During the 2013-14 school year, 77 Darlington students earned the designation of AP Scholar by The College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement Program (AP) Exams.
The College Board’s AP Program offers students the opportunity to take challenging college-level courses while still in high school, and to receive college credit, advanced placement or both for successful performance on the AP Exams. About 18% of the more than 1.9 million high school students worldwide who took AP Exams performed at sufficiently high levels to merit the recognition of AP Scholar. Students took AP Exams in May 2014 after completing challenging college-level courses at their high schools. The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on the student’s performance on AP Exams.
At Darlington, six students qualified for the National AP Scholar Award by earning an average grade of 4 or higher on a 5-point scale on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams. These students are Bethany Cagle ('14), Winston Herring ('14), Johnny Malone ('14), Hector Picon ('14), Indra Sofian ('14) and David Thoms ('14).
Thirty-three students qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams. These students are Arden Babb ('14), Josh Buttshaw ('14), Bethany Cagle ('14), Carlos Carrillo-Valadez ('14), Natalie Collins, Zhou Fang ('14), Spencer Fields, Rachel Gideon, Grigsby Gordy ('14), Lucas Greenberg ('14), Logan Griffiths ('14), Connor Hallett ('14), Sam Harton ('14), Matthew Heiken, Winston Herring ('14), Kejian Huang ('14), Chandler Johnson ('14), Noah Katz ('14), Johnny Malone ('14), Callee Manna ('14), Sarah Manning ('14), Niambh O'Neill, Emma Parham ('14), Hector Picon ('14), Wesley Samples ('14), Coulter Schrum ('14), Luke Sikinyi ('14), Indra Sofian ('14), Tzuyu Tang ('14), David Thoms ('14), Quyen Tran ('14), Chas Williams ('14) and Yu Xing ('14).
Twenty students qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams. These students are Max Berry, Nicolas Burgess ('14), Hannah Mae Deems ('14), Mario Dinatti, John Goldin, Katie Hutchins, Jingyuan Li, Wonseok Lim, Anne Marie McDurmon, David Niece, Nonthakorn Olaranont ('14), Amita Reddy ('14), Jack Tunnell, Lindsey Vaughn ('14), Jienan Wang, Kataeya Wooten ('14), Sidney Wright ('14), Billy York ('14), Rostam Zafari ('14) and Anqi Zhang ('14).
Twenty-four students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP Examinations, with grades of 3 or higher. The AP Scholars are Peyton Albertson ('14), Maggie Beth Atha ('14), Charlotte Boyd, Brooks Busby, Yining Chen ('14), Avery Cypress ('14), Sanjid Dewan ('14), Chris Edwards, Kereisha Harrell ('14), Jonathan Hicks ('14), Andrew Hudson ('14), Abraham Johnson, Nadin Kosedag, Jessica Mauer, Alexandra Munchova ('14), Caroline Roberson, Hannah Schriever, Nic Scoccimaro ('14), Shivani Singh ('14), Dandan Wang, Elizabeth Wilhoite ('14), Ziting Xia, Hanxiang Xu ('14) and Zhouoxuan Yang.
Of these award recipients, 26 are currently seniors and have the 2014-15 school year in which to complete college-level work and possibly earn another AP Scholar Award.
Through more than 30 different college-level courses and exams, AP provides motivated and academically prepared students with the opportunity to earn college credit or advanced placement and stand out in the college admissions process. Each exam is developed by a committee of college and university faculty and AP teachers, ensuring that our exams are aligned with the same high standards expected by college faculty at some of the nation’s leading liberal arts and research institutions. AP is accepted by more than 3,600 colleges and universities worldwide for college credit, advanced placement, or both on the basis of successful AP Exam grades. This includes more than 90 percent of four-year institutions in the United States. Research consistently shows that AP students who score a 3 or higher on AP Exams (based on a scale from 1 to 5, with 5 being the highest) typically experience greater academic success in college and higher graduation rates than students who do not participate in AP.
The College Board is a not-for-profit membership organization whose mission is to connect students to college success and opportunity. Founded in 1900, the association is composed of more than 5,600 schools, colleges, universities and other educational organizations. Each year, The College Board serves seven million students and their parents, 23,000 high schools, and 3,800 colleges through major programs and services in college admissions, guidance, assessment, financial aid, enrollment, and teaching and learning. Among its best-known programs are the SAT, the PSAT/NMSQT and the Advanced Placement (AP) Program. The College Board is committed to the principles of excellence and equity, and that commitment is embodied in all of its programs, services, activities and concerns.
