AP Scholar designation

[Anonymous]

National Merit SF is a joke award. It's the same as your PSAT score but less information.

[Anonymous]

The common app allows only 5 honors but allows 10 ECs? So the game is to cram the other honors into the ECs and essay?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son got 5s in all of his tests but only took 3 (1 last year and 2 this year). I guess he’s the first distinction?

3 or higher all at three exams is called "AP Scholar"
https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/awards-recognitions/ap-scholar-award

https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/awards-recognitions/ap-scholar-award

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:National Merit SF is a joke award. It's the same as your PSAT score but less information.

Yet some colleges like to brag about how many NM kids they have. You got the award and aren't going to list it? LOL, fine. My kid included it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:National Merit SF is a joke award. It's the same as your PSAT score but less information.

Yet some colleges like to brag about how many NM kids they have. You got the award and aren't going to list it? LOL, fine. My kid included it.

Those schools give those kids the National Merit Scholarship through the NMSF program application.

They don't need NMSF on the college application.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The common app allows only 5 honors but allows 10 ECs? So the game is to cram the other honors into the ECs and essay?

How many honors/awards does your kid have? Mine had 4 including NMSF and AP distinction, listed them and got into T10s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The common app allows only 5 honors but allows 10 ECs? So the game is to cram the other honors into the ECs and essay?

How many honors/awards does your kid have? Mine had 4 including NMSF and AP distinction, listed them and got into T10s.

Same here but have you beat: 2 total awards---NM Commended and AP distinction and got into T10s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The common app allows only 5 honors but allows 10 ECs? So the game is to cram the other honors into the ECs and essay?

How many honors/awards does your kid have? Mine had 4 including NMSF and AP distinction, listed them and got into T10s.

Same here but have you beat: 2 total awards---NM Commended and AP distinction and got into T10s.

Got you best. Not NM. Only took ACT-

The AP scholar and Dean’s list were only hs honors. Unhooked into 2 ivies and 2 other T10s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The common app allows only 5 honors but allows 10 ECs? So the game is to cram the other honors into the ECs and essay?

How many honors/awards does your kid have? Mine had 4 including NMSF and AP distinction, listed them and got into T10s.

Same here but have you beat: 2 total awards---NM Commended and AP distinction and got into T10s.

Got you best. Not NM. Only took ACT-

The AP scholar and Dean’s list were only hs honors. Unhooked into 2 ivies and 2 other T10s.

So what got them in?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The common app allows only 5 honors but allows 10 ECs? So the game is to cram the other honors into the ECs and essay?

How many honors/awards does your kid have? Mine had 4 including NMSF and AP distinction, listed them and got into T10s.

Same here but have you beat: 2 total awards---NM Commended and AP distinction and got into T10s.

Got you best. Not NM. Only took ACT-

The AP scholar and Dean’s list were only hs honors. Unhooked into 2 ivies and 2 other T10s.

So what got them in?

Not the fake awards that other people who claim to 'not have space for AP and NMSF' seem to have.