Geneva Furlano Earns AP Scholar Award

Geneva Furlano of the New Lebanon Junior/Senior High School Class of 2010 has earned the AP Scholar Award in recognition of her exceptional achievement on AP exams. Furlano had a score of 5 on the three AP exams she took last school year – Calculus AB, English Language and Composition and Physics C- Mechanics.
The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program provides motivated and academically prepared students with the opportunity to take rigorous college level courses while still in high school and to earn college credit, advanced placement or both for their successful performance on the AP exams. About 18% of the nearly 1.7 million students worldwide who took AP exams performed at a sufficiently high level to also earn an AP Scholar Award.
The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on students’ performance on AP Exams.
Through more than 30 different college level courses and exams, AP provides motivated and academically prepared students with the opportunity to stand out in the college admissions process. Each exam is developed by a committee of college and university faculty and AP teachers, ensuring that AP exams are aligned with the same high standards expected by college faculty at some of the nation’s leading liberal arts and research institutions. More than 3,600 colleges and universities annually receive AP grades. Over 90 percent of four-year colleges in the United Stares provide credit and/or placement for qualifying exam grades. 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.