<p>I'm taking a gap year after graduating early (I've outgrown my school's offerings and staying another year would be pointless), can I still take AP exams next year before I finally go to college?</p>
<p>I'm essentially asking if I can take AP exams while being a gap year student who has accepted a college's offer of admission and then deferred for a year. Could I take the exams anywhere in the world or only in my hometown?</p>
<p>I’m not totally following you but I will say you don’t have to have taken the course where you take the exams. My homeschooled d took several AP tests (not the actual courses) at our local high school and it was a fabulous experience all the way around.</p>
<p>Also just a side note, I won’t put “AP” on her transcript, as she didn’t take a course approved by College Board, But her transcript <em>will</em> have her AP scores.</p>
<p>You’ll just need to find a school that will allow you to take the tests there. College Board has a list of schools that administer the APs, if you go to their website and click on “students” and then “AP” you’ll find it.</p>
<p>You’ll need to give the testing institution plenty of time to order the exams from College Board. Our local high school wants to know in January before the testing in May.</p>
<p>So when you say “anywhere in the world” - it would need to be an actual testing site, and you will need to give them plenty of time to order the tests you want to take.</p>
<p>I just found out that you must be a non-graduated HS student to write AP exams. Darn.</p>
<p>I am not sure where you got that info because my understanding is that anyone can take an AP exam because the College Board has no restriction. However, at the same time there is a different issue and that is whether the particular college, to which you are admitted and from which you are taking a gap year, will accept a post high-school AP exam for credit. That is up to the college and I don’t know the answer but many colleges have there own exams you can take for credit in a course and you may want to consider that route.</p>