<p>On collegeboard, it says so:
National AP Scholar
Granted to students in the United States who receive an average score of at least 4 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams.</p>
<p>My question is: Are all AP Exams taken in the same year? or can be in different year?
Also, can college freshmen take AP exams to waive some credits?</p>
<p>They can be from different years. I took one exam freshman year, one sophomore year, and six junior year, and will meet the qualifications for National AP Scholar. Also, some colleges accept scores of 4 or 5, or maybe even 3, for college credit. These exams have to be taken during high school, though.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info!
Does CollegeBoard actually send paper certificates or something? When? In the summer after high school graduation?</p>
<p>I’m not sure yet, as I have not yet gotten such a certificate. I think you receive notification of the award the summer when you get your AP exam scores back and qualify for the award.</p>
<p>According to the collegeboard, AP Scholar award: Granted to students who receive scores of 3 or higher on three or more AP Exams.</p>
<p>I took 3 AP exams and got all 5s. I received the AP score report yesterday, but no award is mentioned.</p>
<p>The awards usually come in the fall with a certificate. </p>
<p>Here’s a quote from the [College</a> Board site](<a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>Qualifying for an AP Scholar Award – AP Students | College Board):
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<p>is it a certificate to home? or school?</p>
<p>I just found more specific information from another page from the College Board site. The awards usually come in October and are sent to students and schools.</p>
<p>From [the</a> College Board](<a href=“http://professionals.collegeboard.com/k-12/awards/ap-scholar]the”>AP Scholar Awards – AP Central | College Board) website:
[AP</a> Scholar Awards](<a href=“http://professionals.collegeboard.com/k-12/awards/ap-scholar]AP”>AP Scholar Awards – AP Central | College Board)</p>
<p>This year I will qualify for the AP Scholar with Honors award. Hopefully next year I will meet the requirements for the National AP Scholar award. 4 more APs to go!</p>
<p>Do these honors have any particular weight in admissions? Are they really, really good or just nice?</p>
<p>Very little impact on admissions since they already can see your AP scores (since you self-report) and AP scores are not really used in admissions.</p>
<p>^I agree.</p>
<p>As it is, AP scores in general don’t hold much weight in admissions, so I doubt that the awards hold any special weight. They’re certainly nice to have, though.</p>
<p>I have a friend who took:</p>
<p>AP Chem, AP U.S. History, and AP English - 5,4,5 respectively.
Next year he is taking 4 APs (AP Calc AB, AP Physics B, AP Comp Gov, and AP English).</p>
<p>Is it worth it to take another AP so she has a chance to receive National AP Scholar Award or is the award meaningless?</p>
<p>@AvidStudent - If your friend is a motivated student, she should self-study an AP to earn the award. Also, I would not say the award is meaningless, per se, as it is an award on the national level, as the name implies.</p>
<p>Well she wouldn’t have to self-study she could add AP Psych, AP Stat, AP Environmental Science, AP Art History, or AP Biology to her courses. The issue is she wants to know if the award holds any true value.</p>
<p>She’s already getting recruited by a few top LACs (she wants to go to a LAC) for volleyball and swimming so adding another AP won’t really help her in the admissions process.</p>
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There’s your answer. Having another AP class the AP National Scholar Award will make a negligible difference in admissions</p>
<p>In that case, she should just sign up for the course she has the most interest in. Really, it all comes down to what one is interested in learning. She should not take a course solely for the purpose of earning an award.</p>
<p>In my opinion, “National AP Scholar” is worth to mention in your future resume. When you look for intern opportunities in college.</p>
<p>I desired National AP Scholar status only because the National AP Scholars at my school get their picture on a wall :)</p>
<p>^Oh nice, no such luck at my school; in fact, I doubt anyone from my school has ever gotten National AP Scholar. Despite offering a majority of the APs, my school doesn’t give much room for students to get anywhere near 8 APs by the end of Junior Year. I plan to be one of the first to achieve it (through self-studying some). :)</p>