If you’re homeschooled or attend a school that doesn’t administer AP Exams, you’ll need to arrange to take your exams at an authorized local school.
Your first step is to search the AP Course Ledger. The AP Course Ledger is the 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 that might administer the exam. Once you’ve located nearby schools offering the courses you want to test in, look up the school’s phone number online. Then, call and ask to speak with the school’s AP coordinator to find out if the school allows homeschooled students to test there this year.
Start your search and contact schools as early in the school year as possible. Keep in mind that schools may have their own deadlines and policies for accepting requests from outside students to test at their school, so give yourself as much lead time as possible to contact schools. The AP Course Ledger is updated each November, so if you still need to find potential schools, you can check the Ledger again in November to see if any schools in your area have been added. The ordering deadline for schools is November 15.
Once you find an AP coordinator who can administer your AP Exam, they’ll be responsible for ordering your exam materials, letting you know when and where to show up for the exam, and collecting the exam fee.
Note: If you’re unable to find a school by November 15, you can still continue your search. At their discretion, a school may add you to their order after November 15, and they may request a late-order fee waiver in that instance. But because schools may set their own deadlines and policies regarding ordering and fees, start your school search as early as possible.
Note for students outside the United States: There are authorized AP test centers available if there aren’t any AP schools in your area or none that will administer AP Exams to outside students.
