AP Policy at your school?

loelitah
Wed, 11 May 2011 01:33:34 +0000

At my school, freshmen can’t take AP classes, but as far as I know they’re not restricted from taking the actual tests.

After sophomore year, you’re allowed to take any AP offered as long as you meet the prerequisites (ie Pre-Calc. before you take AB) and even then most of the science prereqs can be waived if you fight hard enough and appeal to the teacher of the course.

We can take any AP test except for Computer Science, Human Geography, German Language, Latin, and Spanish Literature. Some of the other AP classes aren’t offered at my school, but if you want to you can self-study and take the test at another school.

We have to pay for all of our tests, absolutely no refund policy, about ~$100/test if you sign up on time or ~$120/test if you’re a couple weeks late. The only way to get a fee reduction is through the College Board, I believe. Our district’s really poor, especially this year.