During the 2015-16 school year, 84 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 2016 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, five students qualified for the National AP ScholarAward 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 Will Crawford ('15), Dawson Horah ('16), Carl Schriever ('16), Adam Tarrant ('16) and Haojun Xu ('16).
Forty-four 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 PamPam Akinyemi ('16), Andrey Aprelikov, Braxton Ballard ('16), Tanner Berry ('16), Cooper Brock, Herren Burgess, Anna Kate Cagle, Anna Katherine Cates, Yinuo Chen, Shelby Cline ('16), Nipit Congpuong, Will Crawford ('16), Sara Dickinson, Bernadette Ebri, Jiawei Gao, Brock Gardner, William Groover, Huy Hoang, Dawson Horah ('16), Nicholas Jones, Sally Jones ('16), Jalisa Kassam ('16), Mingzhao Liu, Hunter Manning ('16), Daniel Morris ('16), Dylan Paracka ('16), Luke Parker, Vraj Patel ('16), Ethan Pender ('16), Alyse Redden ('16), Alexander Roberts ('16), Emily Robertson ('16), Carl Schriever ('16), Caroline Schrum, Charlie Shorey ('16), Lawson Sumner ('16), Yifei Sun ('16), Adam Tarrant ('16), Runze Wang ('16), Noah Woford, Mary Margaret Wright ('16), Haojun Xu ('16), Adrianna Young ('16) and Tingyi Zhang ('16).
Sixteen 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 Sam Berry, Savannah Dempsey ('16), Carter Dingler ('16), Harlan Dulaney ('16), Henry Fields, Christina Kinder, Ian Kinney, Kanchita Klangboonkrong, Hanna Jon Lewis ('16), Sitong Li, Emily Orr, Kush Patel, Sarah Jane Prusakowski ('16), Will Sparks ('16), Emma Turner ('16) and Nora Winkler.
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 Victor Arias Fernandez ('16), Liuhan Chen, Annaliese Clevenger, Jade Cox ('16), Ethan Delashmit, Sami dePass ('16), Forrest Flammer, Eleanor Goldin ('16), Elizabeth Hudson, Joe Hunt, Mamie Johnson, Yiqi Liu, Drew Pickens, Sam Raper, Will Robertson ('16), Alex Russell, Courtney Sabino ('16), Abby Sklar, Caroline Thoms ('16), Ngan Tran, Julia Warren ('16), Kenna Wells ('16), Griffin Wheeler and Rong Ye.
Of these award recipients, 34 are currently seniors and have the 2016-17 school year in which to complete college-level work and possibly earn another AP Scholar Award. Four rising juniors will have two years to meet the appropriate requirements to potentially receive additional awards.
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% 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.
