<p>I'm an AP Scholar with Distinction.</p>
<p>and for some reason, i don't really care.</p>
<p>Same, scholar with distinction. It means nothing though as it's already redundant with the AP's you take.</p>
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<p>I wonder about that, too. I get tons of letters/magazines that belongs to my neighbors. But my neighbors don't ever seem to get my mails (except this AP award thing).</p>
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<p>Physics C counts as TWO exams because you pay and take TWO exams. With AP Calculus BC, on the other hand, you pay for ONE exam and take ONE exam, even though it's broken up into two section such that you receive a subscore for the AB portion of the test. I guess this is so you'd get some credit it you, say, got a 4-5 on the AB subscore but only a 1-2 on the BC section.</p>
<p>hmm, if i take calc ab one year and calc bc the next, would both of them count towards it?</p>
<p>i ask because a friend of my took 9 tests in the last two years and got 4 5s, 4 4s, and a 3. He got distinction and not national, and if you assume that they really mean an average of a 4 on all tests, then the 3 is irrelevant. but in this case, one of his tests didnt count. he took calc ab and then calc bc, so im wondering if this makes a difference at all?</p>
<p>The wording of the award criteria is "all tests taken," but it would be interesting to hear about all the odd cases we know about. </p>
<p>How many people are still waiting for award certificates this year?</p>
<p>I think the schools in VA have been notified, because D's school posted a "Congratulations AP Scholars" on the billboard outside. Six (yup, only 6) in a senior class of over 400. Sad.</p>
<p>My daughter's letter says: "On the basis of your AP achievements, you have earned the designation of
AP Scholar with Distinction
National AP Scholar"</p>
<p>If she is a National AP Scholar (which she is, based on her scores), isn't it redundant to say she is an AP Scholar with Distinction? Aren't all National AP Scholars also Scholars with Distinction?</p>
<p>My oldest son's AP scholar with distinction award for 2008 arrived in today's mail (Monday 20 October 2008) in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. I see the mail was sent in a large manila envelope, presorted first class, but I don't see a postmark date. I think the awards came out earlier last year. </p>
<p>Both years the award certificate came with a sheet explaining the criteria for each award. This year the sheet includes a new sentence, "Exams taken multiple times only count once; the highest grade will be used in the award calculation." So if you do a retake of the same AP test, you don't add a new number to the denominator of the fraction that determines your average, but you do (if you score higher) improve the numerator. That sentence would also mean you wouldn't increase your count of total tests taken (relevant for several of the AP scholar awards) by taking the same test in a retake.</p>
<p>For reference for people reading this thread, here's a link to the 2007 report on AP scholar awards by state and by school grade of the students the year they tested. </p>
<p>(This is an .XLS spreadsheet file, which may or may not open in your Web browser.) </p>
<p>A comparable file for 2008 should be posted after a while.</p>
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It means nothing though as it's already redundant with the AP's you take.
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<p>Not if you're out for concluding eight years of personal revenge. ;)</p>
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If she is a National AP Scholar (which she is, based on her scores), isn't it redundant to say she is an AP Scholar with Distinction? Aren't all National AP Scholars also Scholars with Distinction?
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<p>I think the annual award notification letters just list every threshold that that test-taker has cleared in the last year. I haven't played with numerical scenarios to see if there is any possible way to be an AP National Scholar without also being an AP Scholar with Distinction, but each award has its own rules.</p>
<p>got mine on sunday in ca</p>
<p>I got my ap scholar w/ distinction today in hawaii.</p>
<p>That is so depressing. Maryland had 51 National Scholars who were juniors. Why can't I live in a less over achieving state =/ ?</p>