College Board National Recognition Awards

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And to just spell out the info re:APs in the last two links, you can either show that you are in the top 10% of the class OR submit 2 or more APs with a score of 3 or better. That’s after getting a qualifying PSAT score. So even folks choosing to use APs have a low bar to clear - colleges very likely do not take away a message that a student “took a lot of APs and did really well on them” from this designation.

Yes, the criteria here are set so that although facially neutral the award will be essentially meaningless for students at affluent suburban high schools, where a majority of the class will qualify based on AP scores, but significant at under-resourced schools where it’s rare to even take two APs by 10th grade.

And that’s fine, but no one has to have taken “a lot” of APs or done particularly well on them, so I doubt colleges would assume they had. It’s not a way to let colleges know about APs without actually listing APs, as a pp suggested.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The award itself isn't necessarily impactful. However, there may be value in listing the award in the honors section of the application, as the award title may indicate that the student is an underrepresented minority by race or ethnicity.

I don't know about the rural one, which covers about half the high schools in the US, many of which are actually suburban.

College Board has gotten rid of the race and ethnicity awards! They recently announced.

I think this is move of a game changer than has been discussed in the news - or here. I saw time and time again, families who seemed perfectly willing to say, "sure" about to the hispanic box to the college board who would not do the same on college applications. "Larlo thinks my mom is Latina! where does he get this stuff??" (um, from when you said, "go ahead and check that box"). and then they were quick to include the Hispanic National Recognition Program Award on the college app, signaling to colleges race when there wasn't any race in fact to signal

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The award itself isn't necessarily impactful. However, there may be value in listing the award in the honors section of the application, as the award title may indicate that the student is an underrepresented minority by race or ethnicity.

I don't know about the rural one, which covers about half the high schools in the US, many of which are actually suburban.

College Board has gotten rid of the race and ethnicity awards! They recently announced.

I think this is move of a game changer than has been discussed in the news - or here. I saw time and time again, families who seemed perfectly willing to say, "sure" about to the hispanic box to the college board who would not do the same on college applications. "Larlo thinks my mom is Latina! where does he get this stuff??" (um, from when you said, "go ahead and check that box"). and then they were quick to include the Hispanic National Recognition Program Award on the college app, signaling to colleges race when there wasn't any race in fact to signal

? You cannot get the Hispanic recognition without at least a grandparent being Hispanic. What are you talking about?

[Anonymous]

It takes just a few minutes to fill out so the kid might as well. Better that than an empty box in the national award section.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The award itself isn't necessarily impactful. However, there may be value in listing the award in the honors section of the application, as the award title may indicate that the student is an underrepresented minority by race or ethnicity.

I don't know about the rural one, which covers about half the high schools in the US, many of which are actually suburban.

College Board has gotten rid of the race and ethnicity awards! They recently announced.

I think this is move of a game changer than has been discussed in the news - or here. I saw time and time again, families who seemed perfectly willing to say, "sure" about to the hispanic box to the college board who would not do the same on college applications. "Larlo thinks my mom is Latina! where does he get this stuff??" (um, from when you said, "go ahead and check that box"). and then they were quick to include the Hispanic National Recognition Program Award on the college app, signaling to colleges race when there wasn't any race in fact to signal

? You cannot get the Hispanic recognition without at least a grandparent being Hispanic. What are you talking about?

it's totally self reported. what are you talking about?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a good shorthand for saying "I took a lot of AP classes and tests and did really well on most of them" if you don't want to list all the scores somewhere else on the app.

While it's possible to get a College Board National Recognition Program award with AP tests, most get the award for their PSAT score.

OP's question is confusing.

College Board has I think two or three awards based on how well you do on your AP tests. I think the highest is AP Honors with Distinction which is an average of 4 or higher on 5+ AP Tests. There are other similar awards. They don't come with any $$$s or any special recognition with colleges.

Then of course there are NMSF or NMF awards for PSAT Tests.

The College Board also recognizes anyone that scores a perfect score on an AP Test. I don't know exactly what they call it...but they definitely send a letter to anyone that achieves this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a good shorthand for saying "I took a lot of AP classes and tests and did really well on most of them" if you don't want to list all the scores somewhere else on the app.

