Students enrolled in Oceanside HS (Oceanside, CA) can submit payment here for the May 2026 administration of Advanced Placement (AP®) Exams. Before placing your order, please review the following information.
FALL Semester Deadline to register is October 27, 2025
SPRING Semester Deadline to register is March 2, 2026
Orders deadlines are based on when the course COMMENCES
Registration Deadlines and Steps:
Step 1: Activate Exam – Students log into the MyAP Site at https://myap.collegeboard.org to join the online AP® Class. Joining the class activates the exam (See FAQs for more information and details.) Deadline to activate exam for Fall is October 27, 2025 and March 2, 2026 for Spring.
Step 2: Fee Submission – Click on Submit AP® Exam Payment and complete the online payment form to submit fees. All students registering for an exam must complete the online payment form, regardless of method of payment. Deadline to Submit exam fees for Fall is October 27 and March 2, 2026 for Spring.
Registration Regulations and Information:
1. Exam fees for the 2026 AP® Exam Administration is $85 per exam. Registration deadlines are based on when the course COMMENCES.
- FALL Exam Registration is open August 22 to October 27, 2025
- SPRING Exam Registration is open Jan. 1, 2026 to March 2, 2026
2. Exam registration for 2026 AP exams requires two steps: activation of your exam on the College Board MyAP site AND submission of exam fees. Both steps must be completed by the applicable deadline.
- FALL Exam Registration is open August 22 to October 27, 2025
- SPRING Exam Registration is open Jan. 1, 2026 to March 2, 2026
Late registration is available until March 2, 2026. No new orders will be accepted after March 2, 2026.
3. To Activate an Exam on the College Board MyAP site students log into their College Board profile accounts via http://myap.collegeboard.org
College Board Profile accounts are the same accounts used to order SAT® exams or to collect prior year PSAT® or AP® exam scores. Students who have never taken one of those exams should create a new profile by clicking ‘Create Account’ on the MyAP main page.
Once logged into MyAP, students will JOIN the AP® Class with a teacher and subject specific Join Code (Access Code.) Student can obtain the Join Codes from their Teachers.
Students will then be prompted to complete or update the online registration profile in MyAP.
ALL students should complete the Join Step to become part of the online AP Class community and access free College Board course resources, regardless of whether they are taking the exam. Exams will only be ordered for those with corresponding payments submitted by the registration deadline.
4. Payment of Exam Fees: All students choosing to take exams must complete the online APTS Payment form at the link below. The payment form accepts credit card and debit card payments as well as mail in payments. A 3.9% online payment fee will be added to the total for online payments. If you do not wish to use the online payment option, you may mail in check or money order payment to APTS. Mail in payment must be postmarked by October 21, 2025 to ensure timely processing for the Fall deadline and February 24, 2026 to ensure timely processing for the Spring deadline. Instructions regarding the mailing in of the check or money order payment will be emailed to the parent email address upon completion of the payment form.
5. Students who fail to complete BOTH the exam activation step and the fee submission by the applicable deadline will not have a fully complete exam order and no order will be submitted for them to College Board. BOTH activation and fee submission is required.
6.Students who qualify for the Free and Reduced Lunch program are eligible for a reduction to the cost of the exam. The fee reduction reduces the cost of exams to $55. To receive the exam fee reduction, please contact Asst. Principal Chavarria at freddie.chavarria@oside.us for a Fee Reduction Code. This code will be applied to the online payment form when prompted and will reduce the cost of the exam fees. Please apply for a fee reduction code no later than October 21, 2025 to ensure timely submission of your payment.
7. A calendar of scheduled dates is posted at the link below. Exam day details will be communicated by the school closer to the exam date.
8. Refunds/Cancellation: Per OHS Policy, no cancellations or refunds are possible. Please make your decision for registration with care.
If you need assistance, please contact APTS at info@aptsusa.com
