2025-2026 Advanced Placement (AP®) Exam Registration for Summer Creek High School
Registration for AP® Exams closes October 24, 2025* (midnight CST)
Deadlines and Procedures:
Step 1: Activate Exam – Students must activate their exams on The College Board MyAP site by JOINing their AP® Class on the MyAP Site at https://myap.collegeboard.org To access the site, create or use a College Board Profile. Deadline to activate your exam is October 24, 2025*. (See the FAQs for more information.)
Step 2: Submit Exam Fees – Submit exam fees between September 15 and October 24, 2025* Click below to submit the fees.
1. Advanced Placement (AP®) Examinations must be pre-ordered by completing Step 1 and Step 2 above no later than October 24, 2025.*
2. The cost of each AP® exam is $99.
3. The online payment submission system accepts credit card or debit card as well as mail in payments. There is an online payment fee of 3.9% for payments submitted by credit or debit card. To submit an order using a check or money order, which has no additional fee, please complete the payment form online and follow the directions to mail in your order form and payment to the address on your confirmation email. Postmark deadline for mail in payments is October 20, 2025.
4. NOTE that students who fail to complete both steps 1 and 2 by October 24, 2025 will NOT have a successful exam order initiated and will not have an exam ordered. See FAQs for more information.*
Late registration is possible from November 17, 2025 through February 20, 2026 with a penalty fee of $40 per exam.
5. Fee Assistance: Fee reductions sponsored by the College Board and the State of Texas are available to families who qualify.
All students must submit a $40 minimum payment per exam, but students currently enrolled in free or reduced lunch may qualify for a significant fee reduction on AP® exams.
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- Students who are eligible for a total reduced fee of LESS than $40 per exam AND who sit for the exam administration may be eligible for a refund at the end of May. The amount of the State of Texas subsidy and therefore the amount of the partial refund is current TBD (as of 8-26-25).
- Please see the FAQs for more information or contact Ms. Tiffany Schwartzenburg (tschwar@humbleisd.net) at Summer Creek HS for more information BEFORE you submit your fees.
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6. REFUNDS: There will be no refunds issued after February 20, 2026. Students who order and pay for an exam but decide to cancel must submit a written request to cancel@aptsusa.com – include the student’s name, their school name, and the name of the exam the students wishes to cancel. Refund requests submitted before February 20, 2026 will be eligible for a partial refund of exam fees. (A $40 College Board penalty fee will be retained for cancellations. Credit/debit card fees are non-refundable.) Cancellations after February 20, 2026 and no shows on exam day will not be eligible for any refund.
7. Students that miss their AP® test may qualify to take an alternate late exam. Documentation will be required and will need to be submitted to your campus AP® Coordinator, Ms. Tiffany Schwartzenburg (tschwar@humbleisd.net). Alternate late testing is allowed by College Board under the following circumstances:
| No Additional Late Fee Incurred | Additional Late Fee of $40 Incurred |
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Alternate late exams will be given on May 18-22, 2026 as per College Board policy. For more information regarding alternate late testing, please contact APTS at info@aptsusa.com
* Students enrolled in AP® US Government and/or AP® Macroeconomics that are offered in the SPRING/Second Semester (i.e. the course does not commence until January 2026), may submit their fees in the fall but are not required or recommended to do so. These students, and ONLY these students, will be allowed to place exam orders for these subjects without penalty fees between January 9 and February 20, 2026
Questions or need assistance? Please send an email to info@aptsusa.com
