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West Babylon announces their scholar awards Twenty students at West Babylon High School have earned the designation of AP Scholars by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement Program® (AP®) Exams. The College Board’s Advanced Placement 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. Almost 15 percent of the more than one million high school students in more than 14,000 secondary schools worldwide who took AP Exams performed at a sufficiently high level to merit the recognition of AP Scholar. Students took AP Exams in May 2003 after completing challenging college-level courses at their high schools. The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on the number of year-long courses and exams (or their equivalent semester-long courses and exams). At West Babylon High School: • Five 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: Tracy Dobie, Jessica Hollis, Joseph Pham, Aileen Walsh, and Nicholas Zuba. • One student 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. This student is Chris Lopez. • Fourteen students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP Examinations, with grades of 3 or higher. The AP Scholars are: Robert Attardo, Cassandra Burke, Nicole Carlino, Joseph Chambers, Shari Gottlieb, Kristen Koch, Matthew Linden, Stephen Loos, Angela Orlando, Jennifer Sposito, Richard Stein, Amanda Tang, Anthony Vita, and Brian Wright. Of this year’s award recipients, three had been juniors: Nicole Carlino, Shari Gottlieb, and Matthew Linden. These students have at least one more year in which to complete college-level work and possibly earn another AP Scholar Award. Most of the nation’s colleges and universities award credit, advanced placement, or both based on successful performance on the AP Exams. More than 1,400 institutions award a full year’s credit (sophomore standing) to students presenting a sufficient number of qualifying grades. Thirty-four AP Exams are offered in a wide variety of subject areas, each consisting of multiple-choice and free-response (essay or problem-solving) questions (except for the Studio Art exam which evaluates students’ original artwork).
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