WEST COLUMBIA, SC -- Twenty-five Airport High School students earned scores high enough on multiple AP exams to be named AP Scholars.
The Advanced Placement (AP) Program recognizes high school students who have demonstrated outstanding college-level achievement through their performance on multiple AP exams. AP Scholars are those students who receive scores of 3 or higher on three or more AP exams.
Five Airport High students were named AP Scholars with Distinction, given to students who receive an average score of at least 3.5 on all AP exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on five or more AP exams. They are Rose Branton, Sydney Coleman, Austin Lucas, Brycen Redmond, and Jordan Shetrone.
Six Airport High students were named AP Scholars with Honor, given to students who receive an average score of at least 3.25 on all AP exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on four or more exams. They are Rosemarie Caballero, Tobias Holloway, Ricardo Morales Gonzalez, William Simms, Parker Whittle, and Liana Wiley.
Fourteen other Lexington Two students were named AP Scholars: Antonia Alvarez, Aylin Arellano-Bernal, Frances Bishop, Lucero Contreras, Jasmine deWerdt, Coleman Garner, Katie Kyzer, Tiffany Lin, Sydney Miller, Caroline Reddick, Katelyn Sevinsky, Emily Shafer, Grace Tatum, and Sebastian Yost.
According to College Board officials, students who score a 3 or above on an AP exams demonstrate college-level mastery of the subject and will typically earn college credit at most colleges and universities. The Lexington Two students learned of their AP Scholar designations earlier this school year.