Anonymous
10/26/2018 17:35
Subject: Is National AP Scholar impressive for top 20 schools? DS will have taken 17 APs by graduation
Ugh, sounds excessive and honestly, not worth the colleges time. They won't make a lot of money off of him. Colleges want $$$$
Anonymous
10/26/2018 17:34
Subject: Is National AP Scholar impressive for top 20 schools? DS will have taken 17 APs by graduation
My son got it with only 5. I thought it was meaningless. 17 APs on your transcript is not meaningless however.
Anonymous
10/26/2018 17:32
Subject: Re:Is National AP Scholar impressive for top 20 schools? DS will have taken 17 APs by graduation
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I won't mention but it's public
Taking 17 Ap's is impressive. Heck, I'm impressed. Is it enough to get in ... depends on what grades, test scores, etc. are. But yes, op. It is impressive. Congrats to your child!
+1 it’s impressive.
Anonymous
10/26/2018 17:30
Subject: Re:Is National AP Scholar impressive for top 20 schools? DS will have taken 17 APs by graduation
AP exam scores are not a factor in college admissions, not even at public flagships. They are only a factor in college credits. My kids never submitted or revealed a single score on an AP exam to the colleges that they applied to, and they all got into top ones.
Anonymous
10/26/2018 17:16
Subject: Re:Is National AP Scholar impressive for top 20 schools? DS will have taken 17 APs by graduation
Anonymous wrote:I won't mention but it's public
Taking 17 Ap's is impressive. Heck, I'm impressed. Is it enough to get in ... depends on what grades, test scores, etc. are. But yes, op. It is impressive. Congrats to your child!
Anonymous
10/26/2018 17:13
Subject: Is National AP Scholar impressive for top 20 schools? DS will have taken 17 APs by graduation
Are you sincerely wondering this?
If he also has a great personality and some leadership skills, he's likely in the pool of hundreds of also great candidates.
If he also has a great personality and some leadership skills, he's likely in the pool of hundreds of also great candidates.
Anonymous
10/26/2018 17:12
Subject: Re:Is National AP Scholar impressive for top 20 schools? DS will have taken 17 APs by graduation
Anonymous wrote:op-yes he got the designation by end of junior year. Yes he's an accomplished musician
Is he/she also playing in the HYP orchestra as a ringer?
Anyway, I think 17 is going to be seen as over the top.
Anonymous
10/26/2018 17:12
Subject: Is National AP Scholar impressive for top 20 schools? DS will have taken 17 APs by graduation
Probably more impressive to/useful for public flagships. T20 privates don’t think APs = college level work. In some ways and in some fields, they’re actually counter-productive because profs have to break kids of the bad habits AP rewards (eg trite, superficial, formulaic writing).
Anonymous
10/26/2018 17:08
Subject: Re:Is National AP Scholar impressive for top 20 schools? DS will have taken 17 APs by graduation
op-yes he got the designation by end of junior year. Yes he's an accomplished musician
Anonymous
10/26/2018 17:06
Subject: Re:Is National AP Scholar impressive for top 20 schools? DS will have taken 17 APs by graduation
My DC was an AP Scholar with only 10 APs. I don't think the designation matters at all (certainly didn't for my DC because he didn't get it until after graduation, maybe yours will have met the criteria by the end of junior year).
I think 17 risks being seen as a too strivery. Hopefully he's got passions outside of taking AP classes.
I think 17 risks being seen as a too strivery. Hopefully he's got passions outside of taking AP classes.
Anonymous
10/26/2018 17:05
Subject: Is National AP Scholar impressive for top 20 schools? DS will have taken 17 APs by graduation
No not very impressive.
Anonymous
10/26/2018 17:05
Subject: Is National AP Scholar impressive for top 20 schools? DS will have taken 17 APs by graduation
That doesn't sound appropriate.
Anonymous
10/26/2018 17:03
Subject: Re:Is National AP Scholar impressive for top 20 schools? DS will have taken 17 APs by graduation
I won't mention but it's public
Anonymous
10/26/2018 17:00
Subject: Is National AP Scholar impressive for top 20 schools? DS will have taken 17 APs by graduation
What school allows 17 APs?
Anonymous
10/26/2018 16:59
Subject: Is National AP Scholar impressive for top 20 schools? DS will have taken 17 APs by graduation
5 or 4 on all of them.