AP Exam Information

Advanced Placement exams will take place May 5 - May 16, 2025. By taking these exams, students enrolled in AP courses have the opportunity to potentially earn college credit, as well as further develop strong academic skills.

Exam Registration is completed using MY SCHOOLBUCKS account, associated with each WCSD student. Registration, with full payment of $99 per exam, is due by Thursday November 1, 2024. Any exam ordered AFTER November 1, 2024 will incur an additional non-refundable $40 fee from College Board, making the total cost $139.

A reduced exam fee of $10 is available to families who apply and qualify for free and reduced lunch, and order by November 1, 2024. Applications for the free and reduced lunch are submitted through your Infinite Campus Parent Portal. (Food Service Link)

College Board places a $40 fee on canceled exams, so if you should change your mind about taking it after the final order is placed in November, you will only receive a $58 refund.

Detailed instructions are below. Please contact Rachel Blair at (585) 670-0801 or email rachel_blair@webstercsd.org with any questions.

Starting in May 2025, standard paper testing will be discontinued for 28 AP Exams—these exams will move to the Bluebook digital testing application. Of the 28 digital exams in 2025, 16 will be fully digital and 12 will be hybrid digital.

• Students will take digital exams in the Bluebook app. AP coordinators and proctors will administer digital exams using the Test Day Toolkit web application.
• Paper exams in these subjects will only be available to students approved by the College Board to receive a paper exam for digital assessments.
• For math, science, and economics exams that require graphing or symbolic notation, students will view free-response questions and prompts in Bluebook and write their answers in paper exam booklets.
• All schools, including schools and test centers outside of the United States, must administer these 28 AP Exams digitally.
• Late-testing exams in these subjects, are also in digital format.

Fully Digital Subjects

Students complete multiple-choice and free-response questions in Bluebook, with all responses automatically submitted at the end of the exam.

Hybrid Digital Subjects

Students will complete multiple-choice questions and view free-response questions in Bluebook. They will handwrite their free-response answers in paper exam booklets that are returned for scoring.

• AP Biology
• AP Calculus AB
• AP Calculus BC
• AP Chemistry
• AP Macroeconomics
• AP Microeconomics
• AP Physics 1: Algebra-Based
• AP Physics 2: Algebra-Based
• AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
• AP Physics C: Mechanics
• AP Precalculus
• AP Statistics

Students will take these exams using their school issued Chromebooks and more information will be coming out throughout the school year regarding how to use the digital format.

1. Create an account with College Board or log in to your existing account. Do not create more than one account (https://www.collegeboard.org/).
2. Use the Join Code provided by your classroom teacher to join your class on the College Board Website.
3. Register for the exam on MySchoolBucks by November 1.
4. Pay for the exam on MySchoolBucks by November 1.

Students may only use accommodations they've been approved for by the College Board Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) Office. Students can check the status of their SSD accommodations with their school counselor. Digital exams have accommodations automatically built directly into the system.

*Please be advised that students approved for extended time on digital AP Exams are required to use the entire amount of their extended time for each part or section of the exam before moving on to the next.*

This is not the case with paper exams. This is a significant change. Students with 100% extended time will have exams that are 6 1/2+ hours long. Students with 50% extended time will have exams that are 5+ hours long. In the past, with paper exams, students were able to move to different sections and complete the exam before their allowable time was finished; this is still the case for paper exams but is not the case for digital.

If your child has extended time and doesn't use it, please discuss removing this accommodation with your Child's Special Ed. case manager and school counselor.

This also means students may want to pack snacks and drinks for their breaks. Students will also need to provide their own transportation home from evening exams.