SRS 2022 Advanced Placement (AP) Scholar Awards
Rob Lamb, College Counselor
Every fall, the College Board’s AP Program recognizes high school students who have demonstrated outstanding college-level achievement through their performance on multiple AP Exams. AP Scholar Awards come in different levels and types. Here are the award criteria:
- AP Scholar: Granted to students who receive scores of 3 or higher on three or more AP Exams.
- AP Scholar with Honor: Granted to students who receive an average score of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams.
- AP Scholar with Distinction: Granted to students who receive an average score of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams.
Congratulations to the following Upper School students on their success in the AP program! Go Scorpions! For more information related to our students' outstanding results on their 2022 AP exams, please review this recent article as well:SAGE RIDGE STUDENTS' SUCCESS ON AP EXAMS.
Student Name | Scholar Award | Grade Level in AY 21-22 |
|---|---|---|
Barth; Nathan | AP Scholar | 12th Grade |
De Jonghe; Lilli M. | AP Scholar with Distinction | 12th Grade |
Dutton; Madeline N. | AP Scholar | 11th Grade |
Grady; Noah | AP Scholar | 12th Grade |
Guinasso; Adeline A. | AP Scholar with Distinction | 12th Grade |
Kenyherz; Samantha | AP Scholar with Distinction | 12th Grade |
Kirkwood; Kaylee E. | AP Scholar with Distinction | 11th Grade |
Liu; Richard X. | AP Scholar with Distinction | 11th Grade |
Lopiccolo; Harper R. | AP Scholar with Distinction | 12th Grade |
Lu; Kevin | AP Scholar with Distinction | 11th Grade |
Mulvaney; Elizabeth K. | AP Scholar with Distinction | 11th Grade |
Peng; Kyle X. | AP Scholar with Distinction | 12th Grade |
Power; Alexander J. | AP Scholar with Distinction | 12th Grade |
Raleigh; Devin E. | AP Scholar with Distinction | 12th Grade |
Reeves; Logan D. | AP Scholar with Distinction | 12th Grade |
Romberg; Kira N. | AP Scholar with Distinction | 12th Grade |
Sancak; Meric | AP Scholar | 11th Grade |
Soran; Margaret | AP Scholar with Distinction | 11th Grade |
Thompson; Anne E. | AP Scholar with Distinction | 12th Grade |
Yuan; Helena Y. | AP Scholar with Distinction | 11th Grade |
Zhang; Alex R. | AP Scholar with Distinction | 11th Grade |
Zhou; Irisa Y. | AP Scholar | 11th Grade |
Nationwide, less than 10% of students earn the distinction of AP Scholar or higher by the time they graduate and less than 20% of those who take AP exams earn this distinction. Our AP students, representing over half of the Upper School student body last year, have achieved remarkable results on their AP exams, especially when compared to corresponding outcomes on the state and global levels. We are thrilled to share of their top accomplishments here:
- 22 of our 45 AP students were awarded AP Scholar distinctions, representing approximately 25% of our Upper School.
- 42 of all AP students received a score of 3 or higher on their AP exams, reaching our highest pass rate (93%) since 2015.
- SRS exceeded Nevada and Global AP exam pass rates in 17 of our 19 subject areas, often by margins of 30% to 50% or more.
See below for charts and data to support these points and, in addition, here are related takeawaysabout AP Credit Policies from The College Board:https://reports.collegeboard.
- Most four-year colleges and universities in the United States—as well as many institutions in more than 100 other countries—grant credit, placement, or both for qualifying AP Exam scores. This means students can save time and money and get a head start on their education when they enter college with credit they earned through AP. And research has shown that students who earn credit, advanced placement, or both for their AP Exam scores tend to earn more credits overall, particularly in the subject area in which they took the exam.
- A record number of state higher education systems have adopted uniform policies on AP credit. Over the past six years, adoption of statewide credit policies has more than doubled.
- As of fall 2021, 32 states have implemented statewide or systemwide AP credit policies, which typically require all public higher education institutions to award credit for AP Exam scores of 3 or higher. AP policies that grant credit for scores of 3 have grown 16% since 2015, and the number of policies for credit overall has grown 12%, with both trends largely attributable to state and system policies.
- THE 200 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES RECEIVING THE MOST AP SCORES
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