While it's possible to get a College Board National Recognition Program award with AP tests, most get the award for their PSAT score.

OP's question is confusing.

College Board has I think two or three awards based on how well you do on your AP tests. I think the highest is AP Honors with Distinction which is an average of 4 or higher on 5+ AP Tests. There are other similar awards. They don't come with any $$$s or any special recognition with colleges.

Then of course there are NMSF or NMF awards for PSAT Tests.

The College Board also recognizes anyone that scores a perfect score on an AP Test. I don't know exactly what they call it...but they definitely send a letter to anyone that achieves this.

None of those things you just mentioned are National Recognition Awards.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The award itself isn't necessarily impactful. However, there may be value in listing the award in the honors section of the application, as the award title may indicate that the student is an underrepresented minority by race or ethnicity.

I don't know about the rural one, which covers about half the high schools in the US, many of which are actually suburban.

College Board has gotten rid of the race and ethnicity awards! They recently announced.

I think this is move of a game changer than has been discussed in the news - or here. I saw time and time again, families who seemed perfectly willing to say, "sure" about to the hispanic box to the college board who would not do the same on college applications. "Larlo thinks my mom is Latina! where does he get this stuff??" (um, from when you said, "go ahead and check that box"). and then they were quick to include the Hispanic National Recognition Program Award on the college app, signaling to colleges race when there wasn't any race in fact to signal

? You cannot get the Hispanic recognition without at least a grandparent being Hispanic. What are you talking about?

it's totally self reported. what are you talking about?

DP. No, Hispanic ethnicity was verified by the high school counselor on a form where the counselor also provided GPA. Usually they simply looked in the high school records system to see what your parents registered the student as, though every year someone would post about a counselor asking for proof, usually via parent birth certificate listing one parent from a list of countries.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a good shorthand for saying "I took a lot of AP classes and tests and did really well on most of them" if you don't want to list all the scores somewhere else on the app.

While it's possible to get a College Board National Recognition Program award with AP tests, most get the award for their PSAT score.

OP's question is confusing.

College Board has I think two or three awards based on how well you do on your AP tests. I think the highest is AP Honors with Distinction which is an average of 4 or higher on 5+ AP Tests. There are other similar awards. They don't come with any $$$s or any special recognition with colleges.

Then of course there are NMSF or NMF awards for PSAT Tests.

The College Board also recognizes anyone that scores a perfect score on an AP Test. I don't know exactly what they call it...but they definitely send a letter to anyone that achieves this.

For the program OP asked about, you need a B+ average and either a top 10% PSAT score or get 3 or higher on two AP tests before 11th grade.

Source: https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/help-center/what-are-eligibility-requirements-national-recognition-program

Students demonstrate academic excellence when they:
Take the PSAT/NMSQT (10th, 11th), PSAT 10 (10th), and/or AP Exams (by the end of 10th).
Earn a cumulative GPA of B+ or higher (at least 3.3 or 87-89%) by the time of submission.
Demonstrate academic achievement: Be one of the top 10% of test takers - in their high school, among first-generation college students in their state, and/or among rural and small-town students in their state OR earn a 3+ on 2 or more distinct AP exams in the 8th, 9th and/or 10th grade.
During the submission process, students eligible for the First-Generation Recognition Award will be asked to verify their parents’ highest level of education. Students eligible for the School Recognition or Rural and Small Town Recognition Awards need to verify their high school.

College Board also provides three levels of awards for AP scores. But that’s different from the National Recognition Program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a good shorthand for saying "I took a lot of AP classes and tests and did really well on most of them" if you don't want to list all the scores somewhere else on the app.

While it's possible to get a College Board National Recognition Program award with AP tests, most get the award for their PSAT score.

OP's question is confusing.

College Board has I think two or three awards based on how well you do on your AP tests. I think the highest is AP Honors with Distinction which is an average of 4 or higher on 5+ AP Tests. There are other similar awards. They don't come with any $$$s or any special recognition with colleges.

Then of course there are NMSF or NMF awards for PSAT Tests.

