Students and Families enrolled in Madison Metropolitan School District (Madison, WI) schools can submit payment here for the May 2024 AP® Exam Administration.
Deadline to Register: October 22, 2023 (midnight EST)
Deadline to Submit Balance Due: February 23, 2024 (midnight EST)
Deadlines and Procedures:
Step 1: Submit Exam Deposit – To initiate an exam order, submit a $40 per exam deposit for the exams you will be taking in May 2024 by clicking on Submit AP® Exam Deposit. Deadline to submit deposit without penalty fees is October 22, 2023
Step 2: Activate Exam on MyAP – Students who have successfully submitted a deposit will receive after October 22, 2023 via email an Exam Only Join Code to apply to their account on https://myap.collegeboard.org (This code is separate from and in ADDITION to the teacher issued code you received from your school!) To access the site, create or use a College Board Profile. (See FAQs for more details.) October 30, 2023 is the deadline to activate your exam on MyAP.
Step 3: Submit Balance of Fees Due – Students who successfully completed step 1 and 2 above will receive via email in January a personalized digital invoice for the applicable balance of fees due. Deadline to submit balance in full is February 23, 2024.
General Policies and Information:
1. Exam registration for the May 2024 AP® Exam administration in MMSD runs from September 11 through October 22, 2023.
2. Submitting the deposit: The cost of each AP® Exam is $125 (AP Capstone exams are $160.)
A $40 per exam deposit is due by October 22, 2023 to initiate the exam order.
Orders placed between November 16, 2023 and February 23, 2024 will incur a $40 per exam penalty fee and will require the full exam price to be submitted at the time of order initiation. No exams will be ordered or initiated after February 23, 2024.
If you are enrolled in a course that COMMENCES In the Spring/second semester, you may register for that course’s exam in October OR you may register for that course’s corresponding exam with no penalty fees between November 16 and February 23, 2024.
There will be no waiting list or stand by testing.
3. Activating the exam: All exams must be activated on the College Board’s MyAP site at http://myap.collegeboard.org
To Activate the exam, students will log into the MyAP Site with their College Board profile accounts (the same account used to order SAT® exams, or to collect PSAT/NMSQT® and AP® exam scores from past years.) Students who do not have an account will create one on the MyAP Site.
All students must have a complete AP® Profile on the MyAP site – including personal information. (See FAQs for more information on what to include and why.)
To activate the subject exam, a Join Code (Access Code) will need to be applied to the MyAP Account by clicking ‘Add Exam/Class’ and entering the subject specific Exam Only Join Code.
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- Because the bulk of MMSD exams are administered at a central location, students will receive a special Exam Join Code via email from MMSD upon the close of the exam registration/deposit submission window. Look for this MMSD email after October 22, 2023. Deadline to apply the Exam Only Join Code to the student’s MyAP Account is October 30, 2023 (See FAQs for more info.)
- Students will ALSO receive in class a teacher specific Class Join Code- this teacher-based code provides students with access to course and exam prep materials and should be used by ALL students, even if they do not plan to take the exam.
- ONLY the Exam Join Code will actually activate an exam order.
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NOTE: BOTH deposit submission and exam activation MUST be completed by October 30, 2023 to enable your AP Coordinator to submit the exam order to College Board. Students who do not have both steps completed by October 30 will incur penalty fees. No new exam orders will be possible after February 23, 2024.
SPRING: Deadline to join your AP Class with your teacher-issued code is January 31. Deadline to join the EXAM group with the exam code issued by APTS is February 23, 2024.
4. Submitting the Balance Due: Students who successfully completed both deposit form submission and exam activation by the October deadline will receive in January a personalized digital invoice for the applicable balance due from APTS at the PARENT email address on the deposit form. The balance of fees due will be payable online with debit or credit card or via mail in (check or money order.) Balance of fees are due February 23, 2024. Failure to submit the final balance due will result in exam cancellation and forfeiture of the deposit paid in the Fall.
Exam Registration Opening Date | Exam Registration Closing Date | Deadline to Activate Exam on MyAP | |
Fall Course (August/September Start Date) | September 11, 2023 | October 22, 2023 | October 30, 2023 |
Spring Course (January Start Date) And Late Registrations | November 16, 2023 | Febraury 23, 2024 | February 28, 2024 |
Balance Due Payments | Invoices are sent out January 1, 2024 | Invoice payment due February 23, 204 |
5. Deposit and fee payments for exams may be done via credit card or debit card, OR by mailing in a check or money order. There will be an online payment fee of 3.1% for payments submitted by credit or debit card. Directions for payment can be found at the end of the online deposit payment form and in your e-mail confirmation which will be sent to the email address you provide on the registration form. Postmark deadline to ensure timely processing of your deposit is October 17, 2023.
All students who would like to register for an exam must complete the deposit form, regardless of payment amount due, to trigger the process.
Students who successfully completed both deposit form submission and exam activation will receive in January a personalized digital invoice at the PARENT email address on the deposit form. The balance of fees due will be payable online with debit or credit card or via mail in (check or money order.)
To be eligible to take the May 2024 exam, the applicable balance of fees due must be paid in full by February 23, 2024.
6. Fee waivers/assistance – Students who qualify for Free/Reduced Lunch status will enter the Fee Reduction Code RDMHAS in the appropriate field on the online deposit form. Fee reduction code usage will be verified by APTS with MMSD. Unapproved code usage will result in cancellation of the exam order until full payment is submitted. Activation of the exam is also required on the MyAP Site.
All students who would like to register for an exam must complete the deposit form, regardless of payment amount due, to trigger the process.
If you are not sure if you qualify, please see your school site AP® Coordinator:
Who is My School’s AP® Coordinator?
- East High School: Kate Brien, 204-1673
- La Follette High School: Betsy Zirbel, 608-204-3600
- Memorial High School: Emily Cochran, 663-6064
- West High School: Joanna Williams, 608-204-4100
7. Cancellations/Refunds: A full refund of exam deposits submitted is possible for exam orders through November 1, 2023 at 11:59pm CST. To cancel your exam order, please email cancel@aptsusa.com and include the student name, name of the school, and the exam order to cancel.
Cancellation requests submitted after November 1, 2023 and through 11:59pm April 1, 2024 will be eligible for a partial refund of the base exam fees – a $40 per exam College Board cancellation penalty fee will be retained from the exam fees. Credit/debit card fees are non-refundable. No refunds will be issued for requests submitted after April 1, 2024 or no shows on exam day.
8. The AP® Chinese and AP® Japanese exams are open only for registration to currently enrolled MMSD high school students. Students who register for the AP® Chinese or Japanese language exams will be notified of their exam location by email in early April.
AP® Computer Science Principles exam is only available for students who are currently enrolled in an accredited AP CSP course, as half the exam grade is based on in-class work.
9. Accommodations for Students with Disabilities: Testing accommodations present on an IEP or 504 are not applied to Advanced Placement® exams. The College Board requires students seeking testing accommodations for AP® exams to apply privately for approval before any accommodations may be granted in May. This year’s deadline for application for approved accommodations is January 18, 2024. Families may apply after this date, but there is no guarantee the College Board will review late applications in time for administration in May. Additional information regarding this application process may be found here. Your school has a College Board designated Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) coordinator who can assist in the application process. Please contact your school’s AP® Coordinator if you are unsure who to speak to regarding the process.
10. Exam day specifics will be communicated by MMSD to examinees closer to the May 2024 exam administration.
AP® exam program information is available on the College Board’s general website and also by logging into your MyAP account at http://myap.collegeboard.org Students are encouraged to review it.
Assistance needed? Email info@aptsusa.com or call 1-855-663-8348.
