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How do I withhold my AP scores from being sent?

Instructions
  1. Download and fill out the AP Score Withholding Form. Fill out the form with your information, including which exam scores you want to withhold and from which recipients, and sign it. ...
  2. Have a form of payment ready. The fee to withhold a score is $10 per score per score recipient. ...
  3. Send the form and payment.
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Can you choose not to send AP scores?

Can't I just not send any scores at all? Yes. You can avoid sending your AP score report on your college applications. That will prevent anyone from seeing either good or bad AP scores.
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Can I cancel sending my AP scores?

Scores can be canceled at any time, but for scores not to be sent to the college, university, or scholarship program indicated online through My AP, the AP Program must receive your request by June 15 of the year you took the AP Exam.
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Can colleges see AP scores if you don't send them?

Do Colleges Look at AP Scores for Admission? While you don't typically need to send official AP score reports to colleges you're applying to, some schools will have space on their applications for you to self-report your AP scores. And if your scores are on your application, admissions committees will see them.
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Should I hide my AP 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.
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Is it OK to send bad AP scores?

Bad AP scores will not affect your college admission. You don't have to report bad AP test scores to the universities to which you are applying. Even if you report bad scores, the college may still consider it commendable that you took on the coursework.
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How long does it take to withhold an AP score?

When will the request be processed? Your withhold request will be processed within 15 business days of receipt.
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Will bad AP scores hurt me?

A bad AP score is often correlated with a poor grade in the corresponding course, which can hurt your GPA. While AP courses benefit you by improving your weighted GPA, it may not be worth it if your overall grade in the course is very poor.
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Does not sending AP scores hurt?

It wouldn't do too much damage if you didn't send AP scores. It's more of an extra topping. However, if you're applying to top 50 schools, you might want to send in other test scores like SAT or ACT if you did well on those.
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Is a 3 a bad AP score?

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.
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Should I withhold or cancel AP scores?

Students typically choose cancellation over withholding if they don't want a school to know they ever took that AP exam. To cancel an AP score, you must download the AP Score Cancellation Form.
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Should I cancel my AP score if I got a 2?

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.
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Why do people cancel AP scores?

The option to cancel a score helps a number of students. Perhaps some of those students took an AP course but found that the class didn't cover all the information on the test, or they didn't study for the test as much as they should have. (This happens more often than we'd like to think.)
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What happens if you don't send AP scores on time?

Yes, colleges can see your AP scores if you listed the college as a recipient when you took the exam. However, if you choose not to send your AP scores to a college, they will not have access to them unless you decide to send them at a later time.
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Should I send my 3 AP score?

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.
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Should you report a 3 AP score to MIT?

MIT grants credit for a score of 5 on some College Board Advanced Placement (AP) exams. It does not grant credit for secondary school courses teaching AP curricula, or partial credit for lower scores. If you take an AP exam more than once, only your higher score will be counted.
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Is a 1 on an AP Exam bad?

Key Takeaway: AP students who earn a score of 1 or 2, or average a score of 1 or 2 across their AP Exams in high school, have better college outcomes than academically similar college students who did not take an AP course and exam.
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Can you get a 0 on an AP Exam?

A 0 score is theoretically possible but would likely result from a violation of the College Board's exam policies, such as cheating or filling out the answer sheet incorrectly. Simply leaving an exam blank or providing incorrect answers would usually result in a score of 1, not 0.
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What is the most failed AP exam?

At many high schools, AP Physics is notorious for its difficulty level. In addition, it has the lowest overall pass rate of any AP exam.
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Does a 4 on an AP exam look bad?

For these reasons, an AP® score like a 4 looks great on your application. If you score a 3 or higher, then more selective colleges will begin to accept your AP® exam scores. The score of 4 is deemed by the College Board as “well qualified”, meaning that you know the material and could do well in the college class.
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Does a 2 on an AP exam look bad?

The AP score does not necessarily influence admissions hence a score of 2 should not affect a candidate. One can get into a good college even with a score of 2. Also, on the other hand, a high score in the AP exam does not guarantee admission. You'll be okay.
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Should I send my AP score if I got a 2?

Yes, you can send your AP scores even if you got a 2. Though a 2 is considered a bad score, a bad score doesn't affect your application that much if you're taking other AP classes and doing well in those ones. But be sure that your GPA isn't affected by this score.
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Should I report a 3 on an AP exam to Ivy League?

An AP Score of 3 or 4 will likely not get you any college credit or respect at a top school like Stanford/Ivies/MIT. A score of 5 may not either — top colleges like to think that their courses are more rigorous than APs and thus should not be passed out of, and earning a 5 is simply expected for top admits.
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What is the least passed AP exam?

AP Physics 1 is the hardest AP class with the least passing rate of 51.6. It means almost half of the students fail this exam. It's 3 hours exam consist of 50 MCQs and 5 free-response questions.
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What happens if someone dies during an AP exam?

Final answer: The claim that if a student dies during an AP exam everyone else gets a score of 5 is false. AP tests are graded on an individual basis and the College Board does not have a policy that awards scores based on such events.
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