Students and families enrolled at Shippensburg Area Senior High School can learn here about payment for the 2026 Advanced Placement (AP®) Exams. The AP® Exam registration information and policies are posted below.
Please read through this information carefully.
Payment deadline: October 24, 2025
EXAM REGISTRATION DEADLINES AND PROCEDURES
Step 1: Activate your Exam on MyAP – Students will all activate their AP® Exams on the College Board MyAP system at http://myap.collegeboard.org by joining their MyAP AP® Classrooms using the teacher join codes and clicking on ‘Register for Exam” (this step has to be completed by September 15, 2025.
Step 2: Submit exam fees – Starting on or around September 25, students will receive a customized exam fee invoice from APTS to the email address linked on their MyAP Account for exams with ‘Registered’ status on MyAP. Exam fees are due and must be paid in full by October 24, 2025.*
1. All students must activate their MyAP Profiles and link to their AP Classrooms via http://myap.collegeboard.org
Students will log into their College Board profiles via MyAP (http://myap.collegeboard.org) and link to the AP Classroom and their AP courses with a join code (access code).
All students should join the AP Classroom on MyAP.
Students who wish to take the AP Exam, need to also activate the exam after joining MyAP. Activate the exam by clicking “Register For Exam” before September 15, 2025.
2. To complete exam ordering, students must submit exam fees corresponding to their active AP Exams.
Exams are $102 each.
Payment submission for AP® exams will be submitted online through APTS.
Students with activated exam orders will receive on or around September 25, 2025, a custom digital invoice. Invoices will be emailed to the email address on the student’s College Board profile.
Fees must be paid in full by October 24, 2025.
The fees due can be submitted either by online payment (credit or debit card), or via mailing in a check or money order. Instructions will be provided in the invoice.
Use of a credit or debit card to complete the online payment form will incur a 3.9% credit card processing fee. Students may choose to avoid that fee by mailing in a check or money order to the address provided in the invoice instructions. Mail-in payment must be payable to “APTS.” If you select this option, your payment must be postmarked on or before October 20, 2025 to ensure timely processing.
Failure to submit payment by October 24, 2025* will mean that the exam order cannot be completed by your AP Coordinator and the exam will be deactivated in MyAP and not ordered for May 2026.
3. Free and Reduced Lunch Students: Fee reductions are possible for qualified students and will automatically be reflected on your invoice if you have been approved for Free-Reduced Lunch status for 2025-2026. The reduced exams will be $6 each. If you feel you may qualify for a fee reduction and did not receive an invoice with the reduced price, please contact AP Coordinator Matthew Flohr at matthew.flohr@ship.k12.pa.us Approval may take several days so it is critical to apply early. Approval for fee reductions will be based on criteria established by the College Board. Students who are approved after the initial invoice release will receive an updated invoice.
4. Changes to exam orders:
- To remove or add an exam before the payment deadline of October 24, 2025, please email cancel@aptsusa.com and include your name, Invoice Number, and the title of the exam to add or remove. An updated invoice will be issued within 24-hrs.
- To cancel and request a refund for an exam after October 24, 2025, a partial refund will be issued. A $40 cancellation penalty fee will be retained. To cancel, email cancel@aptsusa.com and include your name, Invoice Number (or the name of your school), and the title of the exam to cancel. To be eligible for the partial refund, the cancellation request must be submitted before 11:59pm EST on April 31, 2026. Cancellation requests received after April 31, 2026 or no shows on exam day, will not be eligible for any refund. Debit/credit card processing fees are non-refundable.
- Students who add an exam order after October 24 will incur a $40 per exam penalty fee*. No orders will be accepted or processed after February 20, 2026.
5. Test Accommodations: Students that have been approved by College Board to receive test accommodations will receive their accommodations for each of their AP exams. If you have questions regarding test accommodations, please contact your school counselor. The deadline to initiate an application accommodations with the College Board is January 15, 2026. (Students do not need to re-apply annually.)
6. What if you did not receive your invoice? Email info@aptsusa.com and include your name, name of your school, and request your invoice to be re-issued.
7. Test Day: Exam day specifics will be communicated by the school closer to the exam administration date.
Questions or need assistance? Please call 1-855-663-8348 or send an email to info@aptsusa.com
* Students enrolled in AP Environmental Science which commences in the Spring semester (January), will receive a separate invoice (without penalty fee) if registered for the exam in January. Payment deadline for this exam is February 20, 2026.
