Withhold Scores – AP Students (2024)

FAQs

Is it worth withholding AP scores? ›

Not submitting AP scores for AP courses students take at their high school can raise red flags. But there are no hard and fast rules, such as not submitting 4s or 3s, as some suggest because, in some cases, students should submit those lower scores since admissions officers will assume even worse if they withhold them.

Your withhold request will be processed within 15 business days of receipt. Please allow for delays, especially if you are mailing from overseas.

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.

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.

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.

You will not receive college credit

Either way, you shouldn't look at this as a scary consequence. The worst that can happen is that it is as if you never took the exam, if you don't self-report or send in the official score. It won't actually impact you negatively, it will just fail to provide a possible benefit.

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.

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.

The score will be withheld from any future score reports sent to that college, university, or scholarship program. A request to withhold a score does not permanently delete your score. You may later release the score to the recipient by sending the AP Program a signed written request.

The purpose of withholding tax is to ensure that employees comfortably pay whatever income tax they owe. It maintains the pay-as-you-go tax collection system in the United States.

Do colleges know if you withhold AP scores? ›

Colleges typically ask students to self-report their AP scores on applications. As a result, they will see any scores you choose to report (and won't see any you choose not to report).

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.

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.

Your archived AP score report will be sent by first-class mail to the institution(s) you designated on the AP Archived Score Request form within 15 business days of receipt of your request (overnight/express mailing service is not available).