Advanced Placement FAQs

GaVS intends AP courses for students in grades 9-12.

Please read the College Board’s statement on which courses may receive the AP designation and the College Board’s guidance regarding recommendation of particular grade levels for AP courses.

GAVS does not recommend that students in middle school take AP courses.

Students have the opportunity to earn college credit based on the scores earned on the AP Exams. Each college and university has its own policies regarding AP credit and placement. The College Board offers information about AP credit at thousands of colleges and universities.

Visit the College Board AP Site for more information on university credits.

The College Board administers AP Exams each year in May. The exams typically take 2-3 hours and include two sections: multiple-choice questions and free-response items such as essays, problem solving, document-based questions and verbal responses.

Please note: As an online provider, GaVS cannot administer AP exams. Students must register for AP exams and make payment to their local high school. Public and private school students taking AP courses at GaVS will take their AP exams at their schools.

Contact the AP Coordinator at your school to make arrangements.

Note: Many public school systems will not proctor exams for students who are not enrolled in their school system.

Public/Private School

Payment for AP exams will be made to the public or private school.
For example, if you are a student at Lambert High School, but you are taking AP Environmental Science at GAVS, you will contact your AP Coordinator at Lambert High School to register and to pay for your AP Exam.

Homeschool

If you’re homeschooled or you go to a school that doesn’t administer AP Exams, you’ll need to make arrangements to take exams at a local school that does administer the AP exams that are needed.

1. Your first step is to search the AP Course Ledger. The AP Course Ledger provides an official, up-to-date, comprehensive list of schools that have passed the AP Course Audit. You can search by country, state/province, or city to find a school where you might be able to test.
2. After finding schools near you that offer the course or courses you want to take exams for, do an internet search for the school’s main phone number. Then call and ask to speak with the school’s AP coordinator to ask if the school is allowing homeschooled students to test there this year.
3. Payment for AP exams will be made to the public or private school.
4. Make arrangements for AP exam registration as early as possible in the school year.

Students who need testing accommodations for AP exams may request accommodations from College Board’s Services for Students with Disabilities department. Information about AP Exam accommodations can be found on AP Students College Board site.

The process used to request accommodations for College Board exams differs from the process used for school or state exams. An explanation of the process may be viewed on the Request Exam Accommodations.

The deadline for submitting accommodations requests and required documentation is located on the Request Exam Accommodations page of the AP Student College Board site.