Can a school prevent you from registering for an AP test?

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<p>Ok, so here’s my story. I’m a high school sophomore applying to a couple of schools next year. I taught myself the material for AP Calculus BC, only to find out that my school’s math department won’t order me an exam - they won’t give me a diagnostic test to see if I can do the problems, they don’t hear about the hours that went (and will go) into preparing for the test, they say my college situation is irrelevant… I think that the reason they’re so uptight is because my school has a perfect record with BC, i.e. no one has ever gotten below 5 on it. It still seems unfair to me, though.</p>

<p>My question is, are they actually allowed to keep me from registering? Could I go over to a local public school, talk with their AP coordinator, register, and take the exam there?</p>

<p>Both the college board and my school’s handbook are silent on this matter - not that they’ve worded something unclearly, it just feels left out intentionally. So if any of you have been in a similar situation (or know someone that has) I’d love to hear your two cents.</p>

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<p>yes, they’re allowed to. you should talk to another school, though it’s kind of late now.</p>

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<p>I am not sure that they actually are allowed to prohibit you from taking an exam. The rules are on the College Board site, but you may have to dig for them.</p>

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<p>1) Get your parents to talk to someone at your school. </p>

<p>2) Call the college board, tell them what happened and ask them to recommend another place to take the exam. They might be able to recommend another school.</p>