Families and students enrolled at Sandia High School, can register here for the 2026 Advanced Placement (AP®) Exam Administration.
Please read carefully through all information below.
Registration Deadline: October 31, 2025 (midnight MST)*
Deadlines and Procedures:
Step 1: Activate Exam Decision Indicator – Students must JOIN their AP® Class accounts on the MyAP website at https://myap.collegeboard.org and indicate your exam decision. To access the site, create or use a College Board Profile. (See FAQs for more details.) Deadline to join the class and activate the exam by clicking ‘Register for exam’ is October 31, 2025.*
Step 2: Submit Exam Fee – Click on Submit AP® Exams Payment and complete the payment form to submit fees. Deadline is October 31, 2025.*
1. Advanced Placement (AP®) Examinations must be ordered in advance. Registration for the May 2026 Advanced Placement (AP®) examinations runs from September 1 until October 31, 2025 (Midnight MST).*
2. The cost of each AP® exam is $99. The 4th exam and beyond is free to students currently enrolled in four or more AP® classes.
3. Late registration will be possible until November 7, 2025 with a penalty fee of $20 per exam. No new exam orders will be initiated after November 7, 2025.*
4. Exam fee submissions for exams may be done via credit card or debit card, or by mailing in a check or money order. Complete the payment form at the link below and select your method of payment at the end. There will be an online payment fee of 3.9% for payments submitted by credit or debit card. Directions for mail in payment can be found at the end of the online payment form and in your e-mail confirmation. Postmark deadline for Mail In payments is October 27, 2025.
5. All students must activate their AP® Exam by joining the online AP® Class on the College Board MyAP website at http://myap.collegeboard.org
To complete this step, students will log into the MyAP site with their College Board Profiles (the same accounts used to order SAT® exam, or to collect PSAT/NMSQT® and AP® exam scores from previous years.)
Once logged in, students will “JOIN” each subject that they are taking with a Join Code (an access code.) Join Codes will be distributed by AP® Teachers in class. Codes are subject, teacher and period specific. ALL Students should complete the join step, even if not intending to take the exam, to be able to access course resources and materials.
Students choosing to take the AP® Exam in May must then click on “Register for Exam” in the MyAP System.
⇒ Deadline to Join and activate your exam decision indicator is October 31, 2025.
Students will also complete the online MyAP Registration profile. (See FAQs).
6. Cancellation: Per Sandia HS policies, no cancellations or refunds are possible. Select your exams to sit for carefully.
7. Fee reductions are available to qualifying students based on income as well as enrollment which reduces the cost of exams significantly. To apply for a fee reduction, contact Mr. Pacheco to obtain a Fee Reduction Discount Code. Once you have the discount code, you can complete your online fee submission form on this website. Where prompted, enter the code to reduce the exam price appropriately. The fee due can then be paid online or by mail in.
Students who are registering for more than 4 exams and qualify for the reduction due to enrollment also need to see Mr. Pacheco for a Scholarship Code.
8. Check in for morning exams will BEGIN promptly at 7:30 AM. Please arrive at your testing location for a morning exam at 7:15 AM. Afternoon exam check in will begin promptly at 12:15 PM. Please arrive at your testing location for an afternoon exam at 12 PM. Exam administration will begin as soon as check in is completed, so students must arrive promptly at the time check in opens. Students who arrive after the actual exam administration begins will not be admitted. No exceptions. Exams will take approximately four hours. Please notify your sport’s coaches of AP® exam dates and times and plan accordingly. Students are not allowed to leave any AP® exam early.
9. For information regarding testing rooms and locations, please check your school’s website in April.
10. Please bring the following to your AP® exam: a photo ID, at least 2 sharpened # 2 pencils, erasers, at least 2 pens with black or dark blue ink, and calculators (if applicable-see AP® Security Rules for approved types) with fresh batteries.
11. Cell phones, Smart Watches, iPods, MP3 players, etc. are NOT permitted in the testing room.
12. If registering for two exams scheduled for the exact same time and date, please contact info@aptsusa.com for assistance.
* Students enrolled in AP Macroeconomics that COMMENCES in the Spring semester may submit their exam deposits in the Fall but are not required to do so. These students, and ONLY these students will have the ability to submit an exam registration for these specific subjects with no penalty between January 5 and January 30, 2026.
Questions or need assistance? Please email us at info@aptsusa.com
