Not allowed to take the AP test?

<p>I just talked with the AP coordinator today at my school about the Chinese AP test... and they say they have it, but they are only allowing people who is enrolled in the chinese class to take the test (since it's the first year, they are not sure what to do with the exam, so they want to wait a year before opening to other students). Since I'm native speaker, i obviously am not enrolled in the course, and thus they are not allowing me to take the AP test. Any suggestion? is it possible for me to take it else where? I've heard people saying that they are not allow to forbid others from taking the test, but it seemed that my coordinator is absolutely sure of it...</p>

<p>I don't see why they wouldn't let you take it as long as you paid for it.</p>

<p>As far as the Collegeboard is concerned, the more money they make off APs, the better. Schools, however, often have their own bizarre restrictions. You could always try to take it at another school, but the problem is that you'd have to get permission from your guidance councillor. It's also very possible that the other school won't allow you to take the exam since you already go to an AP school.</p>

<p>rockermcr not true</p>

<p>just call the collegeboard AP coordinator and ask them for a list of schools because according to CB, anyone can take the AP test</p>

<p>No, it is true. Schools have their own individual policies. They don't need to let other students take exams at their schools. Trust me. I've contacted multiple schools that have told me that I wasn't allowed to take the test at their school. Some said no because of lack of space, while others said no simply because they do not allow outside students to take exams at their school.</p>

<p>Rockermcr is right. Chronic, you're ignoring the fact that schools have their own policies.</p>

<p>gah it's quite annoying. I really don't want to put off chinese til next year, since by then I'll have other stuff to test. I guess I'll just review it along with the Chinese SATII.</p>

<p>oh then i probably just got lucky</p>

<p>i found a school that accepted me (and a lot of other people) because the school was poor and needed all the $13 reg fee they can get</p>

<p>chronic</p>

<p>what state are you in?</p>

<p>all the numbers cb gave me are wrong, yeah it's a bit of furstrating, </p>

<p>anyways as a junior, i really dont see a point of taking the test next year since by may of next year, all the colleges one applied to would of been a done deal already</p>

<p>If you have the names of the schools, just google them and find the numbers on their own individual websites. Trust me, it's not very hard.</p>

<p>Also, keep in mind that most colleges, besides the Ivies and other top schools, do not take into consideration your AP scores during the admissions process. Many people seem to forget this, but the point of AP is to gain college credit while still in high school, not to make admissions officers like you.</p>

<p>i meant, the schools college board gave me do not even offer chinese in their schools, and the schools around me do not want to accept me since i dont take the course at their school, so i gave up.</p>

<p>plus, i dont see why not take another AP test if you are 100% sure you can get a 4 or a 5, and from the looks of it, im pretty sure the majority of people here want to get into top and ivy colleges.</p>

<p>A japanese girl in our school wanted to take the AP Japanese exam, but she couldn't because apparently the Chinese and the Japanese exams are all computer-based, and our school hasn't implemented the software or whatever is needed so that students can take the exam.</p>

<p>Yeah, they are computer based, but I don't think any major software would be necessary. The zombies at the Collegeboard would probably just send the school a CD and that's that.</p>