Advanced Placement

Advanced Placement exams
Logo since 2017
AcronymAP
AdministratorCollege Board
Year started1952 (1952)
DurationMostly 2–3 hours[1]
Score range1–5 (details)
Score validityScores archived after 4 years, but remain valid[2]
OfferedYearly
RegionsUnited States and Canada
Fee2024 exams (USD):[3]
  • $98 (US, Canada, DoDEA schools)
  • $128 (elsewhere)
  • $146 (AP Capstone)
Websiteap.collegeboard.org

Advanced Placement (AP)[4] is a program in the United States and Canada created by the College Board. AP offers undergraduate university-level curricula and examinations to high school students. Colleges and universities in the US and elsewhere may grant placement and course credit to students who obtain qualifying scores on the examinations.

The AP curriculum for each of the various subjects is created for the College Board by a panel of experts and college-level educators in that academic discipline. For a high school course to have the designation as offering an AP course, the course must be audited by the College Board to ascertain that it satisfies the AP curriculum as specified in the Board's Course and Examination Description (CED). If the course is approved, the school may use the AP designation and the course will be publicly listed on the AP Course Ledger.[5]

  1. ^ "Exam Timing and Structure". AP Students. College Board. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  2. ^ "I took AP Exams over four years ago. How do I send my old scores?". AP Students. College Board. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
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  4. ^ "AP Central". Archived from the original on January 29, 2022. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
  5. ^ "AP Course Ledger". AP Course Audit. University of Oregon. Archived from the original on July 31, 2018. Retrieved May 1, 2018.