ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP)
AP TESTING CALENDAR 2021-2022
May 3rd - 14th, 2021
*2021 LATE TESTING DATES - coming soon
Important AP Exam Information:
Bulletin for AP Students and Parents (coming soon)
AP EXAMS 101:
Each of the 38 exams has its own unique requirements; however, almost all of the exams have several things in common:
Most exams are two to three hours long. Be prepared to tackle a challenging exam with limited breaks. Eat a good breakfast and, if you're taking more than one exam on the same day, pack lunch and snacks to keep you going.
The first part of the exam usually consists of multiple-choice questions. You will choose one of four or five answer choices for each question and use a pencil to bubble in your choice on your AP answer sheet. Your total exam score on the multiple-choice section is based only on the number of questions answered correctly. You won’t receive or lose points for incorrect answers or unanswered questions.
The second part of the exam usually consists of free-response questions that require you to generate your own responses. Depending on the exam, your responses could be in the form of an essay, a solution to a problem, or a spoken response. In most cases, you’ll be writing your response in pen in the free-response exam booklet.
AP STUDENT AMBASSADORS
Recruitment with Student Voice
•AP Course Fair in the Fall
•AP Potential Meeting in Early Spring
•Parent Nights
•Student Celebration throughout the year
•Campus Student Reps to various College Board Events
Seniors - Riley Landry, Allie Russell, Alex Garcia, Tyler Specksgoor
Juniors - Nick Freeman, Timothy Adeyemi, Alex Heiliger, Keiah Welch, Jazmine Reyes
PREPARING FOR THE EXAMS
Your AP teacher will go over the exam format with you in class. You can get detailed information about each exam at the AP Courses page. You can view sample questions from actual exams using the Exam Practicelinks on the Preparing for the Exams page.
REGISTRATION
Contact your AP coordinator (Counselor: TBD) for questions regarding registration. They will order the exams, collect fees, and let you know when and where to show up.
You can take as many AP Exams as you want; in fact, with the exception of AP Capstone, the AP Program doesn’t require you to take an AP course before taking an AP Exam.
However, there are some rules you need to know before signing up for exams:
Calculus exams: You may not take both Calculus AB and Calculus BC within the same year.
Exam conflicts: If two of the exams you want to take are scheduled for the same time, ask your AP coordinator for information about taking one of the exams during the late-testing period.
Studio Art portfolio exams: You may submit more than one Studio Art portfolio exam, but each must be a different type of portfolio. You may not duplicate works or images among the portfolios and portfolios may not be combined. For example, if you want to submit a portfolio for both Drawing and 2-D Design, you will need to submit two separate portfolios with two completely different sets of artwork, and pay two separate fees.
Repeating exams: You may repeat an exam in a subsequent year. If you do, both scores will be reported unless you request that one be withheld or canceled.
You need a College Board account to get your AP Scores. This one account is for everything, including SAT, AP, PSAT/NMSQT, CLEP, and BigFuture activities, so provide complete and accurate information. Tip: Always double-check your information to make sure it's complete and correct before you submit it.
Why create an account?
With a College Board account, you can access your SAT and AP scores online, and send them to colleges. You can also register for the SAT and CLEP exams, and print your SAT Admission Ticket or CLEP Registration Ticket. Additionally, an account lets you manage your personal college list, save your scholarship searches, compare costs at colleges that interest you, and more.
EXAM FEES:
$98 per exam (subject to change)
Reduced Fee: Free & Reduced Lunch Application
TESTING ACCOMMODATIONS
If you have a documented disability, you may be eligible for accommodations on the AP Exams such as:
Extended time
Large-type exams
Large-block answer sheets
Permission to use a braille device, computer, or magnifying device
A reader to dictate questions
A writer to record responses
A written copy of oral instructions; as well as other accommodations
You must request accommodations from the College Board Services for Students with Disabilities office. Scores for students who test with accommodations that have not been preapproved by the College Board will not be reported.
REQUESTING ACCOMMODATIONS:
To request accommodations, speak to your school's SSD coordinator Brenda Sanders. Visit Services for Students with Disabilities for more information on how to request testing accommodations.
If you have previously been approved by the College Board for testing accommodations (for example, when you took the PSAT/NMSQT or SAT), you do not need to submit a new request.
If you transferred schools after being approved for testing accommodations, notify the SSD coordinator at your new school of the prior approval. If you need different accommodations, your school's SSD coordinator may submit an Accommodations Change Form for you.
