May 2026 Advanced Placement (AP®) Exam payment information and policies are posted below. Please read through this information carefully.
Fall Payment Submission Deadline: October 31, 2025
Spring Payment Submission Deadline: March 1, 2026
EXAM REGISTRATION DEADLINES AND PROCEDURES
Step 1: Activate your Exam on MyAP – Students will activate their AP® Exams in the College Board MyAP system at http://myap.collegeboard.org by joining the AP Class using the Join Code. An active College Board profile log in will be needed. This step will be completed in class before September 19, 2025.
Step 2: Submit exam fees – On or around September 25, 2025, students with an active exam on MyAP will receive from APTS via email their customized exam fee invoice. Exam fees are due paid in full by October 31, 2025.*
1. Activate exam: To activate an AP® Exam order for the May 2026 AP exam administration, students will log into or create their College Board profiles via http://myap.collegeboard.org
To link their exam subject to their profiles, students will receive from each of their AP® teachers a Join Code (or access code). Join Codes are subject, teacher and class period specific. Students will JOIN their AP Classes at the start of the year with this join code.
The MyAP system will prompt students to complete a MyAP Profile – please make sure to enter your full legal name, the correct school of attendance, your student ID number, and an email address able to receive of important alerts from College Board and APTS. (It should be an email address frequently checked and which you can access beyond high school.)
Note: This step has likely already occurred in class in August! Deadline September 19, 2025.
2. Fee submission: Payment submission for AP® exams will be done through APTS. Students with active 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.
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. Payment is due by October 31, 2025 at 11:59pm PST.*
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 options should be payable to “APTS.” If you select this option, you must postmark your payment on or before October 27, 2025 to ensure timely processing.
Any exams with payment outstanding on November 1, 2025 will be deactivated and cancelled in MyAP. Late activation or reactivation of an exam will incur a $40 penalty fee. Late activation or reactivation can be requested from November 16, 2025 until March 1, 2026. No exam activations will be processed after March 1, 2026.*
3. The cost per exam is $99.
Glen A. Wilson students will all receive a one-time $50 Scholarship that will be applied to their invoiced balance due.
5. Late activation or reactivation of an exam will incur a $40 penalty fee. Late registration can be requested starting November 16, 2025. No exam activations will be processed after March 1, 2025.
6. Fee reductions are possible for qualified students and will reduce the cost of exams to $53 per exam (before the scholarship is applied) for one exam, and $10 per exam for all additional exams. The student’s invoice will automatically reflect the fee reduction.
7. Cancellations/Refunds: Per Glen A Wilson High School policies, no refunds or cancellations are possible once the ordering deadline has been reached. Select the exams that you want to register for with care.
To remove an exam from your invoice BEFORE payment submission and BEFORE your payment deadline, email cancel@aptsusa.com no later than October 30, 2025 and include your invoice number, your name and the title of the exam to remove. An new invoice will be issued and must be paid in full by October 31, 2025.
*Students enrolled in any courses that COMMENCE in the Spring semester will be able to activate the exam in MyAP when the course commences. These students and these students only will be able to submit fees in the Spring with no penalty. Students in Spring courses will receive on January 30, 2026 an invoice for the Spring courses’ corresponding exam. Deadline for payment submission for the Spring semester is March 1, 2026.
Questions or need assistance? Please call 1-855-663-8348 or send an email to info@aptsusa.com
