Westminster Students Recognized as AP Scholars

Fifty-five Westminster School students have earned AP Scholar Awards given by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on AP Exams.

About 18 percent of the more than 1.8 million students worldwide who took AP Exams performed at a sufficiently high level to earn an AP Scholar Award. The students took the exams after completing rigorous college-level courses while still in high school. The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on a student’s performance on AP Exams.

Two Westminster students qualified for the National AP Scholar Award by earning an average score of 4 or higher on a five-point scale on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams. These students include Anne Cervas and Suchita Mandavilli, both members of the Class of 2010.

Twelve students qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction Award by earning 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. These students include Sixth Former Jacob Lee, and Class of 2010 graduates Vladimir Bok, Kathryn Brady, Anne Cervas, Gerard Denoyer, Suchita Mandavilli, Edward McCormick, Charlotte O’Herron, Tanakrit Rungrojchaiporn, Kingsley Schroeder, Adam Susaneck and Karin Yoshida.

Eleven students qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award by earning 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. These students include Sixth Formers Hannah Ford, Kathryn Griffith, Kathryn Hill, Joonho Park and Corey Taber, and Class of 2010 graduates Anthony Dépatie, Sean Kelley, Jeanne Kim, Colin McLaughlin, Sumner Miller and Clare Ulrich.

Thirty-two students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP Exams with scores of 3 or higher. The AP Scholars include Sixth Formers Jae Hee Cho, Caitlin Fabbri, McCall Hawkins, Claire Hodson, Grant Kugler, Matthew Leach, Emma Pinney, Kathryn Polio, Marguerite Prescod, Thomas Walsh and Shishan Zhang; Fifth Former Sungsoo Yoon; and Class of 2010 graduates Kwaku Akoi, Ashley Andrien, Alex Gioia, Madeleine King, Tiffany Liu, Riana MacKenzie, Benjamin Mandell, Madelin McPhee, Matthew Mercede, Tammie Moopenn, Patrick Niedermeyer, Colby O’Neil, Megan Pooley, Samuel Reynolds, Stephen Seymour, Benjamin Sharaf, William Smith, Emily Snoddon, Margaret Wyatt and Martha Zamora.

More than 3,800 colleges and universities annually receive AP scores. Most four-year colleges in the United States provide credit and/or advanced placement for qualifying exam scores.