AP Score

You can earn college credit by taking Advanced Placement (AP) tests. Over ninety percent of colleges and universities nationwide, as well as institutions of higher learning in other countries, accept AP scores as credits, advanced placement, or both.

Usually, students earn AP credits after taking AP courses during high school. The AP course serves as a rigorous preparation for the AP test on a related subject. Nonetheless, AP courses are not mandatory in order to take the tests. Homeschoolers or other individuals who have completed intensive study on a given topic can take AP tests without completing the corresponding AP coursework.

• An AP coordinator at each high school assists with AP course enrollment. He or she also holds responsibility for enrolling students for AP tests, collecting testing fees, and proctoring the actual tests. Home school students or students who are not enrolled in an AP course but are interested in taking an exam can contact AP services for help locating a school to proctor their AP test.
• The website for AP services is www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/contact.html. If you are interested in taking an AP test, you should contact AP services by March 1, so you can be in touch with an AP coordinator at a local high school by March 15.
  

You can choose from thirty different AP subject matter tests. Testing occurs each year in May, and testing takes approximately two to three hours to finish. You will receive your AP scores in early to mid July. Each test costs $87.

An AP test consists of two sections–one section of multiple-choice questions and one section of free-response questions. Your multiple-choice section score depends upon the number of questions you answer correctly. Professors and AP teachers score the free-response section. Scoring takes place during the first two weeks of June. Your composite score combines your free response score and your multiple-choice score.

Score setting happens every year after the free response reading and grading. Score setting is the process of deciding what range of composite scores translate into the 1 through 5 rating you receive as your official AP score. No fixed composite score exists from year to year or from subject to subject to translate into the final score. Instead, each year the acceptable final rating is based on the scores of everyone tested.

The calendar for 2013 is set as follows:

Week 1 Morning 8 a.m. Afternoon 12 noon Monday, May 6 1) Chemistry; 2) Environmental Science 1) Psychology Tuesday, May 7 1) Computer Science A; 2) Spanish Language 1) Art History Wednesday, May 8 1) Calculus AB; 2) Calculus BC 1) Chinese Language and Culture Thursday, May 9 1) English Literature and Composition 1) Japanese Language and Culture; 2) Latin: Virgil Friday, May 10 1) English Language and Composition 1) Statistics Studio Art - last day for Coordinators to submit digital portfolios (by 8 p.m. EDT) and to gather 2-D Design and Drawing students for the physical portfolio assembly Teachers should have forwarded students' completed digital portfolios to Coordinators before this date. Week 2 Morning 8 a.m. Afternoon 12 noon Afternoon 2 p.m. Monday, May 13 1) Biology; 2) Music Theory 1) Physics B; 2) Physics C: Mechanics 1) Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism Tuesday, May 14 1)United States Government and Politics 1) Comparative Government and Politics; 2) French Language and culture   Wednesday, May 15 1) German Language and Culture; 2) United States History 1) European History   Thursday, May 16 1) Macroeconomics; 2) World History 1) Microeconomics; 2) Italian Language and Culture   Friday, May 17 1) Human Geography; 2) Spanish Literature and Culture     Some schools may choose to fill out identifying forms prior to the days of the actual exam. Last Updated: 02/06/2013 Home