<p>I have taken 5 APs over my sophomore and junior year, and i have an average of 4.8, meaning that i will get the ap scholar with distinction award.</p>
<p>is this award common for incoming seniors? will it help me for college admissions at the top schools at all?</p>
<p>Typically, the AP Scholar Awards are just something to brag about. I got it as an incoming senior, and didn't use it at all in any of my college apps. I don't know about common, but it know around 20% of my school gets this as an incoming senior.</p>
<p>to the op: it will definitely help you, considering the vast majority of applicants do not that ap scholar wth distinction, or even ap scholar. definitely list it in your awards</p>
<p>gator, if 20% of your school gets it before senior year, you go to a very competitive school</p>
<p>Does it help if you're the ONLY one from your school with the award?</p>
<p>Well, my school has IB, plus it ranks #3 on Newsweek this year. Although I despise those rankings, it does say my school offers a lot of AP/IB exams. </p>
<p>Yeah, we're pretty much forced into APs once we become sophomores (everyone takes AP Euro as a soph), and this year my school is forcing all freshmen into AP world...</p>
<p>If you went to my school now, you'd be forced into 8 APs if you weren't in IB (Euro, US History, Stats/Calc, World, US Gov, Macro, English Lit and English Lang) and around 7 if you're in IB (USH, Euro, World, both Englishes, Foreign Language, and Bio/Chem/Physics)</p>
<p>prankityclankity: I don't think so, as there's no way a college would know be able to verify this, but being an AP Scholar with Distinction by itself could help.</p>