<p>When did the AP test fees go up to $85 per test on campus, $130
per test off campus?</p>
<p>I'm going to be selective on what AP tests I take. Are there "fee waivers" for AP tests as well?</p>
<p>It's now more expensive to take an AP test than to apply to an Ivy league school!</p>
<p>It’s always been $86 dollars per test where I am, but I’ve never heard of the “off campus” price.
I believe there are fee reductions for low-income students that reduce the price by about $30 (no full waivers, I know that) that can be requested/ordered through your counselor, but I don’t know much about them. Sounded like they’d be a pain in the arse to obtain.</p>
<p>For lunch ticket recipients, they are $15/each at my school, and I believe most school districts in CA do that.</p>
<p>^ha, my school beat your price. $13 dollars for each exam for the free/reduced lunch people. </p>
<p>How in the world is there an off-campus fee? Usually, you just pay your $86 for an exam and take it at another school if your school doesn’t offer it.</p>
<p>Here’s the page on fees: [AP:</a> Fees](<a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>2024 AP Exam Fees – AP Students | College Board)</p>
<p>This is the guidelines and subsidies for each state: [AP</a> Exam Fee Assistance - 2009 Details by State](<a href=“http://professionals.collegeboard.com/testing/ap/coordinate/fee-assistance/state]AP”>http://professionals.collegeboard.com/testing/ap/coordinate/fee-assistance/state)</p>
<p>wow, & i thought $85/test was bad enough.</p>
<p>My school strikes the price in half automatically and pays for it.</p>
<p>Then, if you have an A or B in the class, you get another reduction, so it’s only like $15.</p>
<p>I’m really fortunate to have all my exams paid in full by the school board. If there’s on thing that my district does right…</p>
<p>At my old school, FRL students got their exams for free. I believe CollegeBoard knocked off $30 and then my county picked up the rest. That’s not really saying much, though, since my school was 40% FRL but I was the only FRL to take an AP exam in two years. The school board had a meeting about this last year. They paid for AP exams for FRL students, but only 10-12 FRL students were taking AP exams across the county (10,000 high school students, 38% FRL overall).</p>
<p>Ah, these AP tests are so expensive!! But I’ve only taken two so far so it’s not that bad. I guess the logic is that if you take the AP exam, you may be able to get credit for the course in college. The price of the exam is a lot cheaper than the equivalent college course (unless you attend a school with great financial aid).</p>
<p>“ha, my school beat your price. $13 dollars for each exam for the free/reduced lunch people.”</p>
<p>That would be fabulous. I really need to go figure out how I can get fee waivers for the AP exams at my school. (great, another thing to add to my to do list!)</p>
<p>My school wins! Free AP tests.</p>
<p>We have to pay the full price…</p>
<p>Our school district has been charging full price for a looooooong time.</p>
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<p>Yeah, but $90 may earn full course credit, or even a year off of the State Uni.</p>
<p>They’re like 95 dollars at my school…</p>
<p>My school recently gained a few points in intelligence, as they finally decided to pay for APs. Too bad they didn’t start last year, as I took more APs then.</p>
<p>My school requires us to take the AP exam if we sign up for an AP class and we pay full price. It’s a big lose. And, if you take a course at the school down the street, you have to pay the 135$ for the exam. Some people take almost all their AP classes there.</p>
<p>My school takes away the weighting on your AP classes if you don’t take the exam. They’d also find some way to kick you out if you graduated but weren’t going to college. Pretty tough.</p>
<p>^So does my school. Or, if you’re not planning on going to college they will pay for an application fee for a really easy school just so they can say 100% college acceptance rate.</p>
<p>I’m so glad it’s my senior year. I don’t think I’m going to take AP tests. My school hardly subsidizes the cost for low-income students. Even if I did take the tests, I don’t think I would do well enough for the schools I’m aiming for (top schools). Heck, I don’t even know if I would do well enough to get credit at my safety! Darn senioritis. . . -_-</p>
<p>Are AP’s going to increase from the $86 they were last year? I imagine due to inflation the cost might go up to $90 or something.</p>