Ap Chemistry Grade?

Question

First off, for those of you who do not already know, you can call in, pay $8, and get your AP scores now instead of waiting until the 3rd week of July. I got a 4 on my AP chemistry test. I know I should be happy, but I really thought I was going to get a 5 this year. Science is by far my best and favorite subject, and I got the highest average in my AP chemistry class this year. I feel like a 4 doesn't reflect how hard I've worked this year, spending every possible moment getting extra help, and taking so many practice APs that I became bored. Anyways, my teacher told me that a student like me is almost guaranteed a 5, and now that I didn't achieve that, I feel not upset, but at the same time not satisfied.

So, my real question here is do colleges really care much about whether you got a 4 or a 5? I had an A in the actual class, so which counts more, the grade in the class or the grade on the AP? Also, I know it depends on the college, but does anyone know if I want to major cont...

Answer 1

Colleges only care about the score if it means they'll have to give you credit for it. For example, if Cornell only takes 5's, they won't care. I personally don't know about Cornell (except that it's an Ivy League) so you'll have to look on their website. It also varies what college you will be going into (College of Chemistry, Natural Sciences, whatever).

Answer 2

First of all, you don't have to put your AP exam scores on college applications, you can if you want to but there is actually no place on most applications for them, they are typically not used for admissions, you can just send them to the college you end up going to for credit purposes. BY the way i looked on cornell's website for you and they will only take a 5 for credit. I'm guessing there's a good chance you sent cornell your AP scores since you said it's your first choice, but I don't think it will hurt you because 1) 4 is a good score 2) now if you go to cornell you'll pay to take chemistry there, which is good for the university and 3) like I said, they usually don't even look at your AP scores for admissions, it probably won't be considered.