AP National Scholar Confusion

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<p>Hey,
This question might have been answered in the past, but most of the threads I've seen about this question have conflicting answers.
For the AP National Scholar Award, 4's on all your exams aren't necessary are they?
The description on the score report says "Granted to students in the United States who receive an AVERAGE grade of at least 4 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 4 or more on eight or more of these exams."
So this means that a 3 (my stupidly-winged Human Geo) won't screw up my chances of getting this award when I got a 4 on Enviro, 5 on Psych, and 4 on AP Physics C (very surprising to me) and I manage to get all 5s on my 6 AP exams next year (something to work hard toward =/ )? Seeing as not all 4s on all your exams isn't necessary?</p>

<p>P.S. I realize this award doesn't really mean anything, but the APs I'm taking are actually out of interest, aside from Physics, but this award would be a nice little bonus after all the hard hours I've been taking it roughly in the behind from CB.</p>

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<p>You don’t need all 5s next year.</p>

<p>To get the award, you need eight 4s and 5s, and the average has to be 4+. Since your Psych cancels out your Human Geo, your average is already 4. You could get all 4s next year and get the award. Or you could get a 3, a 5, and the rest 4s. Since you already have three 4+s, you only need five 4+s next year.</p>

<p>So, no, a <4 doesn’t kill your chances at National AP Scholar. Theoretically, one could get a 1, a 2, and eight 5s and still be well above the 4 average required.</p>

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<p>Thank you, that was very concise and helpful.</p>