<p>SAT: ~$43
SAT II: ~registration fee ($20)+$8 or more for each test
AP: $100
$8 for your AP score report over the phone</p>
<p>It's really somewhat of a bargain if you think about it. For each test, they have to hire a proctor(maybe $100-$200 for the day), pay for the paper ink and labor that went into making the testing materials(maybe $3-$5 per test), pay for shipping both ways(to the testing center and back(probably $2 or $3), pay for the scoring(maybe $10-$15), pay for the mailing of the scores home(probably 50 cents or less, and pay for the test questions to be made up($20 or so).</p>
<p>OK. Well, how did the price of AP testing jump $17 in one year?</p>
<p>yeah, the AP test is ridiculously expen$ive</p>
<p>Yeah another $18 to get the QAS service, if you question the answers they say you put, another $25 to get a photocopy of your scantron sheet, hand scoring $50. Yea a back stabbing monopoly.</p>
<p>in a word: yes. at least when you're bitter about it about it like me. :-)</p>
<p>but seriously, i guess if you're able to pass all of your ap exams and earn college credit, then those $85 marathons of ego-beating are actually pretty worth it. on the other hand, if you didn't do so well... (usually the money you spent becomes the least of your worries).</p>
<p>Don't get me wrong. AP credit is fine, but a lot of the top colleges do not even accept the AP tests. AP classes are obviously too "easy"; college courses are "superior."</p>
<p>AP exams are free for me - no complaints here. :D</p>
<p>Except for the fact that CB is a non-profit organization... You guys might have overlooked that.</p>
<p>yeah non profit my *** </p>
<p>College Board Salaries Soar Despite Test Problems </p>
<p>In one more vivid example of the lack of managerial accountability that pervades the standardized testing industry (see Examiner, May 2006), newly released federal tax returns reveal that College Board executives continue to suffer no negative consequences from the many problems associated with the introduction of the "new" SAT. </p>
<p>In the fiscal year that ended on June 30, 2005, College Board President Gaston Caperton received a salary of just under $600,000 plus benefits of almost $40,000. This represents a raise of nearly ten percent over the previous year. Nine College Board vice presidents and senior managers were each paid more than $300,000 annually each, and at least sixteen others topped the $200,000 per year mark. </p>
<p>College Board revenues for 2004-2005 totaled $485 million compared to $462 million in expenses. That left an annual surplus of $23 million, which was added to an organizational fund balance now worth $272 million, a figure which includes a headquarters office building directly across the street from Lincoln Center in New York City. </p>
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<p>Yeah, I think it's a monopoly especially for a test of dubious educational value. And APs? For $90, you should be able to get a little more than just a number -- how's about some breakdown of scores, or your free response, or something to show you that the obscene fee was worth it. But really, it's all about capitalizing off of the college craze.</p>
<p>Cost of 4 AP exams: $400
Cost of one semester of college: $10,000-20,000</p>
<p>but the cb doesn't provide anything but the exam itself. if you pay for a semester of college you may be learning from a top notch professor and will definitely grow a lot personally. your high school provides a whole year of classes (probably for free). sure the program is great but the prices are highly inflated (the price increases are rarely accompanied by an increase in quality) and even at a non profit, the expense sheet shows high salaries for the execs so 'non profit' doesnt mean that there is no financial beneficiary or that surplus funds go to charity. the programs are necessary so we comply and there are no better options but it would be nice if cb was more philanthropic.</p>
<p>College board is the devil!</p>
<p>no theres no rule a non profit can't make money, but they shouldn't rake us over to get verifiable correct scoring either, without charging another 75/100 for a 40 something dollar test, speaking of the SAT 1 here. Forget about the AP stuff. I got 12 science college credits for 500 thru our State university, doing a research program for 3 years. THAT will be of much greater value to me personally than any of the stupid AP exams I paid for.</p>
<p>is it up yet?????</p>
<p>umm i pay like 13$ for all my AP tests lol...</p>
<p>but somebody pays for the rest.</p>
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