Students and families enrolled in Poway HS (Poway USD, CA), can submit payment here for the 2025-2026 Advanced Placement (AP®) Exams to be administered in May 2026
Deadlines and Procedures to place an AP® Exam Order:
Step 1: Activate Exam – Students must JOIN their AP® Class on the MyAP Site at https://myap.collegeboard.org to activate the exam order and complete the process. To access the site, create or use a College Board Profile. (See FAQs for more details.) Students join the AP Class with a Join Code (access code) and click ‘Register for Exam’ to activate the exam. See deadlines below based on course commencement date.
Step 2: Submit Exam Fees – To indicate intention and commitment to take an AP® exam in the May 2025 AP® Exam administration, submit exam fees at the link below. Deadline to submit exam fees for exams corresponding to Trimester 1 classes is October 31, 2025. Deadline to submit exam fees for exams corresponding to Trimester 2 classes is February 27, 2026.
General Policies and Information:
1. AP® Exams are optional exams at Poway High School that correspond to AP® courses. Students choosing to sit for the AP® Exams must adhere to the following deadlines for 2025-2026 that are based on the course’s start date:
Course Commencement Date | Exam Registration Opening Date | Exam Registration Deadline | LATE Exam Registration Deadline (Penalty fees apply) |
Fall (August/September) | August 29, 2025 | October 31, 2025 | February 27, 2026 |
Spring (October/November/ January) | January 13, 2026 | February 27, 2026 | February 27, 2026 |
2. The cost of each AP® Exam is $110 each.
Payments for exams may be submitted by credit card or debit card, OR by mailing in a check or money order. There will be an online payment fee of 3.9% for payments submitted by credit or debit card. Directions for payment can be found at the end of the online payment form. FALL Postmark deadline to ensure timely mail in payment processing is October 27 and February 24 for Spring.
3. Fee reduction/assistance: Fee reductions are possible for qualified students. If you feel you may qualify for a fee reduction, please submit the Fee Reduction Application Form (Linked here) to the Poway High School Counseling office. Once eligibility has been confirmed, you will be provided with a Fee Reduction Code that will reduce the cost of the exam(s) to the appropriate amount on the online payment form. Application forms for fee reductions must be submitted no later than October 27, 2025 to guarantee processing before the Fall deadline. Penalty fees will apply if registering during the late payment period. Students who were approved for a fee reduction in the Fall do not need to apply again but should see their counselor for a Spring Fee Reduction Code.
4. Late payment submission and registration for exams corresponding to Trimester 1 classes will incur a late ordering penalty fee of $40 per exam and will be available from January 13, 2026 until February 27, 2026.
There is no late registration for exams corresponding to Trimester 2 classes.
No exam orders will be able to be accepted after February 27, 2026.
There will be no waiting lists or stand-by testing.
5. Homeschooled or Independent students: Please contact the school site AP Coordinator, Ms Wardwell, to request permission. Approval will be based on space availability. Additional fees may apply. Approval is required.
6. To complete an AP® Exam order successfully, students MUST submit an exam fee payment AND complete the join step on MyAP for EACH exam. Without completion of BOTH steps, the AP® Exam order cannot be submitted to College Board. Failure to activate the exam on MyAP by the applicable deadline will result in the exam order that was initiated to be cancelled and fees refunded. See the FAQ section for more information about the MyAP Join Code process.
7. Exam Locations: Exam Locations will be announced closer to the exam date.
8. Cancellations: Students who order and pay for an exam but decide to cancel before April 24, 2026 will be eligible for a partial refund of $70 per exam (a $40 cancellation penalty fee will be charged by College Board for exams cancelled after the applicable term deadline). To cancel your exam, send an email to cancel@aptsusa.com before 11:59pm PST on April 24, 2026 and include your name, name of your school (including city and state), and name of the exam you would like to cancel. Credit card fees are non-refundable. Exams cancelled from April 26 onwards as well as no shows on exam day are not eligible for any refund and forfeit their fees.
No exchange or re-selling of tests.
9. Testing with accommodations: Students who are approved by College Board for testing with accommodations will receive special exam day instructions. To submit an application for approval, please contact the school site AP® Coordinator. Deadline to submit a new application to College Board is January 16, 2026.
10. If a student is sick on the day of an exam, they must email the AP Coordinator (Karly Wardwell at kwardwell@powayusd.com) within 24-hrs of the originally scheduled start time of the exam and provide a doctor’s note in order to take the late exam. Students are not automatically signed up for late exams if they do not show up on test day.
AP® exam program information is available on The College Board site. Students are encouraged to review it at http://collegeboard.org
Assistance needed? Email info@aptsusa.com or call 1-855-663-8348
