<p>Well, I didn't receive the award physically, but my AP scores qualify me for AP Scholar with honor (three 5s and a 4)</p>
<p>I'm supposed to receive it, but probably there were problems for collegeboard sending it? I should be allowed to put it down for my apps, right?</p>
<p>Seems like sort of a pointless thing to put down to me. It's kind of like saying you got the honor roll at your school. The college can see your GPA, and your AP scores. I don't see how it would be any more helpful than telling them that you got three 5's and 4's, and a 3.9.</p>
<p>And you especially shouldn't put down that you received it, because even though you qualify for it now, that might not be true at the end of your senior year, when you get the award. Getting a 1 or 2 disqualifies you from some of the awards, I think. </p>
<p>Just my opinion, though.</p>
<p>If you believe that you should have received that award, have you tried calling CollegeBoard to see what happened to the mailed notification? </p>
<p>If you did receive it, I don't see how it could hurt your apps to put it down. But I'd contact CB first.</p>
<p>Hmm...</p>
<p>Is there any way to check online? I don't really care about getting the award physically...</p>
<p>are people guaranteed the award once they meet the criteria or are there any other factors?</p>
<p>You can definitely call the College Board and ask. There aren't any factors other than the test scores. I actually called recently because I was puzzled that my youngest child got the certificate but her older sister who had similar scores a few years ago didn't. The person I spoke to was very nice and happy to check on it for me.</p>
<p>i put it down.</p>
<p>but i have a similar question: i will qualify for a higher award after ap tests this year. should i put the award i already have, or put the one i will qualify for?</p>
<p>You can put down only those awards that YOU HAVE ACTUALLY RECEIVED - not those you hope to receive in the future.</p>
<p>Quite frankly, you do not know if you will qualify for a higher award. The AP Scholar awards take into account test scores as well as the total number of tests you take, and you do not know what scores you are going to get. So it would certainly be presumptuous -- as well as dishonest and downright fraudulent -- to claim anything other than what you already have.</p>
<p>If you are 100% sure you qualify, and have the score reports to prove it, then you could put down the appropriate award and "to be announced" while you are getting things straightened out with College Board. That is what my s did before the physical awards were mailed out to begin with. I agree these awards are somewhat pointless, but we have found them helpful in a couple of cases as an alternate way to report AP performance and to show initiative when apps don't give you a chance to list AP scores or self-studied APs otherwise.
Be sure to check all the criteria, though, because some awards require an overall average in addition to a certain number of scores at a certain level.
Sometimes CB gets the awards messed up because scores are listed under 2 different AP numbers or something, but they will fix it if you send them your score reports with a request.
I guess it's theoretically possible that your award level could go down in subsequent years if you do poorly and drag down your average so there's another reason not to report in advance of knowing your actual scores.</p>
<p>Alright, thanks everyone!</p>