AP Testing Information

Watch the YouTube video below provided by College Board to see how to navigate the tools in Bluebook when taking a fully digital AP exam.

Introduction to Digital AP Testing - Fully Digital 

ALL exams - 

• Form of picture ID (student ID, driver's license, passport, or picture in StudentVUE you can show on your phone) for check-in

• At least 2 pencils (specifically No. 2 pencils for fully paper exams)

• A snack and drink for your 10-min. break

  • • Snacks are being provided by the Academic Booster Club (ABC) Foundation and donations from other parents, but please bring your own if you have restrictions/allergies

• A "sack" lunch if you are taking a morning and afternoon exam in the same day

  • • "Sack" lunch - No microwave needed and can be eaten in a short amount of time

Paper and Hybrid exams

• At least 2 black or blue pens (not mandatory for hybrid exams)

Fully and Hybrid Digital exams

• Fully updated and fully charged Cobb County school laptop

  • • • NO personal laptops may be used

      • All homeschool testers will be provided a school laptop with a default login 

• Latest updated version of the Bluebook application downloaded onto your school laptop

  • • • Go to bluebook.app.collegeboard.org to download the application

• Your memorized log in information for your College Board account

  • • • No password managers or written password information will be allowed on the day of testing

      • Try changing your password to something easy to remember the day before your exam. You can change it back later.

***Make sure to log into the Bluebook application before your AP exam with your College Board account information to verify that you can fully login***

***No late exams will be ordered due to a student forgetting their login to their College Board account***

• Physics exams only - Bring a ruler or straightedge but NO protractor

• Calculator for specific exams - read the next section "Will I be able to use a calculator on my exam" for specific calculator usage or visit our Calculator Clarification page 

Absolutely!

Each full digital and hybrid AP exam - You will start with 2 pieces of scratch paper, but you can always ask for more.

The following digital and hybrid AP exams will also have a printed reference information booklet that students may use as scratch paper:

• AP Biology

• AP Chemistry

• AP Computer Science A

• AP Computer Science Principles

• AP Environmental Science

• AP Physics 1

• AP Physics 2

• AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism

• AP Physics C: Mechanics

• AP Statistics

Paper exams - You will be able to write in your test booklet the entire time

• You will check-in with a form of picture ID (student ID, driver's license, passport, or picture in StudentVUE you can show on your phone) at the OUTSIDE doors of the Arena near Holt Rd.

  • You will be given a testing location (Arena, Arena classroom, etc.) and a seat number at check-in

  • Place all your belongings minus your laptop, pencils/pens, laptop charger, and any additional testing materials (calculator or straightedge) in the assigned location

    • If you are in the Arena, all your belongings will remain at the top of the Arena, unmonitored, near the trophy case. This means if you have anything valuable you wish to not worry about since it will be unmonitored, then leave it at home.

    • If you are in the Arena classrooms/offices/copy room/PAC Conference Room, all your belongings will remain near the proctor.

  • Wait to be checked in by an adult and released to go to your assigned seat

• Do not walk through the school to get to the Arena to get to the check-in; walk around from the front of the school

• Students should only be dropped off at the front of the school to walk around to the front of the Arena (see map above). STUDENTS SHOULD NOT BE DROPPED OFF NEAR THE CROSSWALK IN FRONT OF THE ARENA.

• Student drivers - DO NOT PARK IN THE VISITORS' SPOTS AT THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL OR YOU WILL RECEIVE A TICKET!

• • You should have at least 15 min. between your morning and afternoon exams to be able to eat a snack or light "sack" lunch.

    • "Sack" lunch - No microwave needed, can be eaten in a short amount of time

  • Right after you are dismissed from your morning exam, please plug in your laptop to charge as much as possible before your afternoon exam.

  • There will be charging stations available during the exam if your laptop needs to be plugged in due to a low battery. You will need to raise your hand for the proctor to give you permission to move to a charging station.

***NEW POLICY: If a student attends the morning exam but does not attend the afternoon exam, they will not be allowed to late test the afternoon exam and will forfeit all payment for it.***

• • You will need to raise your hand for the proctor to give you permission to leave the testing area

  • Only one student is allowed to go on an "unscheduled" break at a time

  • Your testing clock timer will NOT stop

• Do not plan on riding the bus as your transportation on the day you have an AP exam, especially if you have a morning exam.

• If you have a morning exam only, you can use the bus in the afternoon.

• If you have an afternoon exam only, you can use the bus in the morning.

  • If you arrive to school in the morning when you have an afternoon exam only, you must attend your classes until 11:10 AM (you will need to let your 2nd block teacher know you will need to leave at this time to check-in for your afternoon AP exam) 

• Most afternoon exams will go beyond 3:30 PM for students to be able to catch a bus in the afternoon, so a plan for student pick-up will need to be coordinated.

• If a student has a high-stakes academic or athletic competition such as State, National, or International at the same time as an AP exam, they may request to take their exam during the late testing window (May 18 - 22) at no additional charge.

• Please email our AP coordinator, Mrs. Ann Nemeck (ann.nemeck@cobbk12.org) or Mrs. Amanda Brown (amanda.brown@cobbk12org) as soon as a competition conflict is discovered for a late test to be ordered. 

• The latest date a student or parent/guardian can reach out in regards to a competition conflict is by 3:30 PM April 3, 2026 (the Friday before Spring Break). 

Cancellation

• You may receive a partial refund if you email our AP coordinator, Mrs. Ann Nemeck (ann.nemeck@cobbk12.org) or Mrs. Amanda Brown (amanda.brown@cobbk12org) to cancel your exam by May 1, 2026.

  • Partial Refund - A $42 cancellation fee per exam will apply and the one-time $15 non-refundable admin fee will be kept even if all exams are cancelled

• If you do not show up for your exam, you will forfeit all payment for that exam.

Students who used a GA STEM waiver or a Free/Reduced Lunch waiver

• If you do not show up for the exam(s) that you used a waiver for, you will be issued a $42 no-show fee per exam.

• Seniors, if you incur a no-show fee, this must be paid before you can walk at graduation!