College applicants worry about test scores

“I am currently filling out my Common App and I have taken multiple AP courses throughout high school. I passed them all except AP Pre-Calc, which I got a 2 on. I wasn’t planning on including my score on my Common App. Now, I am wondering, should I completely remove that exam (subject, date taken, score) from my Common App or should I remove just the score, leaving just the subject and date taken? submitted by /u/Signal_Fill_2010 [link] [comments]”

“I took a test today for my calc class and I got a 66. It's the second test out of four, and I still have to take a midterm and final. The lowest test score is dropped, so I still currently have an A right now, but I'm scared I won't do well on the midterm next week, which is 20% of my grade. Should I withdraw from the class and get a W? I afraid a a W on my transcript will look bad for colleges, especially as I plan to be a biology major. I have a perfect 4.0 right now, and I'm t”

“for context, ap courses/exams are NOT offered at my school (only honors/standard) the only prep courses we have outside of honors are ACT prep classes in spring of our 9th and 11th grade years in March of junior year, i took the school-held March ACT, garnering a 27 like some of us, i fell into a habit of watching college decision videos throughout the summer instead of being productive with stuff like college essays & senior brag list (atp i realized how cooked i was if i was going to be su”

“I'm doing college apps right now and have no idea what I should do I honestly struggled a bit in this class last year and got Bs both semester. Ended up with an embarrassing 3 on the exam and I'm not sure if I should submit it to colleges for credit. I would like to get calc I out of the way for the schools that accept a 3, but I'm just scared it would look bad if I submit it since it's equivalent to basically a C in the class and even more worried that AO's would assume I di”

“Should I drop honors pre-calc if it will affect my chances of getting into an ivy league? the one at my school is literally an infamous grade-breaker and has turned so many 4.0's into 3.8's. I was thinking of switching to regular Pre-Calc (im in 10th grade) so then I would take Calc AB in 11th grade instead of BC in 11th. submitted by /u/Pitiful-Swim-2489 [link] [comments]”

“I was told that I can early action apply now, and just take the sat in January and get a score there, and then send it to the college. But I saw that people who applied to this school, got results back in a week, how will that not happen to me if I’m waiting to retake the sat ? submitted by /u/CommonExplanation711 [link] [comments]”

“I can't decide whether I want to ED to JHU or Amherst college, or just RD both I am a pretty solid applicant (imo). Practically perfect stats, I would say solid EC's (national DECA award, etc), and my essays I believe are pretty unique. I really feel like the "ED Boost" would be helpful, and I fear that if I go RD I will miss out on both colleges. So I was thinking of instead doing REA to princeotn or sum, cuz its not binding, and then also do RD to Amherst/JHU, but then again”

“I’m in my sophomore year of cc, and ive already completed 75% of my required courses, and im supposed to be applying for college right about now but basically my parents just told me my major (business econ) is a useless major. but the thing is, they supported me in the past and were like “you can do anything you want” but now all of a sudden I can’t go to my dream school anymore😔 they’re telling me to major in something like business finance or business management — but the thing is i actually”

“Just noticed that, my bad, let’s consider December. Wouldn’t that still be late. And the college is FIU”

“But I saw that people who applied to this school, got results back in a week So, it sounds like this college has rolling admissions. What college? just take the sat in January The SAT is not offered in January. https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/sat/dates-deadlines”

“It's going to be dependant in the particular college. Most don't accept January scores for EA since decisions for many come out in December.”

“you will probably not be able to include january scores in an EA app. That's after most ea decisions will have come back. Whether a school will even accept january scores will depend on their RD deadline and whether they want everything by the deadline”

“nah plenty of people go to “less competitive” schools to stand out more. ik someone who did that and went to stanford. i did the same thing and im also at a t10”

“Don’t change your life focusing getting into schools with a 5% acceptance rate. It’s so random”

“AP or nothing …… AP you get college credits …. What does honors get you for college? Do they care? Can it hurt more than help?”

“Challenge yourself. You can do it. If you don't go to an Ivy you will be okay.”