Ah, AP exam fees

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<p>In response to jamieastorga: The difficulty with doing it in the reverse order is that many of the kids who take AP exams are seniors who are already graduated and transcripts sent out the door. There's simply no effective way to collect that money from students who didn't pass.</p>

<p>The other thing is that I would venture that taking 8 AP exams is the exception rather than the rule. The more common event of students taking 4 or less would probably govern the decision-making process.</p>

<p>But maybe there's some kind of middle ground, where students who have previously passed AP exams can pay some fraction of the anticipated costs up-front, with the possibility of still refunding that fraction later based on passing results. It sounds like the system simply gets more complicated in that respect, but easy systems are rarely perfectly fair to the different types of students out there.</p>

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<p>The refund idea would work, but it is also discouraging students taking AP test in some way. I took World History exam two years ago only because I only had to pay $20. I didn't think I could do well, but I ended up getting a 4. But if my school had the refund program, I don't think I would even sign up to take the exam because I felt like I was going to fail. But the refund idea would definitely work better than the "letting students pay full price" solution.</p>

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<p>are Intl students elligible for these fee waivers??</p>

<p>(coz or else i'll have to pay 5K in local currency for 8 exams ...which is ridiculous)</p>

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<p>^
I know, it's crazy. Since I am international (currency difference) the tests are way to pricey. It would be great if kids like us could get a refund if we get a 4 or 5.</p>

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<p>On the bright side, use the priceyness of AP exams as motivation to do well on them and earn college credits and therefore save a lot of money in the long run by getting out of those 10+x more expensive general ed. college classes.</p>

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<p>Most of us here at CC are highly motivated to do well on these exams without the need to put down $86 per exam, thank you very much.</p>

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<p>i see those exam fees and i keep on wondering why collegeboard qualifies as 'NONPROFIT'</p>

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<p>meh... last yr i didn't apply for free/reduced lunch,and the price was like reduced by half,so it was like 40 ish bucks per exam. this yr, i applied for free/reduced lunch, and hoping that it'd be half of the ap price again, meh, it only reduced 20$ bucks per exam, and im taking about 5.... geez....
that's gonna cost alot =[
so yeah,that's like the same as CB's fee waiver.</p>