<p>I come from a financially disadvantaged family. I have 3 A.Ps and in the past, the exam costs would have been waived completely. Now, this year, the rule is that it will only be reduced to $52 from the orginal $82. I am already accepted into a college, so I am planning on NOT taking the A.P exams.
I simply cannot afford even $52 times three!!!! I was sooo ****ed off w/this new rule they set up. Plus, I just paid $120 for my senior dues, I simply can't pay any more, and I will not take the tests.
anyone share my view?</p>
<p>I think it's not the best rule, but maybe you are giving up too easily. You should know that 41 states do offer federal or state subsidies for low income students - this is something that you should be talking to your AP coordinator about. Also, many schools will help low income students to be able to afford the exam, by subsidizing them with school funds.</p>
<p>Try this link:</p>
<p>random unhelpful q: What are senior dues? That's insane! Do you go to private school?</p>
<p>they got some system thing, and it will be reduced to $52... and that's about all the help. at least as much as I know.
senior dues? well, you gotta pay for your cap and gown, for the Awards night (even if you're not getting any awards) for renting an auditorium from Brooklyn College (CUNY--it is right across from my h.s), b/c our school auditorium will be too small for graduation, and the yearbook. So all of those things end up being $120.
No, it's not a private school-it's very very public. Don't u have senior dues?</p>
<p>breathfire talk to the administrators at your school, at my school we have a lot of kids with similar problems who can only afford 1 or 2 exams (out of their own pocket as well!) So the school says money shouldn't be a problem, I'm sure they will loan it to you (no interest) or find some way of subsidizing it or work-studying it off like at my school. Seriously this is AMERICA, finances shouldn't be keeping you from taking those tests</p>
<p>Wow- breathfire sorry about that. Talk to your school to see if anything can be done to help your situation.</p>
<p>We have to pay part of the AP and IB exam costs at our school...but they are still very subsidized...</p>
<p>Our school spends abuot $27,000 a year on IB testing (not including AP) and it still takes a $60 fee per test (I think thats what it is) to break even. It's expensive, but if you are getting college credit for it, the $60 seems pretty small. I however, am not getting any test credit next year (tests I took and will take are either not counted if they are in your major or are only for elective credits...and I am going to take plenty of electives)</p>
<p>well, see, I called NYU and they said that "maybe" A.Ps can put you out of college classes....maybe..plus NYU will not take it unless I get a 4 or 5.
What are the chances of that? Most get 3s, and prolly so will I--come on, it's hard!! so, even if I do pay, what if I get a 3--the money's wasted then.
My school is really broke, so I doubt that it will pay for me. It's a public school in Brooklyn--be real, it's cheap.</p>
<p>now that I think of it, I don't think my school would pay it either. I mean we spend $5,000 alone on computer paper, and it's a public also without large funds- our levy failed, so things are even more tight than usual. Maybe just take a couple?</p>
<p>I assume you are taking three. If you can afford one, take the test where you have the best chance of doing well.</p>
<p>If you havnt taken AP's before I guess you dont know how to guage them but for me it has never really been a deal of worrying about doing well enough for credit. If you are taking the class and doing fairly well, you should do well on the test (unless you are a bad test taker). If you think you can do well enough in several, consider what you don't want to do at college. Do you want to skip out of the english generals but think it might be better if you had another calculus class even if you would do fine on the test? Then skip the calc test and take one of the English ones (your teacher can tell you which one you should go with). Maybe English is tougher for you (or you want to write easier papers your freshman year) but the thought of relearning all of that calc instead of moving onto multivariable calc and stuff is horrid. Then take AP calc and send yourself to the next level.</p>
<p>Most schools out there do charge their students some sort of fee. I can't imagine what I would be paying if UChicago's AP/IB test policy agreed with me...I would be taking both AP and IB tests (and IB tests all take 2 days)...maybe I am glad that my scores wont be buying me credit...</p>
<p>ummm...yea. I was doing very well in ap us and I pulled a 3 on the ap test. doing well in the class doesn't always equal doing well on the ap test.</p>
<p>Find out what credit your college accepts. Call them and see if they'll mind you NOT taking the exams because of these circumstances.</p>
<p>its 52 dollars man. if you really want to, just make up the difference by applying for a scholarship to college (to balance the costs eventually), or take some moolah out of the bank.</p>
<p>but I do agree, college board loves to put money in its big fat coffers if anything. overpriced exams.</p>
<p>$52 is a lot of money, especially for someone who usually gets fee waivers. He can't pull money off a tree. Some people don't have the resources to just pull money from other resources.</p>
<p>celebrian--i love you girl!!!
yeah,I'm single parented,so my mom is my only parental source.
I have a big brother, but he has graduate school debt and credit debts of his own...plus a 4 or a 5 is really hard to get, so what if mom gives me all that money and I get a 3? it'll be total waste, and I'd be so embarassed.</p>
<p>I still don't understand... did you go talk to the AP coordinator at your school about this yet? It can't hurt to ask.</p>
<p>It'll cost more than $52 to get actual credits once you're in college though.</p>
<p>You really should talk to your AP coordinator... In California, low-income families get a big fee reduction through the state... Our fee goes down to $5 per test if you qualify. Maybe your state offers a similar reduction, and this is through the state, not the school, so there shouldnt be problems if you qualify.</p>
<p>Where I live, the school pays the full cost of the exam if you can't afford to.
Maybe your school doesn't, but it never killed anyone to ask.</p>
<p>Here, the school pays for the exam for everyone. AP, IB, PSAT... It's nice.</p>