<p>Help guys!</p>
<p>I was just looking through this old thread and I saw that alot of people don't consider National AP Scholar as such an honor. Does this mean that it's not going to help much if you apply to an ivy???</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>It' only prestigious if you get if before senior year.</p>
<p>Each year, only 500 or so juniors get National AP Scholar.</p>
<p>^and I bet all of them are on college confidential</p>
<p>what do you need to get it again?</p>
<p>8 AP's, all with 4's or higher.</p>
<p>While I know that National AP Scholar should exist... it frustrates me nonetheless because many juniors don't even have the opportunity to take 8 AP's junior year. I know that I don't. =(</p>
<p>Haha at our school, the maximum possible AP classes you can take by end of junior year is probably 3 - AP Gov, AP Comp Pol, AP Chem (or AP Bio). 5 self-study APs anyone? I don't think anyone in the history of our 40 or so year old public high school has gotten National AP Scholar before senior year.</p>
<p>Is that award (before senior year) really that prestigious, prestigious enough to spend time learning APs by yourself (note: learning 5 of them to be specific)?</p>
<p>Ooooohhh... Thanks guys!</p>
<p>That's good 'cause I would have taken 9 APs by my Junior Year. :) I'm sure I can get it. I was so worried that it wasn't worth much!!!!</p>
<p>^^And you're self-studying like 5 of those, right?</p>
<p>Distance learning courses exist for all AP tests. </p>
<p>The exact standard for the AP National Scholar award is </p>
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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.
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<p><a href="http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/scholarawards.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/scholarawards.html</a> </p>
<p>It's possible to see statistics about how many students reached the various award levels. </p>
<p>Lol no.... Fortunately, my school let me take 2 APs sophomore year and 6 more on Junior Year plus 1 more during the summer in an online school. :)</p>
<p>^lol....that's almost exactly what I did last year, except I only took 1 AP sophomore year because the AP Env. Science teacher sucks and I knew I would fail. Luckily, she got replaced for my Junior year :P</p>
<p>at my school i was able to take 1 freshman year, 3 sophomore year, and i will take 5 junior year plus 2 extra online.</p>
<p>^^^ I wonder what makes us be such overachievers?</p>
<p>Um....there's something in the water supply?</p>
<p>The only reason I want the award is for recognition during the senior awards ceremony. Don't worry - I'm not that obsessive over it. But it would be...nice. Plus I'm still waiting on a late score before I know whether or not I got it.</p>
<p>The benefits of block scheduling are more APs to take and the better chance to get the award :)</p>
<p>well i wont get it cuz i'd only have taken 7</p>
<p>Sorry, but there was no way that I would have ever self-studied 5 AP classes last year =P</p>
<p>You're only technically supposed to take two AP classes max freshman year (AP US and AP Bio/Chem) but I took AP Envi Sci as an elective.</p>
<p>At my school you can't even take an AP until your Junior year... it is a joke.</p>