Exam Registration Deadline: November 1, 2025
Exam Fee Balance Due Deadline: March 1, 2026
Exam Fee: $150 per exam
How do I order an exam?
Step 1: Submit Exam Fee – To indicate intention and commitment to take an AP® exam in the May 2025 AP® Exam administration, a $150 per exam fee is due by November 1, 2025. Click below to submit the fee.
Step 2: Activate Exam on MyAP – Students who successfully submit an exam fee will receive a “Next Steps” email from APTS that will direct them to log into the College Board MyAP site at http://myap.collegeboard.org using their College Board accounts. Deadline to activate the exam on MyAP is November 1, 2025.
Your College Board profile is the same account used to order SAT® exams, or to collect PSAT/NMSQT® and AP® scores from previous years. If you do not have a profile, you will be able to create an account on http://myap.collegeboard.org
Both returning and new users will be prompted to go through MyAP Registration pages on the MyAP website, see below for tips of what information to provide.
Each subject will have a Join Code (access code) to apply to the MyAP site to activate the exam.The Exam Group codes will be included in your Next Step email.
Exam Activation deadline: November 1, 2025
Failure to complete step 1 AND 2 above by November 1, 2025 will mean that your AP® Coordinator cannot submit your exam order to College Board without your account incurring a penalty fee of $40 per exam, effectively making the cost per exam $190.
I can’t access my College Board profile or I can’t remember if I have one. What do I do?
Don’t create a second account!
Each student should have only ONE College Board account during their high school careers which houses AP®, PSAT® and SAT® scores and information. For log in help visit: https://pages.collegeboard.org/account-help or https://myap.collegeboard.org Students may also call College Board AP® Services for Students: 888-225-5427
What information should I complete on my College Board profile?
The MyAP System will prompt you to complete the Registration screens if you are creating a new account. (If you have an account already, make sure to check through the MyAP Profile pages.)
Make sure that you enter your FULL legal name (should match your school records), your school student ID number, and also the name of your school. The email address on your profile should be your school email address (and if your school does not issue email addresses, it should be another STUDENT email address that is checked frequently and will be accessible after high school.) The email will be a crucial account identifier as well as where you will receive alerts from College Board and APTS.
On your College Board MyAP Profile you will also be prompted to complete the “Send Score” feature – on this screen you will submit the name of the college/university where you would like your free exam score report sent in July. Deadline to indicate the name of the school and qualify for a free report, is June 15.
Where do I get the Join Codes to be able to activate the exam?
Join Codes are subject specific. They will be issued via email to students at the student email address on the deposit form once the deposit payment has successfully processed. Keep an eye out for a “Next Steps” Email from APTS to receive the Join Codes and activate your exam.
All students must complete the Join Code activation step by November 1, 2025 to avoid penalty fees of $40 per exam. No new exam orders will be activated after March 1, 2026.
How much do AP exams cost?
- The cost of each exam is $150 until November 1, 2026
- There is a $40 late fee for registering between November 2, 2025 and March 1, 2026, in addition to the $150 cost of the exam (bringing the total cost of each exam to $190).
- Payment can be submitted online using credit/debit card or by mailing in a check/money order to AP Test Service. Instructions for mailing in a payment are provided on your invoice. To order an exam, visit https://aptsusa.com/uprep/.
What about fee waivers?
- If you qualify for a fee waiver for the SAT or the ACT, you also qualify for a fee waiver for AP exams. To request a fee waiver, please contact your college counselor for a fee waiver code to input when you register (if you have not yet been assigned a college counselor, please email collegeadvising@universityprep.org). This code will reduce the cost of the exam automatically on the online registration form.
When do I register?
- The College Board requires that registration take place in the fall of 2025 for exams that take place in May of 2026. UPrep’s registration window is between September 1 and November 1, 2025. To submit the exam fees, click the link below.
- There is a $40 late fee for registering between November 2, 2025 and March 1, 2026 in addition to the $150 cost of the exam (bringing the total cost of each exam to $190).
What if I decide not to take an exam?
- If you paid in full for the exam (either $150 or $190, depending on when you registered), and cancel prior to May 1, 2026, you will receive a $75 refund.
- To cancel your exam, please contact cancel@aptsusa.com and include your name, our school name (University Prep), and the name of the exam(s) you wish to cancel.
What about accommodations?
- You must have advanced approval from the College Board. Please talk with Julie Smith (jsmith@universityprep.org) as soon as possible.
