Is National AP Scholar really that big of it deal?

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<p>“epic fail”?? A bit overstated, I think.</p>

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<p>oh well its good to know that im one of the 1000 rising seniors, even tho my scores suck</p>

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<p>There are about 876 ap national scholars(rising seniors) in the entire nation in 2008. In SC, there were only 4. I am a rising senior in SC, took a total of 9 aps by junior year and got all 5s. So, I will be one of the 4 or 5 ap national scholars in 2009(rising seniors). I hope it will look good in my resume(other stats sat 2330, sat2 2380, act 35, rank 1/396, plenty of science and math awards regional and few national). I hope this ap national scholar award will also help me. Aiming for Yale SCEA. Not bragging but just revealing the facts.</p>

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<p>I assume Calc AB and Calc BC count as two separate tests. Is this correct?</p>

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<p>Yes, unless you’re referring to the AB subscore of the BC test, in which case no.</p>

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<p>The only three kids from my school to get into HYPS were also the only three National AP scholars (prior to senior year) in our year.</p>

<p>I think it helps.</p>

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<p>That’s good eating food. I’m really looking at Stanford right now.</p>

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<p>Quick question, where would it say on your report if you’re an AP Scholar with Honor? Because I took 3 APs this year and 1 last year, and my grades qualify…</p>

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<p>when do you know that you are a national AP scholar? cuz this year, i took 6 AP tests, plus the year before i took two, i got 5s on all of them, cept one 4, so does that mean i am a national AP scholar?</p>

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<p>Can someone point me to the link that has the # of rising seniors who have reached National AP Scholar status? Have been looking but not finding…</p>

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<p>You’ll get a letter and certificate around September for the AP awards. And somewhere on here is a link to the number of kids receiving awards from each state but I don’t know where it is</p>

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<p>Found the link:
<a href=“http://professionals.collegeboard.com/k-12/awards/ap-scholar[/url]”>Higher Education Professionals | College Board;
Spreadsheet for 2008:
<a href=“http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/2008_AP_Scholar_Counts.xls[/url]”>Higher Education Professionals | College Board;

<p>Was able to show S that this was indeed a non-trivial accomplishment.</p>

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<p>MightnightBlue: it would be under your awards and honors. In the Common App, it’s under Honors under Academics.</p>

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<p>CountingDown - I am looking at your second link and having trouble understanding it.
Let’s look at Alabama, 10th grade, it says 4. Does it mean 4 people have achieved AP Scholar status by 10th grade? If yes, the numbers really do no add up. Help please…</p>

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<p>Well, I come from a rural school in NE that offers a total of 7 APs…and you dont start taking them till junior year. Basically, the most rigorious schedule includes 3 APs junior year and 4 APs senior year. So, for me, it is almost impossible to be a national AP scholar because you can only self-study so many APs. However, in schools with 20 APs…national AP scholar is probably almost expected.</p>

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<p>Kelowna, yes, by that chart, 4 kids in Alabama were AP National Scholars by the end of 10th grade.</p>

<p>Unfortunately, there are not totals by category for each grade. I did total up all of the 11th grade National Scholars for all the states and there were 836 kids.</p>

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<p>You won’t be notified of the awards you earned this year until sometime in the fall, probably in September.</p>

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<p>Good to know, thanks!</p>