St. Andrew’s Students Again Named Mississippi’s AP State Scholars Rishi Gupta and Anna Hopper are the 2007 Honorees Of the 30 students recognized as Mississippi AP State Scholars since the distinction began to be recognized in 1993, 28 have been St. Andrew’s students, including every State Scholar for the last 11 years. The 2007 winners are Rishi Gupta, a student at the University of California at Berkeley, and Anna Hopper, a student at Harvard University. 15 years ago the College Board began distinguishing AP State Scholars, the one male and one female high school student in each state and the District of Columbia with grades of 3 or higher (with 5 being the highest) on the greatest number of exams, and also the highest average grade (at least 3.5) on all AP Exams taken. 62 students, who represent 48.4% of all the St. Andrew's students who took an AP Examination last year, have been named 2007 Advanced Placement Scholars by the College Board due to their exceptional performance on AP Exams. Globally, about 14% of students who take an AP Exam qualify to be recognized as an AP Scholar. “St. Andrew’s remarkable record in Advanced Placement testing reflects not only the quality of the St. Andrew’s student, but also the quality of the St. Andrew’s teacher,” says Head of School Steve Blanchard. “The dedication St. Andrew’s students and teachers have for one another is just one of the things that make this school so outstanding.” 7 students in the Class of 2007, including Ms. Hopper and Mr. Gupta, qualified to be recognized as National AP Scholars by earning an average grade of 4 or higher on at least 8 AP Exams. 33 additional students qualified as Scholars with Distinction; 9 more students qualified as Scholars with Honor; and 18 more students qualified as AP Scholars. All of our AP Scholars deserve congratulations for their incredible academic achievement. AP National Scholars earned an average of 4 or higher on at least eight exams: Osman Athar Margaret Clark Natalie Clericuzio Brannan Griffin David Hammett Anna Hopper Catherine Thomas AP Scholars with Distinction earned an average of 3.5 on all exams taken, scoring 3 or higher on at least five exams: Ashton Ballard Katherine Boschert Amy Brodbeck Laura Brodbeck Benjamin Cranford Rivers Fike Robert Flowers Madison Gattis Nick Handelman Jordan Hupp Bryant Johnson Ben Johnson Emily Kinsces Puneet Lakhmani Benson Luk Arvind Manisundaram Sara New Shiva Patlolla Leslie Johns Ray Rachel Saunders Andrew Serio Alison Swialto Tanya Tiwari Jennifer Triplett Lindsay Vanlandeghem AP Scholars with Honor earned an average of 3.25, scoring 3 or higher on at least four exams: Kyle Craft Catherine Frazer Lindsey Graeber Carter Graham Spencer Jones Kate Ma Elisabeth Mabus Sandesh Shettar Steve Stringer Margaret Sullivan Perry Tyner AP Scholars earned a 3 on at least three exams: Asha Anand Walker Anderson Zach Bullard Nick Ewing William Flowers Sameer Goel Maxwell James Ellen Paige Jones Selby McRae Joe Parry William Rock Jennifer Scalzo August Slater Heather Smith Ann Walt Stallings Tyler Varnado Grace Wallace Olivia Wells St. Andrew’s AP State Scholars 1993 – Josh Cox and Kendra Fowler 1994 – Brent Martin and Amanda Moore 1995 – Eric Ford 1996 – Julia Fowler 1997 – Jennifer Drinkwater and Adam Friedman 1998 – Andrew Chatham and Laura Eichhorn 1999 – Kush Agrawal and Caroline Evans 2000 – Chester Yarbrough and Angela Gupta 2001 – Khushboo Agrawal and Jonathan Stricker 2002 – Tyler Givens and Gita Subramony 2003 – Laceyt Gattis and Andrew Harrison 2004 – Morgan Cowan and Vignesh Shettar 2005 – Neil Maneck and Parry VanLandingham 2006 – Andy Church and Amanda Parsons 2007 – Rishi Gupta and Anna Hopper