Why take an AP exam?
- Since UPrep doesn’t offer AP classes, colleges don’t expect our students to take AP exams. Strong performance on an AP exam demonstrates college-level achievement while still in high school. Sophomores and Juniors who do well on AP exams can self-report their scores during the application process their senior year (they do not have to report exams with poor performance).
- Some universities will grant college credit for students who have earned a 4 or a 5 on AP exams. University decisions on credit are usually made department by department. Seniors who have done well on AP exams can send official scores at the time of matriculation to earn college credit.
How do I prepare for an AP exam?
- Since UPrep does not follow an AP curriculum in the classroom, students must prepare for an AP exam outside of regular class time.
- Please note that AP exams take place during the school day. By registering for these exams, you understand that you might be missing valuable class time. You are responsible for learning any material you will miss.
How are AP exams different from other exams?
- AP exams are used to show college-level achievement while students are in high school, which is why students can often earn college credit for strong performance on an AP exam. AP exams are not a requirement for college admission.
- The SAT is a reasoning test used as a measurement of the verbal, mathematical, and writing abilities a student has acquired through a student’s education. Colleges that require the SAT for admission will also accept the ACT.
- The ACT is a test of educational development that measures how much the student has already learned. The test focuses on four subject areas: English, Math, Reading and Science with an optional writing test as well.
How are the AP exams scored?
- AP exams are scored from 1-5, with 1 being the lowest, and 5 being the highest. Students typically only report scores of 4 and 5 to colleges. At UPrep, typically about a quarter of our seniors opt to take one or more AP exams in 11th or 12th In recent years, 49% scored a 4 or a 5, and 75% scored a 3 or higher.
Should I take an AP exam?
- AP Exams are not required for admission to most domestic colleges in the United States. Sometimes, AP exams are required for students who are applying for admission to universities outside of the United States.
- If you have any questions about AP exams, please talk with one of our college counselors in addition to the teacher of the AP subject material.
- Most courses at UPrep are not designed to prepare students for AP exams, and students will have to spend a significant amount of time preparing for the exams outside of class.
- Students should not register to take the AP Chemistry exam until they have completed our upper-level chemistry electives, like Organic Chemistry and/or Advanced Topics in Chemistry.
Which exams are offered at UPrep, and which exam formats are offered?
- Some exams are offered in a hybrid digital format, in which students complete multiple-choice questions and free-response questions in Bluebook, a digital platform. Students handwrite their free-response answers in paper exam booklets that returned for scoring. Hybrid digital format exams include:
- AP Biology
- AP Calculus AB
- AP Calculus BC
- AP Chemistry
- AP Macroeconomics
- AP Physics C: Mechanics
- AP Statistics
- The following exams are offered in a fully digital format only:
- AP Chinese Language and Culture
- AP Computer Science A
- AP Computer Science Principles
- AP English Language & Composition
- AP English Literature & Composition
- AP Environmental Science
- AP United States Government & Politics
- AP United States History
- AP World History: Modern
- The following exams include paper exams with computer-based audio components:
- AP French Language & Culture
- AP Spanish Language & Culture
- The following exam is offered using a digital portfolio:
- AP 2-D Art & Design
Which exams are the most popular?
- The most popular exams taken at UPrep are Calculus AB, Calculus BC, and Physics C: Mechanics.
When and how do I send my AP scores to colleges?
- AP scores are sent to a college once a student has made a final matriculation decision. Unlike with SAT/ACT and Subject Test scores, which are sometimes prerequisites for admission, colleges do not ask for official verification of AP scores during the application process. If you have strong AP results that you would like to share during the application process, you can self-report them on your application.
- Once you know where you will be enrolling, you can log into your College Board account and send scores to the college of your choice.
Do I have to share my exam results?
- If you do poorly on an exam and don’t wish to report your results, you do not have to – they are not a requirement for college admission. You decide which scores you want to share with your college.
When and where do the exams take place?
- Exams take place at UPrep the weeks of May 4-8 and May 11-15
- Morning exams begin at 8:00 a.m., and afternoon exams begin at 12:00 p.m. Most exams are 3-4 hours in length.
- Please plan accordingly; you are responsible for notifying your teachers and coaches if you miss class or practice. Students will not be allowed to leave exams early under any circumstances.
What if I don’t attend UPrep? It is possible to take an exam with UPrep students?
- Only students currently attending University Prep will be able to register through this site. AP® Exams will only be administered to current University Prep students.
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