Finding AP Testing Centers

Test Preparation
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<p>For the homeschoolers and independent learners, how did you find schools that offer the AP test you wanted?</p>

<p>CB has this on their website:</p>

<p>If your school offers AP, contact your AP Coordinator to register for the exams. He or she will order the necessary materials, collect fees, and let you know when and where to appear for the exams.</p>

<p>If you are a homeschooled student or attend a school that does not offer AP, you can still take the exams by arranging to test at a participating school.</p>

<pre><code>* Call AP Services no later than March 1 to get the names and telephone numbers of local AP Coordinators. Prepare a list of the exams you plan to take prior to calling so that the appropriate Coordinators can be identified
* Contact the AP Coordinators identified by AP Services no later than March 15.
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<p>When calling Coordinators to arrange testing, make sure to tell them:</p>

<pre><code>* You are trying to locate a school willing to administer exams to homeschooled students or students from schools that do not offer AP.
* You will use a different school code so your exam grade(s) will be reported separately from the school at which you test. (Homeschooled students will use the state homeschool code provided by the Coordinator on the day of the exam; students attending schools will use their school code.)
* The exams you plan to take.
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<p>However, when I called the number, the lady told me I wouldn't call them for the information & that I had to contact my school to find out (even though I don't have one, argh). Also, she said that all schools offer each test, even if they don't offer the class. </p>

<p>Then I called the local hs, and the lady there told me that they didn't offer every test. The only tests they offered were the ones they also offered the class for.</p>

<p>So who's BSing me? Should I call CB again and hope for another person? How did you go about it?</p>

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<p>They're not BSing you. ALthough each school is "supposed" to offer each one, since generally if you don't have the class, it's a joke to actually hold a session for it since most kids won't take it.</p>

<p>Therefore, they don't want to have a staff on watch just for one student. What I did was look up highschoolratings of high schools nearby. The site was used to rate high schools, but what I was trying to find was nearby schools.</p>

<p>I got a list of about ten schools and just called them asked what they offered etc.</p>

<p>What I would do is go on this site, and find the most highly ranked high school nearby you, generally those may offer AP Exams across the board.</p>