AP Exams

AP Registration Information

This link will help guide you through our registration process along with important registration dates (College Board’s join code registration and Homestead's payment registration). If you have questions or concerns not answered here or on the College Board website, please check your FUHSD email account frequently and communicate with your AP teacher(s) often.

REMINDER: Our dates and deadlines are NOT the same as College Boards!  Be sure to follow our deadlines to ensure you receive a test!!!

FUHSD administers over 10,000 Advanced Placement (AP) exams each year while school is in session, which requires significant additional personnel, facilities, and equipment. The biggest expenses for AP exams in FUHSD are the College Board exam fees and personnel to administer the exams. We work hard to run an efficient testing program in order to keep costs down, while maintaining a safe and supportive testing environment for students.

We realize registering for AP exams in the fall is very early in the school year, so we encourage students to talk over their exam decisions with family members, teachers, and trusted adults. Students should consider their confidence in the course content, overall workload, post-secondary plans, and other commitments in the spring when deciding whether or not to take an AP exam. Keep in mind, some colleges and universities require that students taking AP courses take the corresponding exam, while other colleges do not give credit for certain AP subjects. 

This year’s exam fees are $125 for regular format exams and $135 for special format (World Language, Music Theory, Studio Art) exams. If a student qualifies for financial assistance, the cost of each exam will be $10 for regular format and $15 for special format exams. Registration for AP Exams will be from September 9 - September 30. There will be no late registrations, so students will need to plan carefully. 

College Board is offering some tests digitally this school year as part of their transition to only digital exams over the next several years. FUHSD will decide the test format by mid-November. When signing up for the following exams, please note that there is a possibility that these exams will be administered digitally. 

This year's AP Examination dates are May 5 - 9, May 12 - 16.  Below is a list of FAQs that include important registration dates to help guide you through our TWO step registration process (College Board’s join code registration and Monta Vista’s payment registration). If you have any questions or concerns that are not answered here or on the CollegeBoard website, please check your FUHSD email account and communicate with your AP teacher(s) often.