<p>A little backstory: I was the laziest kid ever as a sophomore. All I cared about was basketball and the Internet, and definitely had no intention of taking classes with a lot of homework. That being said, I did not take WHAP my sophomore year (only AP available) and I’m only taking 2/4 AP’s possible this year. </p>
<p>Long story short, my course rigor is definitely subpar. I’m starting to change my ways though. I’m taking two community college courses this spring and two more this summer.</p>
<p>My question is is the AP scholar award worth it? Do top tier colleges (UCB, UCLA, USC) look at it as a great award? If so, I would take the exams on the CC courses I’m taking (stats and micro) as well as self-study Computer Science, bringing me to enough for the AP Scholar with Distinction. I’m confident that I can get 3+ on them; the only problem is having to study for 5 AP exams on top of some SAT II tests in June. </p>
<p>Help please! Any advice regarding the difficulty of each exam/studyload would be amazing too.</p>