Well, I have ap scholar with distinction
that’s not really “important” or even worth a look at , in ivy leagues , right?
<p>It's not that big of a deal unless it's the National AP Scholar after your junior year. Otherwise, it's just one of those mass mailings.</p>
<p>It indicates that you did well on AP tests, which is good. It isn't going to make you stand out, but it is a positive thing.</p>
<p>I agree with beck86nj. The tests show how stellar you are in taking college level courses. Having one isn't going to help you get any scholarship money, but the award is still going to determine admissions. A kid with stellar stats like 2400 SAT and valedictorian would still get rejected at places like UPenn, Cornell, and University of Chicago with AP test scores in the 3's.</p>
<p>No, an AP Scholar with Distinction is not pointless. It indicates to these schools that you have already completed college level courses AND scored well enough to get credit at many schools in at least 5 classes. It is important to elite colleges to know that the students they admit will be able to perform well in their coursework. In the future, I would recommend that you post this kind of question to the parent's forum, since the replies you get here are from students who do not have experience on the admissions side and who, quite conceivably, are more interested in one-upmanship than assisting you.</p>
<p>The AP scholar awards do not tell colleges anything they don't already know by looking at your list of test scores. But it's a nice thing, and will give you something to put under "honors and awards" if you are short there.</p>
<p>Siemens has an AP awards program that lets you win scholarship money for scores of 5 on lots of math & science APs taken before senior year.</p>
<p>It's a dime a dozen at top schools.</p>
<p>when do you actually get/are officially notified of the awards?</p>
<p>how does national ap scholoar look?</p>
<p>The AP Scholar awards are based on getting at least 3's with some 4's on a certain number of exams. The award is useful if you don't have the College Board send the AP scores to the colleges. Then, the award is a way to show that you took the exams without telling them exactly what you got. </p>
<p>I don't think they really care that much about the AP scores anyway. The AP courses in a lot of schools don't live up to their name. An AP course at a top high school is probably close to being a college course, but the AP courses are the top topic of public education now and are being taught everywhere. At my local high school, the principal got a school award for increasing the number of exams being taken by the students, but over 80% of the scores are 3 or below. A bad high school is still bad even if they call their courses AP.</p>
<p>Yeah, not to put anyone down with what I said earlier. The reasoning is that it's just not a very unique award, unless it's like the National AP Scholar. Not that many people get that level by junior year. I said it "isn't that big of a deal" because it's not too rare to get Distinction considering that AP classes are prevalent and the requirement isn't too tough. You want to make your application stand out with unique and outstanding awards. The Siemans award looks VERY excellent, for example, in the category for AP recognition.</p>
<p>Also, your AP scores may already be a part of the application. Not only that, the space available for awards listing may be limited as well -- so an AP Scholar w/ Distinction or below shouldn't be the priority. Sure put it on if you have nothing else. But again, the rationale is to showcase the awards that are unique and come from different sources -- like your school (to show day-to-day acheivements) and outside sources (like academic competitions) to show your spectacular performance at a prestigious event. That shows that not only that you do well at a particular event, but you're also a great student in the long-term. Of course, don't forget to mention any non-academic awards/honors as well, espcially ones connected to your ECs --- you didn't just sign up for something and BS'ed through it with minimal particiaption and effort. Just my opinion. Worked well for me.</p>
<p>The AP awards are described at:
<a href="http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/article/0,,150-157-0-2057,00.html%5B/url%5D">http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/article/0,,150-157-0-2057,00.html</a></p>
<p>What if I receive AP Scholar with Distinction and I only report 4 grades to them. Would they be suspicious and doubt my award is real?</p>
<p>This is getting too involved. They might see it, and it might even raise a red flag, but this is not a Top Secret security check. I think Harvard gets 15000 applications a year. A school will have typically have two readers go through everything. Each one of them probably looks at it for less than an hour. Based on their recommendations, it becomes either an auto-admit, an auto-deny, or it goes to the adcom committee where they spend maybe five minutes on it. Different colleges do it differently, but this is the flavor of the process.</p>
<p>You should do whatever you are comfortable with. If you are not comfortable with it, then you are just going to worry about it, and that isn't worth it. The little stuff like this isn't going to be a deciding factor anyway.</p>
<p>Are international students eligible for the AP Scholar awards??</p>