AP Exam Updates

General Information

May 4-15

Please make every effort to attend your exam session. The College Board allows late testing without additional charge for very specific, approved reasons. If there are conflicts with your exam schedule, please contact Mr. Kennedy (616)-254-6454 or mkennedy@gpsbulldogs.org as soon as possible.

If you are taking more than one exam on an exam day, please be sure to pack a lunch or snacks for the break between exams.

AP Scoring

Exams are scored 1-5, with 5 being the highest score.

While students are not required to take AP exams, students are strongly encouraged to take the exam for each class.

Exam Ordering

Grandville High School will order an exam for each student in an AP course by default. All students in AP classes must be registered in My AP Classroom for an exam to be ordered.

Each AP exam costs $102 (exam fee of $99 + $3 service fee).

Exams must be ordered by November 7 at 3 PM. There is a $40 late fee for full year exams ordered after Nov. 7.

There is a $40 cancellation fee for any changes to or cancellations for AP exams after March 6 (GHS will refund $59 for any and all exam cancellations after March 6).

There will be no refunds after March 27.

Student who ordered an exam, but who do not take that exam will not be refunded and will be charged an additional $40 by the College Board for an unused exam.

Account Support

If students have issues accessing their College Board account, they need to contact the College Board at 888-225-5427.

AP Exam Format

All AP exams will require students to bring their Chromebook to the exam.

Fully Digital Exams

The following subjects will provide a fully digital exam in the Bluebook app on student Chromebooks:

- Computer Science A
- Computer Science Principles
- English Language and Composition
- English Literature and Composition
- Environmental Science
- Psychology
- US Government and Politics
- US History

Hybrid Exams

The following subjects will provide a hybrid exam in which students will view all of the exam questions in Bluebook (AP digital app) but will answer free-response questions in a paper booklet as usual:

- Biology
- Calculus AB/BC
- Chemistry
- Macroeconomics
- Physics C: Mechanics
- Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
- Precalculus
- Spanish Literature and Culture (Ind. Study)
- Statistics

Traditional Exams

The AP Spanish Language and Culture exam will remain as it has for now.

Calculator Policy

The calculator policy for the 2025 AP Exams remains the same. Students can use an approved personal or school-provided calculator, and/or the built-in Desmos graphing calculator through Bluebook. Review the AP Calculator Policy for the complete list of approved calculators. Please see the calculator policy for the College Board.

The built-in Desmos graphing calculator will be available as an option for the following digital AP Exams through Bluebook:

Biology
Calculus AB
Calculus BC
Chemistry
Environmental Science
Macroeconomics
Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
Physics C: Mechanics
Precalculus

Desmos won't be available as an option for the AP Statistics Exam because Desmos doesn't currently have the required statistics computational capabilities described in the AP Statistics and Course Exam Description.

Students should use the calculator they're familiar with. If students will be using Desmos on exam day, they should use it throughout the school year.

Test previews with the built-in Desmos calculator for the applicable exams will be available through Bluebook later this school year.
Throughout the school year, students can also use the web-based or app-based Desmos graphing calculator. But, please note, only the built-in Desmos calculator through Bluebook can be used during the exam, not the web- or app-based calculator.
Students can continue to use an approved handheld calculator if they prefer.

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