Three FUMA cadets receive highest score possible on College Board's Advanced Placement exams

This year, Fork Union Military Academy had three students receive the highest score possible – 5 – on their Advanced Placement examinations taken in May 2010. This is an exceptional achievement for these young men and the Academy is proud to recognize their accomplishments.
 

• Albert Yeh, Class of 2010, from Rockville, MD received his score of 5 in English Literature and Composition and on Comparative Government/Politics. He will be attending Washington and Lee this fall. Last year as a junior Mr. Yeh also received a 5 on the U.S. History AP Exam.
   
• Blake Sundel from Falls Church, VA received his high score as a junior on the U.S. Government/Politics AP exam. He too scored a 5 on the U.S. History AP exam during his sophomore year at FUMA.
   
• Alexander Schmidt from Dublin, Ireland, Class of 2010, got a 5 on the German Language AP exam. He will attend Brandeis University in Waltham, MA.

The College Board's Advanced Placement Program provides motivated and academically prepared students the opportunity to take rigorous college-level courses while still in high school, and to earn college credit, advanced placement, or both for successful performance on the AP exams. Each exam is developed by a committee of college and university faculty and AP teachers, ensuring the AP exams are aligned with the same high standards expected by college faculty at some of the nation’s leading liberal arts and research institutions. More than 3,600 college and universities annually receive AP grades. Over 90 percent of the four-year colleges in the United States provide credit and/or placement for qualifying exam grades. Research consistently shows that AP students who score a 3 or higher on their exams (based on a scale from 1 to 5, with 5 being the highest score) typically experience greater academic success in college and higher graduation rates than students who do not participate in AP.

FUMA offers seven Advanced Placement courses in the area of English Literature, Calculus, Biology, US Government, US History and Psychology. The class size usually runs 10 to 13 students. In addition, some of FUMA’s highest achievers can prepare for an AP exam independently if the Academy does not offer a particular course. This was the case with both Albert Yeh (Comparative Government/Politics) and Alexander Schmidt (German) who did exceptionally well on their scores independent of taking an AP class to prepare for the exam.
Congratulations to all of FUMA’s juniors and seniors who successfully completed the rigorous AP courses offered at FUMA last year and took the AP exam. They represented the Academy well, with many posting scores of 3 and above on their individual AP exams.