<p>So I qualified for National AP Scholar (yay!).
Anyways, for those of you who have already been through this, when does the College Board officially recognize you as one and send you your certificates?
Thanks.</p>
<p>Lit-4 (darn, I got a 5 on lang…grrr, mc screwed me over)
Bio-5
US Gov-5
Comp Gov-5 (surprise 
)</p>
<p>Past:
Lang-5
US-5
Psych-5
World-4</p>
<p>6 5s and 2 4s
Wooohoo, National AP scholar…even though that means nothing hahah</p>
<p>Yes, when will they officially recognize you? I received 5 3s and 1 1 (lol, took this one for fun). I will be receiving the AP Scholar award, right? Even with my one?</p>
<p>^No… You need at least 8 5s or 4s to get National AP Scholar.</p>
<p>Yes, when do you get your certificate? I qualified to be an AP scholar today.</p>
<p>bigdream: wcclirl is correct that you need at least 8 4+'s to be a national AP scholar, but you still qualify to be an AP Scholar (Granted to students who receive scores of 3 or higher on three or more AP Exams). see [AP:</a> Scholar Awards](<a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>Qualifying for an AP Scholar Award – AP Students | College Board).</p>
<p>@mandiej and @wcclirl I know. I was asking about the AP Scholar award, not the National AP Scholar one. So I’ll still qualify for AP Scholar. Thanks!</p>
<p>yep you are :)</p>
<p>AP Scholar with Honors… as a Freshman.</p>
<p>There’s no certificate for normal/honors/distinction – it just appears on your score report. I’m not sure about the other ones.</p>
<p>Lies. There is a certificate normal/honors/distinction. It should arrive in the mail in early August. That’s when I received mine last year.</p>
<p>They send the score report and the certificate separately right? With the score report coming first?</p>
<p>My memory’s kind of scrambling right now, but I think they do send you something in the mail. Your school finds out around the same time as when they find out about NMS.</p>
<p>You’ll get your score report in a week or so, which won’t say anything about the award. Then you get the certificate in early to mid August. Your score report next year should mention the award somewhere.</p>
<p>I thought that they put it on your score report, before mailing you the award.</p>
<p>Hey stupid question but so confused. So I have taken a few APs more than once and have gotten different scores each time I took them. So how do they add up the average for the awards? Do they take your most recent one or add all of them?</p>
<p>Notes about AP Scholar Awards</p>
<pre><code>There are two steps to calculating the awards:
The student’s average AP score is determined based on all exams taken this year and in previous years.
The student’s exam scores are checked to see which ones count toward the various AP Scholar Awards.
A student must meet all criteria to be eligible. For example, a student who has a 3.25 AP score average but only received a 3 or higher on three exams will not receive the AP Scholar with Honor Award because the minimum requirement is a score of 3 or higher on four or more exams.
Exams taken multiple times only count once; the highest score will be used for the award calculation.
The Calculus AB subscore, Music Theory aural subscore, and Music Theory nonaural subscore are not used in the AP Scholar Award calculations.
The AP Scholar Awards are academic distinctions that students may cite among their credentials on applications, resumes, and so on. Students do not receive any monetary award from the College Board.
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<p>Just to clarify, if I was shooting for National AP, average 4 with 8 AP’s being a score of 4 or more, and I took 4 this year and plan to take 4 next year, and get a 3 on one of my exams, does that erase my chances of getting the award, or will I just have to take 5 or more next year to make up for one bad score?</p>
<p>You need 8 scores of 4 or better and an average score of 4 so if you take 9 tests and one is a 3, at least one needs to be a 5.</p>
<p>My son has 6 4s and 1 3 after his sophomore year. I don’t think he’ll have a hard time getting 2 more 4s next year but I don’t know if he can manage a 5. He would be taking macroecon and comp sci, maybe Chinese. His 3 is in environmental science which is worthless for college credit anyway. Do you think he should just ask to have that score removed from his record so that he only has to aim for two more 4s?</p>
<p>Kinda late for this answer but here it is. If S thinks striving for 4’s is the way to go, then yes, canceling that ES test makes sense to receive the National AP distinction BUT don’t let him get all worked up about the distinction certificate. </p>
<p>He has taken many AP’s and that is what the colleges will look at. As a Junior this fall, the distinction will be available to him to report to colleges and it sure can’t hurt (different story if he was a Senior!) If he is looking at top 20 (and now even some top 50) schools, there will be many students in his situation and the number of AP’s becomes more critical based on the average number that students from his high school take over their 3 or 4 years. If he is extremely involved in an outside activity that is his passion, then it is less critical.</p>
<p>As a side note - at Senior awards night this past spring, I noticed only 3 students had listed their AP distinctions under their awards/achievements (even my own S didn’t list his). We had 30-40% of the student body (out of a grad class of 425) taking AP’s. </p>
<p>It just feels like everyone is taking so many AP’s that they have become the norm and are really just reported to put the student on a level playing field with admissions. When my D graduated 3 years ago from hs - all the kids listed their AP distinctions that had received them.</p>
<p>Good luck :)</p>