<p>icooufoo69: I took four APs as a sophmore and thought that was a pretty big deal at my school. wow...</p>
<p>If the National AP Scholar thing matters before ur senior year, wut do u get? is it an award or just like a label, and how do colleges know if you are one? Does it help hook colleges to u?</p>
<p>So how big of a deal is getting 10 - 12 5s ( and nothing lower) aka a 1.000 "5" percentage?</p>
<p>none of this matters when you actually get to college...</p>
<p>^that's why I think of the "advantages" as nothing more than perks.</p>
<p>based on that excel link, the AP Scholar w/ Honor is less recieved than w/ Distinction. however, ap scholar w/ distinction is the better award (harder criteria). i dont get it.</p>
<p>be one of the 3 or 4 kids who gets the national scholar BEFORE their junior year... insane</p>
<p>That's why I think AP National Scholar should be bigger than National Merit Finalist. A lot less people get Ap National Scholar before Senior Year.</p>
<p>lol but most people who get AP national scholar get national merit finalist too so it cancels out in the end.</p>
<p>But yeah I agree, being top 500 nationally is big any way you slice it.</p>
<p>According to the link from mcmom, 8505/247959 people who took an AP exam last year were named National AP Scholars. That's the top 3.43% of the people who took AP exams last year, so I think it should be a pretty big honor for people who get it their sophomore and junior years.</p>
<p>I think they should have a "Super National AP Scholar".</p>
<p>Super National AP Scholar
Granted to students in the United States who receive an average grade of at least 4.750 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 5 or higher on eight or more of these exams.</p>
<p>I still think eight is a fair amount of exams, but I think they should raise the bar to 5's.</p>
<p>Oasis or anyone else - if you're a US citizen but went to an American style/International school for your senior year do you think you could get the National award?</p>
<p>The school was in another country - not the US.</p>
<p>I'm not sure whether you have to be physically located in the States to get the award (I don't think so), but what I've heard is that you need to have gone to school in the States (I'm not sure whether this applies to all 4 years of HS).</p>
<p>I think citizenship has nothing to do with National Scholar because I am a US citizen too, but I'm not eligible for National Scholar (I did qualify for it after my junior year)....but I've gone to school all 4 years of my HS outside of the US (in an American international school too). I think it has to do more with the location of your school, not your citizenship.</p>
<p>I took 3 tests in the US and 6 this year in England. I'll have to call them.</p>