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The 2025 AP^® Exam Terms and Conditions are available to review at AP Students Exam Terms at College Board. This agreement details the rules and policies students must follow related to taking the 2025 AP Exams.

•	Students will need to accept these terms and conditions prior to taking each exam.
•	Any updates to the terms and conditions will be clearly summarized on the terms and conditions page.
•	We’ll send AP students email reminders to review these terms and conditions at AP Exam Terms and Conditions at College Board before the exam administration.

Note: For AP courses with a portfolio submission (AP Art and Design, AP Computer Science Principles, AP Research, and AP Seminar), students will need to agree to the Digital Portfolio AP Exam Terms and Conditions before submitting their work as final within the AP Digital Portfolio. A PDF version of the Digital Portfolio AP Exam Terms and Conditions (.pdf/285 KB) is available for students to review prior to submitting their work as final.

AP Exam Information

ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES (AP)

Advanced Placement (AP) courses are recommended for students who have enjoyed previous courses of the same or similar discipline and/or who are interested in taking an introductory college-level course. After a year of rigorous college-level instruction and preparation, the expectation is that students will take the corresponding AP EXAM to complete the college-level experience. Most BHS students take and do very well on the corresponding AP exam.

Regardless, AP exams are not used in calculating your course average and AP courses cannot be taken as a pass/not pass course. In addition to getting college-level course experience by taking an AP EXAM, students performing well on the AP EXAM may earn college-level credit, be exempt from certain college course requirements, and/or be accelerated into the next level of course at the college level.

AP exams are administered in May of each school year. The final score for each AP Exam is reported on a 5-point scale that offers a recommendation about how qualified you are to receive college credit and placement—but each college makes its own decisions for which scores it will grant credit or placement.

AP Score Scale table

College Board Score Scale table

You, the college, or university you designated in “My AP” when registering, and educators in your school and district, including your AP teachers, will automatically receive your scores once they’re released. AP scores are only sent to colleges if you choose to do so.

For the BENEFITS of taking an AP COURSE, follow this link: AP Course Benefits

An article on washingtonpost.com entitled "In AP vs IB Debate, A Win for the Students" reports on a study by NCEA, which found "even students who fail AP exams in high school are twice as likely to graduate from college in 5 years as students who never try AP." This study followed 78079 students in Tx.