The College Board also recognizes anyone that scores a perfect score on an AP Test. I don't know exactly what they call it...but they definitely send a letter to anyone that achieves this.

None of those things you just mentioned are National Recognition Awards.

DP. I also was guessing that the PP who originally mentioned taking a lot of APs may have been confusing CBRP awards with what used to be called AP Scholar awards, not sure if they still exist. Anyway, not important.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a good shorthand for saying "I took a lot of AP classes and tests and did really well on most of them" if you don't want to list all the scores somewhere else on the app.

While it's possible to get a College Board National Recognition Program award with AP tests, most get the award for their PSAT score.

OP's question is confusing.

College Board has I think two or three awards based on how well you do on your AP tests. I think the highest is AP Honors with Distinction which is an average of 4 or higher on 5+ AP Tests. There are other similar awards. They don't come with any $$$s or any special recognition with colleges.

Then of course there are NMSF or NMF awards for PSAT Tests.

The College Board also recognizes anyone that scores a perfect score on an AP Test. I don't know exactly what they call it...but they definitely send a letter to anyone that achieves this.

None of those things you just mentioned are National Recognition Awards.

Well...yes they are. I don't know how you are defining "National Recognition". They are not awarded by specific regions or districts but on a National basis.

They aren't anything special, but they are in fact National awards.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a good shorthand for saying "I took a lot of AP classes and tests and did really well on most of them" if you don't want to list all the scores somewhere else on the app.

While it's possible to get a College Board National Recognition Program award with AP tests, most get the award for their PSAT score.

OP's question is confusing.

College Board has I think two or three awards based on how well you do on your AP tests. I think the highest is AP Honors with Distinction which is an average of 4 or higher on 5+ AP Tests. There are other similar awards. They don't come with any $$$s or any special recognition with colleges.

Then of course there are NMSF or NMF awards for PSAT Tests.

The College Board also recognizes anyone that scores a perfect score on an AP Test. I don't know exactly what they call it...but they definitely send a letter to anyone that achieves this.

None of those things you just mentioned are National Recognition Awards.

Well...yes they are. I don't know how you are defining "National Recognition". They are not awarded by specific regions or districts but on a National basis.

They aren't anything special, but they are in fact National awards.

It’s not a question of defining national. It is specifically the CB’s National Recognition Awards. It’s a specific, named program.
https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/help-center/what-are-eligibility-requirements-national-recognition-program

[Anonymous]

Seems like they set the bar too low. A B+ GPA is low for high school and top 10% of psat is also not noteworthy. Basically, everyone who is an NMS commended person should qualify for the National Recognition Award.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The award itself isn't necessarily impactful. However, there may be value in listing the award in the honors section of the application, as the award title may indicate that the student is an underrepresented minority by race or ethnicity.

I don't know about the rural one, which covers about half the high schools in the US, many of which are actually suburban.

College Board has gotten rid of the race and ethnicity awards! They recently announced.

I think this is move of a game changer than has been discussed in the news - or here. I saw time and time again, families who seemed perfectly willing to say, "sure" about to the hispanic box to the college board who would not do the same on college applications. "Larlo thinks my mom is Latina! where does he get this stuff??" (um, from when you said, "go ahead and check that box"). and then they were quick to include the Hispanic National Recognition Program Award on the college app, signaling to colleges race when there wasn't any race in fact to signal

? You cannot get the Hispanic recognition without at least a grandparent being Hispanic. What are you talking about?

it's totally self reported. what are you talking about?

DP. No, Hispanic ethnicity was verified by the high school counselor on a form where the counselor also provided GPA. Usually they simply looked in the high school records system to see what your parents registered the student as, though every year someone would post about a counselor asking for proof, usually via parent birth certificate listing one parent from a list of countries.

NP at our private school, we have no records on grandparent ethnicity. We self report on college board and then counselor will ask kid to confirm. that's it. what kind of proof would a kid even have? half the time the grandparents are dead. and also the grandparent doesnt have to be born in a different country to be AA or Hispanic.

[Anonymous]

I always though that if you identified as Hispanic (it is an ethnicity, after all) you can call yourself Hispanic?