The present study investigated the correlation between achievement and motivation in high school advanced placement students. This study looked into the gap of how much motivation an AP student needs to reach achievement because of increased student involvement in an AP classroom. This study analyzes this correlation with a qualitative interview and field note observations. To search for this, the researcher conducted field note observations with 7 participants in a low, medium, and high stress leveled environment to cross examine student behavior with their interview answers. The findings of this study were that students need a high level of motivation to feel academically achieved, and this is predominantly through grades. This study ultimately examined the significance of how important it is to assess student involvement in a learning environment, to overall help further AP students to learn and succeed in their classroom. This study ultimately created a future pathway to examine other academic levels such as Honors, or College Prep (CP) students.