AP Scholars Named

A total of 181 current Fox Chapel Area High School students and 2024 graduates were named Advanced Placement (AP) Scholars by the College Board for demonstrating college-level achievement on the AP examinations taken in May 2024. The College Board recognizes three levels of achievement based on the number of courses and exams. 

•The following graduates/students qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction award by earning an average score of 3.5 on all AP exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams:  2024 graduates Jacob Anthikad, Annalese Bartolacci, Dylan Berman, Micah Cagley, Jack Cannon, Jeremiah Cessna, Joshua Correnti, Amelia Costello, Grady Cullen, Nicholas Cusano, Eliza Davis, Logan Dressman, David Feder, Gabriel Felman, Adam Ferris, Madeline Fontenot, Emmett Gillespie, Lucas Gravina, Katherine Haas, Julia Hernaez, Anna Iasella, Isaac Jacobs, Darren Jayaratnam, Madelyn Jones, Whitney Jones, Alexander Kaufmann, Clara Kelley, Chloe Kim, Emma Kim, Henry Koloc, Kathleen Krebs, Shriya Krishnamurthy, Massimo Lagazzi, Lucy Larsen, Harry Littwin, Rebecca Lokshanov, Jacob Milgrub, Rose Mullan, Benjamin Myers, Thomas Patterson, Lakshanya Rajaganapathi, Oscar Ruff, Michael Shin, Nora Siri, Madeleine Stone, Adhitya Thirumala, Kieu My Tong, Emily Torbert, Gabriella Urso, Andrew Wagner, Gloria Wen, Abraham White, Isabella White, Dylan Work, and Bridget Yun; and 2024-2025 seniors Murugan Ayyanar, David Black, Milo Chiu, Elena Curran, Anna Delale O’Connor, Noelle Dick, Reed Echnat, Kai Edwards, Brooke Fenton, Benjamin Fiedler, Gabrielle Generett, Gabriella Hample, Rayna Huang, Etash Jhanji, Patton Johnson, Alex Kim, Arnim Kuchhal, Peter Mascilli, Devon McDonald, Noah Miller, Wyatt Muller, Salome Navas Grijalva, Zhana Neumann, Kyle Ong, Sangyon Park, Hannah Parker, Hyunoh Ro, Varad Sant, Rohit Velankar, JinLiang Zhang, and Yuqi Zhou.

•The following graduates/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:  2024 graduates Lincoln Baldwin, Isabella Barbour, Molly Ben, Maria Costantino, Camryn Eisner, Sage Good, Mikayla Korczynski, Jenna Lazaro, Connor Mazzoni, Rachel Milcheck, Ryan Napolitan, Can Pekkan, Anneliese Pham, Miguel Quercia Marcano, Gavin Rosswog, Claudia Smith, and Emily Staud; and 2024-2025 seniors Omar Al-Bataineh, Ainsley Anderson, Rebecca Chang, Malik Choset, Ava Condron, Eleanor Dering, Maya DiPasquale, Olivia Dugan, Moonyoung Hwang, Anna Kitner, Jonah Kline, Charles Larsen, Weidi Li, Swati Mylarappa, Aidan Ortz, Rachel Pegher, Ava Persichetti, Francesco Pistella, Varnujah Rengaramanujam Kanagaraj, Josiah Rivera, Addison Rossi, Caroline Slember, Paige Solomon, Sophie Thorne, Luke Tsai, Samuel Ummer, Colette Walter, Mya Wilson, Caterina Wu, Timothy Ye, and Altai Yumak. 

•The following graduates/students qualified for the AP Scholar award by receiving scores of 3 or higher on three or more AP exams:  2024 graduates Ella Bingler, Mireia Burkhardt, Mira Busch, Anna Dering, Jack Filter, Porter Hill, Caroline Hinz, Aiden Hirsch, Owen Levy, Kristopher Pizzella, Sophia Rike, Micah Shelley, Sarah Slember, and Parv Tahiliani; 2024-2025 seniors Katherine Banyas, Nicholas Clump, Tyler Goldstein, Natalie Hanlon, Alaina Hershey, Owen Howell, Madeleine Jones, Nicole Kang, Grace Kovach, Even Krieg, Joshua Lowe, Nathan Mackey, Alina Minturn, Stella Minturn, Anna Mohn, Pierce Osterholm, Vanessa Perez Milano, Melisa Pietz, Margaret Rusche, Keegan Scanlon, Jane Stone, Gianna Tavolario, Owen Zaremby, and Luca Zgurzynski; and 2024-2025 juniors Sophia Feng, Priscila Hayetian, Zinta Jacob, Ulyana Kubini, Simon Littwin, Max Melocchi, Joshua Shah, Lorenzo Smiraglio, and Anais Wang.

Advanced Placement exams are graded on a 5-point scale, with 5 being the highest. Most of the nation’s four-year colleges and universities award credit and/or advanced placement for qualifying exam scores. Every year, AP examinations are offered in a wide variety of subject areas, each consisting of multiple choice and free-response (essay or problem-solving) questions.