Deadline to Submit Requests for Accommodations
The College Board must receive your request for accommodations and supporting documentation (if needed) by February 23. This date is seven weeks before the ordering deadline for AP Exams because it takes approximately seven weeks from the receipt of all necessary documentation for the College Board to determine your eligibility for accommodations. If requests are submitted after this date, there is no guarantee that accommodations will be approved and appropriate exam materials will be shipped in time for the test.
AP EXAM SECURITY
Breaking the rules could cost you your score.
The policies and procedures found in the Bulletin for AP Students and Parents are designed to make sure every AP student gets the same chance to demonstrate their knowledge on exam day without anyone gaining an unfair advantage, but when you agree to follow them what exactly are you agreeing to?
Keeping Exams Secure
Because AP Exams are given on the same day around the world, and because some exam questions are reused from year to year, it is critical that students taking the exam follow policies and procedures to keep the questions secure. The exam security policies and procedures you agree to include things such as:
Taking your AP Exam at the scheduled date and time.
Not opening your exam materials until your proctor tells you to do so.
Not taking exam materials from the testing room.
Violating these, or any of the “Test Security and Test Administration Policies and Procedures” found in the Bulletin for AP Students and Parents, could cause your score to be canceled. Under some circumstances you could even be barred from future AP testing.
Discussing Exam Questions
The College Board will automatically cancel your exam score if you are discovered disclosing:
multiple-choice questions;
free-response questions from an alternate exam;
free-response questions from a regularly scheduled exam within two days of its administration; or
free-response questions that are not released on the College Board website two days after the regularly scheduled exam administration.
This means that something you may not have intended as a violation, like casually talking about a multiple-choice question with your friends or your teacher during the exam break, or discussing a free-response online right after the exam, can actually result in having your score canceled.
You can only discuss free-response questions from a regularly scheduled exam after two days have passed, and if that particular free-response question was released on the College Board website.
Misconduct
You are also agreeing not to engage in misconduct during the AP Exam, including:
Obtaining improper access to the exam, or a part of the exam, or information about the exam
Removing a page or pages from the exam book
Leaving the testing room without permission
Copying from another student's work or a published work
Attempting to take the exam for someone else
Creating a disturbance
If found doing these, or any of the examples of misconduct listed in the Bulletin for AP Students and Parents, you may be asked to turn in your exam materials and leave the exam room. You may not return to the exam room, and your score will not be reported.
Following exam security policies and procedures keeps things fair for you and your fellow exam takers. So, before exam day, make sure you’ve read through the Bulletin so you know what to do and what not to do.
EXAM DAY POLICIES
What to Bring to the Exam Room
Bring No. 2 pencils for your multiple-choice answer sheet, pens with black or dark blue ink for completing areas on the exam booklet covers and for free-response questions in most exams, and your government-issued or school-issued photo I.D.
What Not to Bring to the Exam Room
Don't bring any electronic equipment or communication devices, like cell phones, smartphones, tablets or anything else that can access the internet, any cameras or other photographic equipment, ear buds, or even any watches that beep or have an alarm (or smartwatches). You may not have any food or drink in the exam room, including bottled water.
A complete list of “What to Bring to the Exam Room” and “What NOT to Bring to the Exam Room” can be found in the Bulletin for AP Students and Parents.
Calculators
If you are allowed to use a calculator on your AP Exam, review the calculator policies to make sure you bring an acceptable calculator for your particular exam.
Breaks
During the break between Sections I and II of your AP Exam, or during any other unscheduled breaks, you are not allowed to consult textbooks, notes, teachers, or other students; and you may not use any electronic or communication devices, like your cell phone, for any reason.
Also, you may not leave the building at any time during the exam administration, including during a scheduled break.
Remember, whether it is during breaks or after the exam, you must not communicate anything to anyone, including your classmates and your teachers, about the multiple-choice questions that appeared on your AP Exam.
Discussing Exam Questions
Do not email, text, post, or in any other way circulate AP Exam information through any kind of social media, or your AP Exam score may be canceled and you could also be banned from taking future AP Exams.
If the free-response content on your AP Exam has been posted to the College Board website two days after the regularly scheduled exam, you may discuss it. Multiple-choice content is never released and therefore may never be discussed.
The AP Exam is intended to be a fair assessment of your academic ability. Sharing exam information in any unauthorized way compromises the integrity of the exam for all AP students, and for the colleges and universities that grant credit or advanced placement for qualifying AP scores.
Reporting Exam Day Problems
If you believe there is a problem while you are taking the exam (e.g., you aren’t given enough time for a section of the exam, or the directions you receive are incorrect), notify your AP coordinator immediately so necessary action can be taken as soon as possible. If that doesn’t resolve the situation, speak to your principal.