When Do AP Awards Come Out? Your Quick Guide

AP awards (like AP Scholar, AP Capstone, and AP with WE Service) come out in July , typically along with or shortly after your AP score release.

For the 2025 exam cycle, awards were expected to appear on your score report starting in July, with some sources noting a specific date around mid-July (e.g., July 14 for the 2025 cycle).

Quick Fact Box

Question| Answer
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When do AP awards come out?| Starting in July , usually with or shortly after AP score release 13.
How do you get notified?| Via email from the College Board, and awards appear on your score report 19.
When can you see them online?| On your College Board score report page from mid-July onward 10.

How AP Awards Are Released

1. They’re tied to your score report

If you qualify for an award, it will be listed on your official AP score report starting in July. This includes:

  • AP Scholar awards
  • AP Capstone awards (Diploma, Scholar, etc.)
  • AP with WE Service Recognition

Once your score report is available online, you can sign in and scroll under your exam scores to see whether awards are listed.

2. Email notification

In addition to the online score report, the College Board sends an email notification if you’ve earned an award. If you don’t see an email, it’s usually because you didn’t qualify for an award (or the email was filtered; check spam/junk folders).

3. Timing relative to scores

AP scores are released in a rolling time-zone schedule in early July. Awards generally follow:

  • Available starting in July , often a few days after scores are released.
  • For 2025, some community discussions mentioned July 14 as the date AP awards were announced/visible.

Exact dates can shift slightly year to year, but the pattern is: early July for scores → mid-July for awards.

What You’ll See When You Check

When you log in to your College Board account:

  1. Sign in to the AP student score reporting portal with your College Board account.
  1. Look under your exam scores for this year; awards are listed after your scores.
  1. You can download/print a PDF of your award certificates for all AP awards you’ve earned in your AP career.

Why Some People Don’t See Awards Immediately

  • Not qualifying : If your scores don’t meet the criteria for any AP award tier, no award will appear.
  • Delayed scores : If one of your scores is delayed (e.g., due to later testing), the associated award may not show until that score is processed; then both score and award are added together.
  • Older awards : Awards from years when they were no longer offered may still appear on your score report but won’t be “new” notifications.

TL;DR (Bottom Summary)

  • AP awards are released in July , alongside or shortly after AP scores.
  • You’ll get an email notification and see awards listed on your online score report from mid-July.
  • Exact dates can vary slightly, but the rule is: scores in early July → awards by mid-July.

Information gathered from public forums or data available on the internet and portrayed here.