<p>Hey - I've heard there are ways to reduce the price of AP exams...if you take 8 or 9 exams that adds up to around 800 dollars! Please post or PM me</p>
<p>Actually, taking 8 is 648 dollars.</p>
<p>Unless you're not well off economically, tough luck. I'm sure it's not a significant part of your household income if you have not received any financial help already.</p>
<p>actually taking 8 exams THIS year costs $664. CB increased the price by $1 from last year.</p>
<p>As with all the standardized test and application fees, a person in a borderline financial situation like myself (low-income, but not desperate) is faced with a real difficulty. We can afford $60 to apply to ONE college, or to register for ONE standardized test, so we can't get a fee waiver... but when it all adds up, geez, that's well over half a month's living expenses. And there's nothing really that we can do about it, as far as I know.</p>
<p>You have to pay for AP exams? My school covered those exams.</p>
<p>What type of school do you attend? Is it private?</p>
<p>Public school in Florida.</p>
<p>I dunno anybody who paid for their AP exams in Florida, except for home school kids.</p>
<p>At our private school, each student has to pay for all the exams s/he wants to take. Keep in mind that if you score high enough, the AP exam can get you sustantial college credit. In my son's case, he took a total of 13 AP exams & scored high enough to exempt out of the equivalent of 13 college courses. He also took a college course in HS, so he's already classified as a sophomore before his 1st day as a full-time college student.
Unfortunately, policies vary widely among schools as to how much credit is awarded to students & requirements for majors, etc., so it's hard to know what will really ultimately help at the specific school attended in the fall.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, I don't know of any way of reducing AP fees. Maybe your HS has a fund to help offset these costs that you could apply to? The fees can really add up if you take a lot of AP exams, as my son did.</p>
<p>Also, some colleges waive ap fees if you visit the school and/or apply on-line. Check the individual colleges for details.</p>
<p>I don't believe that, Anniushka. I get waivers, though my family could pay for tests and applications. (we would, however, have to eat canned beans for a month or two)</p>
<p>Also, you have to take into consideration that these exams are graded by people (the essay parts). They have to get highly trained people to do that for TONS of exams, plus enough to make more exams, all the mailing fees (not to mention how much it must cost to get the exams in those plastic thingies...), processing thousands of names, and printing reports for every single one. That's alot of money. (I don't know if Collegeboard is nonprofit, but if it's not, then you have to figure in profit too!)</p>