Students earning the CURO scholar distinction are, as expected, a subset of students with thesis and CURO presentation, and the number of CURO scholars has grown significantly since the introduction of this recognition in 2002.
We have tracked research presentations at the UR symposium, authorship of an honors thesis, or attainment of the CURO scholar distinction, which is a permanent transcript notation for students who complete two directed-research courses, present at the UR symposium, and submit an honors thesis (Table 1).
2010 AP recognitions included 49 AP Scholars, 23 AP Scholars with Honor, 21 AP Scholars with Distinction, and 1 National Scholar.
"Bell is often remembered as a friend of the oppressed, a patron of writers and artists, a scholar of distinction and as a generous advocate for humanity at large," its website says.
I graduated from high school a few months later as the class salutatorian, breaking my city's record for International Baccalaureate scores while also achieving the honor of AP scholar with distinction.
Example: "Recipient, AP Scholar with Distinction, for receiving four 5's and one 4 on AP tests".
Those who supported Indian missionary work, Dowling writes, saw it as the key to continued British rule, and there was no need to take a chance by electing Müller, who had "a reputation for unsound religious opinions", since Williams was a scholar "of distinction known for his conservatism and piety".
Two National AP Scholar awards were granted to students who averaged a 4 on all exams taken and received at least a 4 on eight or more exams, 28 AP Scholar with Distinction awards were granted to students who averaged at least 3.5 on all exams taken and scored at least a 3 on five or more exams, 51 AP Scholar awards were granted to students who scored at least a 3 on three or more exams.
Many Gymnasium teachers that is, teachers of college-preparatory schools were scholars of some distinction, almost with the same status as a university teacher.
Story was a Renaissance man (poet, congressman, preëminent legal scholar) and claimed distinctions galore, among them his confirmation to the high court at age thirty-two!
In discussing the Paula Deen situation, for example, many black ministers and scholars drew the distinction between a private person holding racist beliefs and a public figure who injects those beliefs into institutional power.
