AP Scores Plebe Summer

Since AP scores come out only on July 5th, should we have someone send us a letter with our scores or will we be given an opportunity to check them at Navy?

Are you trying to validate classes? If so, just be sure that you have selected the Academy to receive the results.

As for worrying about it during PS? Trust me, it will be the last thing on your radar .......

I've wondered too. I assume your Academic advisor will have your scores if you elected to send them to USNA. If not, you'll have to come up with some other plan like having your parents send them or something.

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I think you will be taking skills assessments tests in math, physics and chem sometime during Plebe summer.

I believe that the results of those online tests will say just about everything that can be said.
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You can use a 4 or a 5 to validate based on something I read the other day (linked on a thread somewhere here). But you will also take the tests, both now, and during the summer. My kid got an email the other day that he still had one open math section to complete before the 25th. He thought he had done them all, but still had it there. So he knocked it out on Friday.

I would say that unless you really want a more challenging academic year, or are trying for a double major, that trying to validate may be inviting more trouble than it is worth.

Huursoldaat said:

I've wondered too. I assume your Academic advisor will have your scores if you elected to send them to USNA. If not, you'll have to come up with some other plan like having your parents send them or something.

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OP... Please confirm, but I would imagine Navy would require the direct communication from collegeboard instead of a mailed in pdf or letter from family. And for some classes AP is the only validation necessary or used. So, please add them (although I think the deadline for free was yesterday.)

Before you leave for i-day you can log in to the College Board Account and have them send them to USNA. When the results come in they should be sent automatically then. If you're not sure can you give someone at home your log in and they can check just to be sure. We did that for our plebe last summer and it showed sent to USNA.

If you've set up your AP scores to be sent to USNA when released, the academic advisors will receive and process them during plebe summer. For 2025, at some point during the summer (after English, chem, physics, calc 3 validation exams) every company had their turn for a 2-ish hour advisory session with no detailers (best day ever). They give you the list of classes you're signed up for in the fall along with all the courses you validated after taking AP scores and validation tests into account.

My advice - take all the validations you can. Everybody I know who validated a core class and chose to retake it regrets the decision (and often got worse grades). For chemistry in particular, if AP chemistry is fresh on your mind and you think there's a chance you could validate with some review, spending a few afternoons now brushing up will be so worth it to get out of chem 1 here (practice tests are available on USNA's website).

Also, even if you have no business validating a more advanced course (calc 3, physics, etc) just sign up for the test anyways had take the maximum time on the exam to take a nap, it's a nice break from the detailers. If you miss an exam you wanted to take talk to your academic advisor once the school year starts. My allergies landed me in COVID isolation during the physics 2 validation test, but I was able to validate the course by taking the physics 2 course final at the end of the semester after talking to my advisor.

IronmanDaremo said:

I would say that unless you really want a more challenging academic year, or are trying for a double major, that trying to validate may be inviting more trouble than it is worth.

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I completely disagree.

My son validated a bunch of classes his Plebe year. He's very happy he did.