<p>I've been hearing about this a lot, and I was wondering...what and how exactly can one become a national or state AP scholar?</p>
<p>google it.</p>
<p>wow, THANKS? </p>
<p>for anyone else who was curious [taken from the AP website]:
AP Scholar Awards
The AP Program offers several AP Scholar Awards to recognize high school students who have demonstrated college-level achievement through AP courses and exams. Although there is no monetary award, in addition to receiving an award certificate, this achievement is acknowledged on any AP Grade Report that is sent to colleges the following fall.</p>
<p>Award Levels
AP Scholar
Granted to students who receive grades of 3 or higher on three or more AP Exams.</p>
<p>AP Scholar with Honor
Granted to students who receive an average grade of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams.</p>
<p>AP Scholar with Distinction
Granted to students who receive an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams.</p>
<p>State AP Scholar
Granted to the one male and one female student in each U.S. state and the District of Columbia with grades of 3 or higher on the greatest number of AP Exams, and then the highest average grade (at least 3.5) on all AP Exams taken.</p>
<p>National AP Scholar
Granted to students in the United States who receive an average grade of at least 4 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams.</p>
<p>National AP Scholar (Canada)
Granted to students in Canada who receive an average grade of at least 4 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 4 or higher on five or more of these exams.</p>
<p>National AP Scholar (Bermuda)
Granted to students in Bermuda who receive an average grade of at least 4 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 4 or higher on five or more of these exams.</p>
<p>DoDEA AP Scholar
Granted to the one male and one female student attending Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) schools with the highest average grade on the greatest number of AP Exams. The minimum requirement is a grade of 3 or higher on three exams.</p>
<p>International AP Scholar
Granted to the one male and one female student attending a school outside the United States and Canada that is not a DoDEA school with the highest average grade on the greatest number of AP Exams. The minimum requirement is a grade of 3 or higher on three exams.</p>
<p>I’m going for Nat’l Scholar after junior year, which is decent I guess. Let’s hope I make it :)</p>
<p>@member - I’m sooooo close; I took 3 this year as a sophomore and I’m taking 4 next year ):</p>
<p>Oh well.</p>
<p>Yeah I took 3 as a soph and 6 now lol</p>
<p>Aiming for HYSPM?</p>
<p>This “award” isn’t that significant.</p>
<p>It is if you get it by junior year so you can put it on applications</p>
<p>Aiming for Oxford 
(and APs are really big on their apps)
And maybe HYP (not S lol)</p>
<p>Guys, it really isn’t the amount of AP’s that you take. If you’re taking AP’s just so you can put them on college apps, is it worth it? There was this post a while back about having a lot of AP’s.</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/97255-whoever-has-most-aps-wins.html?highlight=ap’s+wins[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/97255-whoever-has-most-aps-wins.html?highlight=ap’s+wins</a></p>
<p>Would you have to include tests that you’ve retaken when it comes to consideration for AP scholar? If so, could I not just cancel the bad score I got from last year, to improve my AP scoring record?</p>
<p>Haha these awards just seem like a cheap way for College Board to earn money.
They’re pretty much like, “Take as many $86 tests as you possibly can so you can earn an award that has no major significance!”</p>
<p>Around 600 juniors become National AP Scholars, nationally. That is definitely something different, although not a huge deal.</p>
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not really. sat I / II’s seemed to override ap scores in admission decisions for me…</p>
<p>English schools for the win :)</p>