<p>The AP State Scholar is kind of not fair, people in California who take like 20 still can't get it just because there are two people who take like 25. And in Wyoming, you just need like 10 or something? You know what, collegeboard should have an award for top 50 or 100 nationwide rather than the state scholar.</p>
<p>lol stop complaining. ill have taken like 19 or 20 exams and im not even the top for my school, let only state...</p>
<p>It doesn't really matter because you don't get any money for being the state scholar anyway. Besides, many of the winners don't even find out until they've already started college. My son learned in fall of his freshman year in college. Nothing ever came of his getting the award.</p>
<p>I'm in California and I'm somehow aiming for that, let's say if I get that, I know I can't put it on my college apps and other important stuffs nor I can get any money or recognition for that. But is it good to brag about it in college? People may think I'm smart or something.
My plan is to take at least 20, if I think it's worth trying, I'll take more. Give some advice!</p>
<p>To me as a parent, it doesn't make sense to take a whole slew of these exams "just for the sake of taking them." S self-studied for two & got 5s in them, as well as all the APs he took in connection with courses he was taking. Taking all those exams in the 7 or so days was pretty mentally exhausting & wiped him out physically for some days afterwards, so your personal mental & physical stamina are worth considering in choosing whether to take many exams.</p>
<p>Another factor is that each exam costs some money & many Us have a maximum # of credits they'll award for AP test scores. You may wish to see what the policies are for the schools you're considering.</p>
<p>One more point is to see whether your school will even allow you to take exams for courses you haven't taken. S had to discuss the matter with the school registrar--he was probably the 1st kid in the school to take exams on subjects the school didn't even offer.</p>
<p>Yeah...seriously...what's the big whoop in taking so many AP Exams? I'll have taken like 13 by graduation...but all are ones i wanted to take, and i learned the material so yeah. there really doesn't seem to be any point in taking AP Tests just to get State Scholar. You're just providing College Board more profit lol :)</p>
<p>Hey everyone, </p>
<p>On the College Board website, I read the following:</p>
<p>“The Calculus AB subscore, Music Theory aural subscore and Music Theory nonaural subscore grades are not used in the award calculations [for state and nat’l AP scholars, etc].”</p>
<p>Does this mean that AB Calculus and Music Theory are not counted at all for state and nat’l AP scholar awards? I am really confused …
Could you please let me know what the College Board means by this?</p>
<p>Thank you. :)</p>
<p>cellist236: The composite score for Calc AB and Music theory is still counted for these awards. However, the AB subscore of the Calc BC test is not counted, nor are the aural and nonaural subscores for theory.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t say ‘nothing’ ever came of his award. Yes, it didn’t help with college applications but awards are to recognize what you’ve done, not JUST help you acheive more great things. He was named, basically, the Top AP scorer in your state. Pretty impressive and gratifying, if nothing else. Even if you don’t buy that, it will help for graduate admissions or internships.</p>
<p>I sure hope I get AP state scholar in Oregon this year… For some reason I’d really like that award sophomore, junior, and senior year. Probably won’t help me in admissions, but it would be nice to be recognized as first in state for something.</p>
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<p>Yeah that would be cool. Too bad I can’t get this.</p>
<p>Yeah 
You could get the international award though, that would be nice.</p>
<p>I can’t. Not because I won’t have enough exams, but because I’m not studying in an American international school.</p>
<p>Oh, I didn’t know that was a requirement, doesn’t really seem fair :/</p>
<p>Yeah, I was kind of sad when I read that requirement.</p>
<p>Anyway, do you still want to know about ISEF? I saw that you created a thread in HSL which nobody replied to. ):</p>
<p>anyone in the Texas class of 2011 plan on/know anyone planning on taking more than 20 lol? I’d like to know how many I’d have to self study :p</p>
<p>I’m in Texas, but I’m not planning on taking 20+ APs (of for god’s sake, why would you do that to yourself?) nor am I in the class of 2011. However I did know 3 people in the class of 2009 who did take 20+ APs…</p>
<p>aw man 
what school? and do you know any more taking that many in the class of 2011?</p>
<p>Bellaire High School, Houston (technically Bellaire), Texas. The majority of the top 10% students here take around 10+ AP’s prior to graduation, although there may be some (crazy) kids who’re willing to take 20+ AP’s.</p>
<p>oh ha I could’ve guessed that. I’m in the Cy-Fair area. I’d appreciate a heads up if you find out about anyone doing 20+ APs ;p haha</p>