Do AP tests really matter?
TL;DR: are ap exams important or influential to college admissions? will not taking exams harm me in the future?
i have always held myself to high standards, and last year I got a 3 on my AP work exam (i was expecting to do better). ultimately i think i would have been better off without taking it- all the stress and worry ended up doing more harm to my self esteem than good anywhere else. (the colleges i want to attend would not accept a 3 for credit). i’ll have 3 full length ap tests this year, including ap chemistry. i think i could do well on the ap lang, but definitely not chemistry and probably not apush. because i’m also working on act’s, i just don’t want to deal with the stress of exams on top of all that. so i need to know: will colleges care about AP scores or if i’ve taken the ap exams? will ap exams help or hurt my chances of admission? do they even see your ap exam scores? i just don’t want to disappoint myself or my teachers this year.