<p>Anyone out there that has taken APs and have done college app, do you know if it's legite to write AP scholar under honors if you've taken 3 APs that you have done well in? Or is it like u must take atleast 8 APs where you score 4s and 5s. ?: kinda confused on this topic b/c I just read some threads and I thought that maybe I could qualify for this distinction.</p>
<p>AP scholar is 3 scores of 3 or above</p>
<p>If you’ve received an AP Scholar award from the College Board, don’t hesitate to put it in on your application.</p>
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You don’t have to take 8 APs to qualify for an AP Scholar award. The minimum that you need is 3. Perhaps this link from the College Board can help clarify things for you: <a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools;
<p>Definitely include AP Scholar in your awards and honors section. Also have your AP scores sent directly (it’s $10 a college and can only be done over the phone, not online yet like the SAT scores).</p>
<p>^Don’t bother with having AP scores sent. It really doesn’t affect admissions that much at all. They want to see that you have taken AP classes, which will be on your transcript. Just get the scores sent for free when you take AP exams in May. </p>
<p>Also, to preempt anyone who will argue that AP has a major impact on admissions:</p>
<p>Colleges use the SAT II to test subject knowledge for admissions for two reasons. 1st, the College Board advises non-seniors not to send AP scores, so the vast majority of applicants will not have official AP scores with the college. 2nd, the curve on AP is too large and the scale not descriptive enough.</p>
<p>Since UNC doesn’t really care about the SAT II at all, they aren’t going to care about AP scores for admissions.</p>
<p>AP is only used for placement, where it really helps. If you are a BA a 5 on the AP Bio exam exempts you from all science.</p>
<p>Tony, I’ve got to disagree. It can have a huge impact on decisions, both ways. It is one thing to take the classes, but the quality of the classes varies from school to school. Although the curve for the tests can be huge, having good scores, especially a majority of 4s and 5s can be really helpful for your admissions chances. It demonstrates that you have both taken challenging courses, and mastered the material, at least by the test’s definitions. Really the only time I would recommend not sending the scores in is if you didn’t do so well on the tests.</p>
<p>^I agree. AP exams are a good indicator of how well the AP classes are in your school or how well you’ve mastered the material.
Yeah, an admissions officer at Carolina told us it’s generally good to report scores of 3 or higher.</p>
<p>cool, thanks guys.</p>
<p>My point is that a good majority of applicants at most major colleges likely haven’t sent in AP scores, because the College Board, in the material that is read during AP exams, actively discourages students who are not seniors from reporting scores. </p>
<p>If you score great on the AP exams, thats fine, and it may help you a bit, but the SAT II is the engine that colleges use to gage mastery of subject material. UNC does not require the SAT II to be taken, so not sending in the SAT II or AP scores that one has will likely not affect you much. </p>
<p>To me, it is not worth it to spend $10 on something that is completely optional, and that most of your peers will not have sent.</p>
<p>If you sent them at the end of your junior year, great and more power to you if you scored really well. If you didn’t score that well, there are plenty of Freshmen at UNC with 1s and 2s, it may hurt you a bit, but don’t worry that much over it.</p>