Students and Families enrolled at West High School (Knoxville, TN) can register here for the May 2023 AP® Exam Administration.
Deadline to Register: October 28, 2022
Deadlines and Procedures
Step 1: Activate Exam – Students must JOIN their AP® Class accounts on the MyAP Site at https://myap.collegeboard.org (regardless of whether or not they will be taking the AP® Exam! This site will provide students with class AND exam preparation resources.) To access the site, create or use a College Board Profile. (See FAQs for more details.) Complete this step by October 28, 2022
Step 2: Submit Exam Fee – To indicate intention and commitment to take an AP® exam in the May 2023 AP® Exam administration exam fees must be submitted by October 28, 2022. Click below to submit the fee.
General Policies and Information:
1. The cost of each AP® Exam is $97 each and must be submitted by October 28, 2022 to initiate the exam ordering process and avoid penalty fees.*
Late fee submission is possible between October 29 and November 4 but with a penalty of $40 per exam.
No exam orders will be able to be accepted after November 4, 2022, midnight CST.
Note: West High School will administer exams ONLY to students currently enrolled in West HS.
2. Students selecting to take an AP® Exam must also activate their exam on The College Board’s new MyAP system by October 28, 2022. To activate the exam students must:
– Obtain an AP® Class/Group Join Code from their WHS AP® subject teacher
– Log into MyAP at http://myap.collegeboard.org with their College Board Profile (See FAQs) and apply the Join Code
– Note that many students will complete this step in class within the first few days of school.
3. To initiate an AP® Exam order successfully, students MUST submit fees AND complete the Join step on MyAP. Any student who has no corresponding exam fees on file will have their exam order deactivated in MyAP.*
*Students taking the APAA/Niswonger online courses have their exam fees covered by a grant and do not need to submit fees. Please contact Ms. Rawlings at tabitha.rawlings@knoxschools.org to request a special Exam Only Join Code for MyAP to enable the ordering of the exam to be hosted by West HS.
4. Fee payments for exams may be done via credit card or debit card, OR by mailing in a check or money order. There will be an online payment fee of 3.1% for payments submitted by credit or debit card. Directions for payment can be found at the end of the online payment form and in your e-mail confirmation which will be sent to the parent email address you provide on the registration form. Postmark deadline to ensure timely mail in fee processing is October 24, 2022.
5. Fee reduction/assistance – Fee reductions are possible for qualified students. If you feel you may qualify for a fee reduction, please submit the AP® Fee Waiver Application Form (Linked here) to Ms. Rawlings in the counseling office. Once eligibility has been confirmed, you will be provided with a Fee Reduction Code that will reduce the balance due of the exam(s) deposit to the appropriate amount.
6. Exam Locations: Exam Locations will be announced closer to the exam date. Exams may be off campus so all students registered for AP Exams must complete the Off Campus Permission form (linked HERE) and submit it along with the Medical Release form (Linked HERE) to the Student Services office by April 8, 2023.
7. Refunds: Per West High School policies, no cancellations or refunds are possible.
8. College and universities with AP® Credit Policies can be found on the College Board’s website AP® Credit Search site – It is the student’s responsibility to verify that the college they plan to attend will accept AP® credit and submit scores to their university/college of choice.
Please keep in mind that many colleges will aware credit for AP® Test scores of 3 or higher. West High School therefore recommends that you participate in taking the exam(s). Current school board policy states that you must take the exam in order to earn additional points on the final student grade point average. You will have the option of sending scores to colleges you may want to attend.
AP® exam program information is available on The College Board website at http://apstudents.collegeboard.org – students are encouraged to review it.
Any additional AP® questions can be sent to the AP® Coordinator, tabitha.rawlings@knoxschools.org
*Students taking the APAA/Niswonger online courses have their exam fees covered by a grant and do not need to submit fees. Please contact Ms. Rawlings at tabitha.rawlings@knoxschools.org to request a special Exam Only Join Code for MyAP to enable the ordering of the exam to be hosted by West HS.
Technical Assistance needed? Email info@aptsusa.com or call 1-855-663-8348
