My School won't allow me to retake an AP Exam?!

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<p>I thought that College Board allowed AP students to retake AP Exams how many times you needed (as long as you payed for them). I live in Florida, so the state pays for all AP Exams taken at school, but my school counselor said that the school doesn't allow AP retakes. I wasn't very happy with my AP Exam results from Sophomore Year: AP French Language (1) and AP World History (3), so I wanted to retake them. I got a B+ average in each course (I don't think it was due to Grade Inflation, I'm just a very bad test taker, IMO).</p>

<p>In my defense for my extremely low score for AP French, anyone in my class who passed the test (4 people out of a class of 54) were french natives and we only had one person who scored a 4. I wasn't able to take the amount of classes I needed to succeed in the exam either. (skipped 2 french classes due to budget cuts)</p>

<p>So My Questions are:
(1) Why won't my school allow me to retake the Exams.
(2) Is it possible to retake it somewhere else
(3) If I decide not to retake the exams will they show on my transcript</p>

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<p>I think you can just call collegeboard and you can take it elsewhere. However you could just take it without it being paid for by the state of Florida.</p>

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<p>Why would you retake World? 3 is passing…</p>

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<p>Considering this is College Confidential, the OP is probably aiming for an upper tier college that wouldn’t look too fondly on 3’s.</p>