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AP Scholar Awards
The AP Program recognizes high school students who have demonstrated outstanding college-level achievement
through AP courses and exams with the AP Scholar Awards. Although there is no monetary award, each awardwinning student receives a certificate, and the award is acknowledged on any AP score report that is sent to colleges
after the award has been conferred.
AP Scholar Awards are added to students' online score reports in late August. If you earned an award, you will be
notified by email. Award certificates are sent by mail in September.

Award Levels
Award

Criteria

AP Scholar

Granted to students who receive scores of 3 or higher on three or more AP Exams.

AP Scholar

Granted to students who receive an average score of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken, and

with Honor

scores of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams.

AP Scholar

Granted to students who receive an average score of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken, and

with

scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams.

Next steps

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your-scores)
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ap-scores)
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reporting)

Most colleges in
the U.S. grant
credit for AP
scores.

Distinction
State AP

Granted to the one male and one female student in each U.S. state and the District of Columbia

Scholar

with scores of 3 or higher on the greatest number of AP Exams, and then the highest average
score (at least 3.5) on all AP Exams taken.

National AP

Granted to students in the United States who receive an average score of at least 4 on all AP

Scholar

Exams taken, and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams.

National AP

Granted to students in Canada who receive an average score of at least 4 on all AP Exams

Scholar

taken, and scores of 4 or higher on five or more of these exams.

Learn how to get credit

(https://apscore.collegeboard.org/credit
to-earn-credit-for-yourscores)

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help make college
dreams a reality.

(Canada)
National AP

Granted to students in Bermuda who receive an average score of at least 4 on all AP Exams

Scholar

taken, and scores of 4 or higher on five or more of these exams.

(Bermuda)
DoDEA AP

Granted to the one male and one female student attending Department of Defense Education

Scholar

Activity (DoDEA) schools with the highest average score on the greatest number of AP Exams.
The minimum requirement is a score of 3 or higher on three exams.

International

Granted to the one male and one female student attending a school outside the United States

AP Scholar

and Canada that is not a DoDEA school with the highest average score on the greatest number
of AP Exams. The minimum requirement is a score of 3 or higher on three exams.

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rewards)

AP can help you

get into college
and save on college
costs.

AP

Visit APID (http://international.collegeboard.org/programs/apid) to see the criteria for this award.

International
Diploma
(APID)

About AP Scholar Awards

There are two steps to calculating the awards:
The student's average AP score is determined based on all exams taken this year and in previous years.
The student's exam scores are checked to see which ones count toward the various AP Scholar Awards.
A student must meet all criteria to be eligible. For example, a student who has a 3.25 AP score average but only
received a 3 or higher on three exams will not receive the AP Scholar with Honor Award because the minimum
requirement is a score of 3 or higher on four or more exams.
Exams taken multiple times only count once; the highest score will be used for the award calculation.
The Calculus AB subscore, Music Theory aural subscore and Music Theory nonaural subscore are not used in
the AP Scholar Award calculations.
The AP Scholar Awards are academic distinctions that students may cite among their credentials on applications,
resumes and so on. Students do not receive any monetary award from the College Board.

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and-college)