Brimmer and May’s 23-24 AP Scholars

Joe Iuliano, Assistant Head of Academic Affairs

Each summer after the standardized testing dust has settled and all the scoring has been completed for the AP exams taken and portfolios submitted in the late spring, we find out who among our students have earned AP Scholar designations. For Brimmer and May, this could be students in the class of 2024, 2025, and 2026 with the qualification that these students would have had to have taken at least 3 AP exams and earned at least a score of 3 on each of them over the course of their high school careers. Our students have earned recognition in three AP Scholar categories:
 
AP Scholar — Granted to students who receive scores of 3 or higher on three or more AP Exams.
 
AP Scholar with Honors — Granted 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 of these exams
 
AP Scholar with Distinction — Granted 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 of these exams.

 
For the 2023-2024 academic year, the College Board has recognized 17 Brimmer and May Upper School students as AP Scholars:
 
AP Scholars
Xavier Claiborne, ‘24
Zoe Hicks-Dutt, ’24
Baden Howard, ’24
Nicholas Kozhemiakin, ’25
Eli Lewis, ’25
Bharath Palanisamy, ’24
Erny Peng, ’25
Audrey Pontiff, ’24
Kyle Terino, ’24
Constantine Wagner, ’25
Delhi (Steven) Zia, ‘25
 
AP Scholars with Honor
Stephanie Altschul, ’25
Mengran (Harris) Hu, ’24
Yuxuan (Cathy) Wu, ‘24
 
AP Scholars with Distinction
Oliver Baggett, ‘24
Sydney Heff, ’24
Haoran (James) Yu, ’24
 
Occasionally, in pursuit of learning interests, as well as advanced placement/college credit, students may take additional AP exams for courses they pursue independently outside of school. Overall, for 2023-2024, the average score our 17 scholars earned was 3.72 on a total of 76 exams. Students earned AP Scholar status for their efforts on as few as 3 and as many as 8 AP exams. 
 
In 2024-2025, Brimmer is offering 2 new Advanced Placement Courses, Computer Science A (Programming) and Human Geography. In the Upper School, 83 students in Grades 10 - 12 have 195 enrollments in 17 Advanced Placement courses. The pursuit of academic excellence continues in these and the many outstanding course offerings in the Upper School this year. 
As an inclusive private school community, Brimmer welcomes students who will increase the diversity of our school. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, disability, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, or any other characteristic protected from discrimination under state or federal law, in the administration of our educational policies, admissions practices, financial aid decisions, and athletic and other school-administered programs.