June 15 of the year you took the AP Exam.
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scores. When you request cancellation, your exam won't be scored, and if it has already been scored, the score will be permanently deleted from our records. Once a score is canceled, it can't be reinstated.
You can request that the AP Program withhold one or more AP Exam scores from any college, university, or scholarship program that you chose as a score recipient.
Yes.Your score report includes all your scores from all the AP Exams you took in the past. Your entire score history will be sent to your designated college, university, or scholarship program unless you choose to withhold or cancel any of your scores.
AP scores have very, very little impact on college admissions, especially if the exam has nothing to do with your major. If you don't report, they probably won't really notice. They can't assume you failed, as maybe you never took the exam in the first place. They care more about your grade in the class.
Sending your AP exam score to colleges is optional.
If your exam score is eligible for credit, self-report it on the college application and send the official report through the CollegeBoard. Never report or send an exam score of a 1 or 2. They are not considered “passing” scores.
To clarify, it's quite rare and quite difficult to get a score of 0 on an AP exam. Typically, scores range from 1 to 5, with 1 being the lowest possible score that indicates the student likely wasn't prepared for the level of the content on the exam.
But what is a passing AP score? The College Board considers a score of 3 or higher a passing grade. That said, some colleges require a 4 or 5 to award credit. Whether a 3 is a good AP score depends on the colleges you're applying to.
Only teachers authorized through the AP Course Audit for the most current year for which AP score data has been released have access to their students' exam scores online.
The first thing that you should do is check the AP Score credit policy for the colleges that you are applying to. If they will give you credit for the 3, then by all means report it! On the other hand, if they only give credit for a 5 on that exam (not even for a 4), you may want to hold off.
Admissions Officers Expect to See AP Scores for AP Courses Taken. If a student takes an AP course at their high school, admissions officers expect to see that score. If the score is not self-reported, admissions officers will be inclined to presume the student scored a 1 or a 2 on the exam.
It is more important for you to get recognition for taking that AP in the first place than it is to earn your target score. If you earned a 3, 2, or a 1, consider withholding your score. These scores are not as strong and you may not want to include them in your application.
Strategic Control: Withholding scores offers control over the admissions process, letting students strategically choose which scores align best with their college application strategy. Timing Awareness: Be mindful of application deadlines, ensuring enough time to make informed decisions about sending scores.
Students can formally request to withhold one of more AP scores from any college or scholarship program. This prevents the selected college or program from seeing those scores. Students may choose to withhold an AP score if they question their performance on the exam or want to view it before their college does.
As far as reporting your score to Ivy League schools, each school may have a slightly different preference, but generally, a 4 is considered a 'well-qualified' score and should not necessarily hurt your chances. In fact, many colleges and universities even offer credit or advanced placement for scores of 4.
In some cases, colleges may take AP scores into account when awarding course credit or determining class placement, but it's highly unlikely that they'd rescind your acceptance based on a low AP score alone.
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