<p>how much does being a national AP scholar help in the college admission process?</p>
<p>Any type of AP recoginition is like a prereq for Ivys and top-tier schools.</p>
<p>"Any type of AP recoginition is like a prereq for Ivys and top-tier schools."</p>
<p>Not really. Many people who don't take APs (because their schools don't offer them) get into HYPSM. </p>
<p>I would imagine National AP Scholar helps, but not significantly. Probably a little more important than being a National Merit Semi, but it is not a hook or anything of the sort. It will not be a substitute for having committed extra-curriculars, nor will it mean "guaranteed acceptance," probably, "very very slightly better chances of acceptance." It probably just reiterates the fact that you took lots of AP classes - a challenging curriculum at your hs & that's it (which is important, but considered separately from Honors and Awards, which is where I'd imagine u'd put this).</p>
<p>yeh I couldnt take alot of aps before senior yr so I only had 1 ap. However, senior yr, I had 6 and got into Cornell, among others. I dont see any key recognition with ap national scholar as people who take the easiest aps can still get it (env, stat, psych). Nonetheless, it can only help ur app.</p>
<p>I'm going for it =)</p>
<p>It would be great to show that you took 8 before senior year, and my APs are not easy... 2 calcs, stats, english language, world history, us history, spanish, chemistry, computer programming... I believe getting the award is good but having hard classes (and 5's) for those categories would help also.</p>
<p>can you put awards that are not related to school in the Awards and Honors section in the application?</p>
<p>What if i had too many awards and are not able to list all of them in the space provided?</p>
<p>jason -- i'd put "additional honors and awards on attached sheet" and then attach a seperate sheet to your application. just put at the top "additional honors and awards"; as long as you keep it down to one or two pages, it shouldn't be a problem. most college application FAQ pages will also confirm this, so you could definitely check those for the colleges you're applying to to make sure. hope that's helpful!!</p>
<p>I don't understand how that helps, because you only get AP national scholar for AP's, so wouldn't colleges already see your scores on AP tests anyways?</p>
<p>what do are the requirements to get AP national scholar?</p>
<p>how many people get this honor every year?</p>
<p>Also, how about AP state scholar? There's only 1 of those from each state every year so it seems more impressive. Here are the requirements for both</p>
<p>AP State Scholar
Granted to the one male and one female student in each U.S. state and the District of Columbia with grades of 3 or higher on the greatest number of AP Exams and then the highest average grade (at least 3.5) on all AP Exams taken.</p>
<p>National AP Scholar
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 higher on eight or more of these exams. </p>
<p>There were 7352 national AP scholars in 2005 but only 106 state scholars</p>
<p>Does anyone know how many AP's it usually takes to win the state scholar award?</p>
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Deponds on the state. You could probably not even be a national AP scholar and qualify in a small state like Wyoming. You would need to have fives on a very large number of AP exams to qualify in a state like New Jersey.</p>
<p>"Does anyone know how many AP's it usually takes to win the state scholar award?"</p>
<p>I think it was 17 AP's in Texas last year, with an average of 4.8 or something like that.</p>
<p>Of course, Texas is a larger state than most; smaller states won't probably be that high.</p>
<p>In PA the girl's one last year was 15 or 16 and 5.0, I believe; one of my friends got it. It's quite insane and is usually won by a homeschooler.</p>
<p>National scholar is much more feasible for juniors, I believe.</p>