Is a 3 on an AP Exam bad from the college's perspective?

Question

Is a 3 on an AP Exam bad from the college's perspective?

Answer 1

For most of the schools that you listed, it's not a great score when used in the admission process. Normally AP scores don't have an impact on applications, but for very competitive schools, colleges are looking for anything to help them get another dimension to differentiate their applicants, so most students send their AP scores when applying to those types of schools. Generally though, the grades, the act of taking the class, and any subject tests in those areas will also have a decent amount of influence. You won't get credit at Stanford for World, but if you were taking AP Calculus BC, you actually get credit for a 3 (source: http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/registrar/students/ap-charts ). The same applies for Cornell (source: http://courses.cornell.edu/content.php?catoid=12&navoid=2158 ). All UC's accept a 3 or higher for credit (source: http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/counselors/ap-credits/index.html )

Answer 2

Some states College/Universities accept AP scores of 3, while prestigious institutes like Berkley, Davis, Riverside, Stanford, and Cornell, as you have mentioned, won't accept anything except a 5.



~David

Answer 3

For goodness sake, wait until you're actually READY to take these classes and exams.



No college cares whether at 16 you were the level of a mediocre 18 year old. They want to know whether at 18 you are a top 18 year old.

Answer 4

A 3 is considered "average," and not worthy of college credit.

Answer 5

a 3 means you have the ability to take college classes, a 4 means you are more than capable of doing so and a 5 means your just a freaking genius



also some colleges dint accept 3's as college credit but dont stress about that.

Answer 6

Okay, riverside is not "prestigious" as other idiots on here have said. And a three is NOT a bad score most colleges accept threes, but the majority of the colleges on your list will only accept a 4 or 5 for credit. Report your scores, they don't harm you. What really harms you is not reporting your scores, this will mislead colleges and make them think that you didn't bother to take the AP exams for the classes that you took, causing them to think of you as the type of student who gives up easily, which is a terrible thing and will definitely hurt your chances of getting in. Also, of you feel like you can improve, retake the tests next year, if you improve, it will tell colleges that you don't give up easily and are a determined student.