Spring-Ford grad earns ‘perfect’ AP research score
ROYERSFORD » Spring Ford Area High School 2021 graduate Navya Murahari earned a perfect score on a college-level Advanced Placement Exam this spring.
Murahari was one of only 375 students in the world to earn every point possible on the AP Research Exam.
“We are extremely proud of Navya and very excited to see her commitment to her research result in this incredible accomplishment. Navya challenged herself with a complex research topic, and her perseverance allowed her to overcome every obstacle she faced throughout the research process,” said Murahari’s Advanced Placement teachers Jaclyn Ritter and Julie Korchowsky.
The Advanced Placement Program is committed to ensuring that students have access to the opportunities they have earned. Students who succeed in AP are not only more likely to succeed in college but have the chance to save a significant amount of time and money by earning college credit or placement. Colleges and universities around the world received AP scores for college credit, advanced placement, and/ or consideration in the admission process.
Murahari was recognized by the Spring-Ford School Board at Monday night’s meeting, along with five Spring-Ford students — Jacob H. Collier, Arnav Gupta, Braden T. Krajcirovic and Rahul R. Pallela — who were proclaimed semifinalists in the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program. They were among the 16,000 highest performers amid the more than 1.5 million who took PSAT.
Another 13 students — Aragya Goyal, Evelyn F. Hergenhan, Abhimanyu Khandelwal, Sean M. Lambert, Jacob M. Dourte, Joshua B. Feingold, Allison E. McVey, Ryder T. Pham, Justin N. Russell, Riva B. Shah, Navein K. Suresh, Peyton R. Swanson and Alexander Wasko — were named “commended students” in the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program.