AP® Exams begin on Monday, May 11. College Board has outlined steps you should take to ensure you are prepared for your test.
Now
Check out the 2020 AP Testing Guide (.pdf/10.37 MB) and watch the overview video. The comprehensive guide will help you with exam preparation, and the video gives a high-level overview of this year's exams.
Practice with the exam demo. Students should use the demo to practice the different ways to submit exam responses. World language students will be able to practice with the AP World Languages Exam App beginning the week of May 11.
Review the required and recommended resource list. Make sure you know what resources you can use during the exams and how you can access them.
Two Days Before Each Exam
Locate your e-ticket.Two days before each exam, students will receive an email with their unique exam e-ticket that includes their AP ID. On exam day, you will use the e-ticket to access the exam. If you haven't received your exam e-ticket by email, you can access it through your student account on My AP. E-tickets are nontransferable and shouldn't be shared with anyone. if you haven't been receiving College Board emails still have time to confirm their contact information.
Complete the AP Exam Day Checklist (.pdf/513.39 KB) for each exam you're taking. Students should complete this checklist and keep a printed or handwritten copy with them for reference during testing. Completing the checklist will help you feel confident you're set up for success.
On Exam Day
Click your e-ticket to check in 30 minutes before exam start time. You should allot 80 minutes for each exam—30 minutes to enter your AP ID, name, and other information, and 50 minutes to draft and submit your responses. Make sure you know the local testing times, since each subject's exam will be taken simultaneously worldwide. Click here to access the testing schedule for EHS.
If you are in need of internet access to take your test, go to one of our school parking lots, find one of our Data Buses, or visit one of the locations around town that are offering free internet.
Know what to do if something goes wrong. If you accidentally closes the browser, their device crashes, or they temporarily lose internet access, you can quickly click your exam e-ticket again to return to the exam. You should continue the exam, and if you feel at the end of the exam that the temporary disruption negatively impacted your performance, you can request approval to take the makeup exam at cb.org/requestmakeup. Students can also request a makeup exam if they've lost too much time due to a technical problem, can't connect to their exam, or experienced some other serious disruption.
Additional Information
This week, Online AP Classes and Review Sessions will focus on the exam day experience and review new sample questions for all nonportfolio courses. These sample questions are available on each subject's course page. Other resources are available on cb.org/ap2020.